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Many of the 'friends' you have on Facebook are anything but. They're all superficial and mainly virtual relationships you have with others you will most likely
by kyro 16y ago
Many of the 'friends' you have on Facebook are anything but. They're all superficial and mainly virtual relationships you have with others you will most likely never meet let alone contact offline. I quit Facebook several months ago and haven't felt a thing. You'll soon realize that those you really cared for and whose relationships mean anything were those who you already kept in contact with outside of the service. I didn't bother leaving a going away message. Unless your friends are part of very small circles, your absence will go unnoticed. Facebook is great at making people think they're getting a lot more attention than they really are, and so people tend to think that leaving will create a void that friends will cry over. While the reason to quit here isn't really a valid one, I really would recommend deleting your Facebook page to anyone, unless the survival of your circle depends on it or you need it for familial purposes. It's a huge time sink and for something so shallow.
In short, if you really want to leave, just do it. Don't bother with being graceful; no one will notice or care for more than a minute.
- commandar 16y ago>Many of the 'friends' you have on Facebook are anything but. They're all superficial and mainly virtual relationships you have with others you will most likely never meet let alone contact offline. Seriously? I have in the ballpark of 180 friends on Facebook, and maybe a dozen of those are people I haven't met in person. The vast majority are either friends from real life or people from my social circle I interact with occasionally anyway. Then again, I've always treated Facebook as a fairly personal medium, and I don't friend people I don't know or don't like. I mean, yeah, if you treat Facebook friends like pokemon, it's not going to have a lot of value for you, but if you abuse any social tool, it's not going to have a lot of value for you. Earlier today, I found out that an old friend of mine that I grew up with is going to be in town in a couple of weeks and made plans to grab lunch while he's here. I haven't seen him in 7 or 8 years. Things like that are incredibly cool to me, and the entire reason I use social networking sites. They facilitate me interacting with people I care about; they're not a substitution for actual interaction, but they make it possible in the first place.