it's not that Facebook is boring or interesting, it's that we're hostages [1]. If I would delete my Facebook, I would lose contact to a whole slew of people I'

it's not that Facebook is boring or interesting, it's that we're hostages [1]. If I would delete my Facebook, I would lose contact to a whole slew of people I've encountered over the years, who I chat to once in a while over messenger, or I see that they've done something. It's bitter to cut these people out of my life. (here the 'addict' image works again; former addicts often need to cut their drinking/drug buddies out of their life to stay clean, even though they may be real friends) Stopping myspace, on the other hand, felt a bit less bitter, perhaps because that was more like an adolescent phase everyone grew out of. [1] hostage term from @doctorow https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1441107515865849866 https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1441107515865849866