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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
by 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 agoSelf-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 agoMy 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 agoThere's really no substitute for giving a friend a phone call or meeting them for lunch.