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Seconded. I found that I didn’t lose anything by leaving Facebook. The “social network” I thought I had was just a list of names I was familiar with and begged

Seconded. I found that I didn’t lose anything by leaving Facebook. The “social network” I thought I had was just a list of names I was familiar with and begged the question about any real relationship which had manifested. I had many relationships which were paper thin and folded the moment I left Facebook.

emerongi 7y ago
Facebook is actually good for groups & chat, but everything else around it ruins it. I just try to stick to other chat apps instead.
dx7tnt 7y ago
"I had many relationships which were paper thin and folded the moment I left Facebook." I can second this. Even good and old friendships that went the same way. Turns out I don't actually miss those people. I much prefer life by finding things out by bumping into people and keeping my relationships face to face. I don't want to have to absorb things with the crowd like a legitimised voyeur. I wish we were all off facebook. When I read these constant articles about its privacy problems and how its now enmeshed into the fabric of our society, it makes me think "how did a WEBSITE become mandatory for living ones life?"
jarsin 7y ago
I subscribe to if you are not willing to contact your friends without facebook then they probably were not meant to be in your life anyway.
- dymk 7y ago
  That's a weird place to put your goalposts (why isn't it at video calls? or phones? or cars? or walking barefoot to your house?), but subscribe to whatever idea lets you feel superior, I guess.
- gwbas1c 7y ago
  I politely disagree but I think your viewpoint is valid. (I don't understand why you're downvoted, so I upvoted you.) But now: It used to be really fun to have online discussions with people who I used to know in real life, but because "life happened," I didn't get to see very often. That's why Facebook used to be fun, and why I politely disagree. But, again, I think your viewpoint is totally valid and shouldn't be downvoted.

emerongi 7y ago

Facebook is actually good for groups & chat, but everything else around it ruins it. I just try to stick to other chat apps instead.

dx7tnt 7y ago

"I had many relationships which were paper thin and folded the moment I left Facebook." I can second this. Even good and old friendships that went the same way. Turns out I don't actually miss those people. I much prefer life by finding things out by bumping into people and keeping my relationships face to face. I don't want to have to absorb things with the crowd like a legitimised voyeur. I wish we were all off facebook. When I read these constant articles about its privacy problems and how its now enmeshed into the fabric of our society, it makes me think "how did a WEBSITE become mandatory for living ones life?"

jarsin 7y ago

I subscribe to if you are not willing to contact your friends without facebook then they probably were not meant to be in your life anyway.

dymk 7y ago
That's a weird place to put your goalposts (why isn't it at video calls? or phones? or cars? or walking barefoot to your house?), but subscribe to whatever idea lets you feel superior, I guess.
gwbas1c 7y ago
I politely disagree but I think your viewpoint is valid. (I don't understand why you're downvoted, so I upvoted you.) But now: It used to be really fun to have online discussions with people who I used to know in real life, but because "life happened," I didn't get to see very often. That's why Facebook used to be fun, and why I politely disagree. But, again, I think your viewpoint is totally valid and shouldn't be downvoted.