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I quit Facebook in 2010, despite being told I'd need it to keep in contact with anyone in my life. I immediately lost contact with a small network of casual acq

I quit Facebook in 2010, despite being told I'd need it to keep in contact with anyone in my life. I immediately lost contact with a small network of casual acquaintances. For friends and family, I just started texting, phoning, and emailing them. Stayed in contact just fine. I quit Instagram a few years after that and nothing of value was lost in my opinion. I've deleted and recreated a Twitter account about 7 times since 2007 because nothing else could really replace it fully. I quit Netflix because I never watch it but immediately resubscribed because my wife was deep into Virgin River and The Great British Bake Off. woops.

ojame 4y ago
We use Facebook Marketplace pretty frequently to buy and sell things. We've tried using alternatives (local listings, Gumtree, eBay) but nothing is ever as quick and the options are far more limited. Generally we like to buy all of our 'material' items second hand if we can, and Marketplace really enables that. I wish Facebook had a 'Marketplace only' type profile but they don't. It might be geographic specific or maybe quitting so early means you never experienced it. I look around my house and Marketplace has had a pretty big impact on our life, and I hate it, but that's the network effect I guess.