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> That's why I said what's unrealistic is asking people to stop using Facebook I used Facebook since it was restricted and used it genuinely for many years. I

> That's why I said what's unrealistic is asking people to stop using Facebook I used Facebook since it was restricted and used it genuinely for many years. I stopped. Likewise for many of my family - they are ex-Facebook users. > having people call me on the phone every two weeks just to see how I'm doing sounds like an annoyance to me. To each their own but if you are using a platform that is in theory meant to connect you with other people.. then it sounds like you want social connection. Facebook is fake. Phone calls can be fake or awkward or other things too but the default tends to be pretty good with a bit of practice. Having someone care about you enough to take the time to call you on a semi-regular basis is a feature, not a bug.

the_af 4y ago
> I used Facebook since it was restricted and used it genuinely for many years. I stopped. Likewise for many of my family - they are ex-Facebook users. Glad it worked for you, but surely you see the little value of the anecdotical? For most people, asking them to stop using Facebook is unrealistic. > Having someone care about you enough to take the time to call you on a semi-regular basis is a feature, not a bug. If you were my friend, I would kindly ask you to stop doing this. Maybe we wouldn't be friends. Once in a while it's ok, especially to arrange something, but semi-regularly: nope. But we are getting sidetracked, the point was not to argue about Facebook. The point is that asking people to stop doing arbitrary things is unrealistic, and therefore it won't work.