I'm taking a partial break from Facebook. I consider it a tool for broadcasting information to a network of people who know me, and I ignore everything else (es

I'm taking a partial break from Facebook. I consider it a tool for broadcasting information to a network of people who know me, and I ignore everything else (especially the part where I could spend hours each day consuming all of the information that my friends broadcast). That way I can get some eyes on my personal projects and give others a chance to passively keep up with my life. (I would miss this aspect if I were to leave Facebook entirely -- I don't feel like emailing a group of people everytime something important happens.) Occasionally I break my rules and skim the news feed, but since I'm not on the service all that often, most updates just seem mundane, so I zero-in on the bigger things like life events and stuff that people might not always email me personally about (but that I wish they would). It's nice to feel a little connected still, without letting it become a huge time-waster.