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Deleted my FB account years ago. 0 regrets.

• AndrewOMartin 9y ago
  For people so resistant to social media, those who aren't on Facebook appear remarkably content to brag about it in the comments sections of other sites. This may of course just be confirmation bias (it often is) as I'd never notice those who aren't on Fb and don't mention it.
  • imartin2k 9y ago
    I think that is the logical consequence. If one stops using Facebook, one somewhat is an outsider in a world which is highly rel on Facebook. Bragging a) offers a certain type of status (let's be honest about this), but b) also is an attempt to make others to join, which offers the outlook of a world which is not so reliant on Facebook anymore.
    • Yetanfou 9y ago
      I don't think the world is 'highly rel[iant] on Facebook', not by a long stretch. Facebook has made its way into pockets of the world and established a firm hold there which makes it look like this to those within those pockets. For those outside - mostly consisting of people who never joined the 'social media' craze - the thought of something like Facebook being essential in some way is alien, their continued existence without any sense of marginalisation being proof of the validity of their stance. For recent Facebook (et al) survivors this is probably harder, they'll need to convince themselves they did the right thing in leaving the bubble. If you subject the concept of Facebook to some critical thought it does become clear that those outside of the bubble have the most logical attitude: Facebook has the potential to turn its users' lives into real live "Truman shows" [1] with each user playing the role of "Truman" in their own right while their contacts - who also get to be "Truman" in turn - play the role of the supporting actors. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show