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I think focusing only on privacy is a mistake. Every single person I’ve talked to that has deleted Facebook has done so because it did not improve or enrich the

I think focusing only on privacy is a mistake. Every single person I’ve talked to that has deleted Facebook has done so because it did not improve or enrich their lives whatsoever, in fact, they saw it as a net negative. Why do people feel the need to endlessly browse pictures and statements by loose connections? Not one person I’ve talked to has mentioned privacy. Yes, many of those people are on Instagram, but some of those have also left IG because they’re seeing the exact same strategy they saw executed on Facebook now being used on Instagram. I’ve actually seen more people using private iCloud photo shares. I think FB as a whole has exaggerated how many people actually want to share and connect with random people or loose connections.

okr 8y ago
I like the learning aspect of this. Before i was all in, now i know, this new thing is not for me.
squirrelicus 8y ago
I think FB and people in general dramatically overstate how many connections they'll lose if they quit Facebook. I quit Facebook 9 years ago, but haven't lost a connection I cared about. I did lose connection with real people that were a net negative in my life, though
- chimprich 8y ago
  Self-selecting sample. People who are confident they won't lose any friends they value through leaving FB are significantly more likely to drop the platform.
  - squirrelicus 8y ago
    My point is the lack of confidence is probably unjustified. But perhaps I'm wrong. It's not difficult to imagine that connections people think they have are so shallow that they actually would lose the important ones if they left Facebook.
- JohnFen 8y ago
  > I quit Facebook 9 years ago, but haven't lost a connection I cared about. I did the same, around the same time, and my experience was the same as yours. I would go even further -- I found that after I quit Facebook, my connections with the people I actually care about increased rather than decreased once the intermediary was removed and we had to start communicating directly with each other.
  - squirrelicus 8y ago
    There's really no substitute for giving a friend a phone call or meeting them for lunch.

okr 8y ago

I like the learning aspect of this. Before i was all in, now i know, this new thing is not for me.

squirrelicus 8y ago

I think FB and people in general dramatically overstate how many connections they'll lose if they quit Facebook. I quit Facebook 9 years ago, but haven't lost a connection I cared about. I did lose connection with real people that were a net negative in my life, though

chimprich 8y ago
Self-selecting sample. People who are confident they won't lose any friends they value through leaving FB are significantly more likely to drop the platform.
- squirrelicus 8y ago
  My point is the lack of confidence is probably unjustified. But perhaps I'm wrong. It's not difficult to imagine that connections people think they have are so shallow that they actually would lose the important ones if they left Facebook.
JohnFen 8y ago
> I quit Facebook 9 years ago, but haven't lost a connection I cared about. I did the same, around the same time, and my experience was the same as yours. I would go even further -- I found that after I quit Facebook, my connections with the people I actually care about increased rather than decreased once the intermediary was removed and we had to start communicating directly with each other.
- squirrelicus 8y ago
  There's really no substitute for giving a friend a phone call or meeting them for lunch.