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Nice. This is the post I needed to read, as I am on one-week fasting from Facebook (in fact, I am fasting from all kinds of email/group, facebook interactions).

Nice. This is the post I needed to read, as I am on one-week fasting from Facebook (in fact, I am fasting from all kinds of email/group, facebook interactions). It is hard work, but much needed. I tend to believe, as humans in this age and time, we are losing our fundamental ability to delay gratification.

tlarkworthy 12y ago
HN sucks more time than FB for me :/
- enraged_camel 12y ago
  If it makes you feel any better, the time you spend on HN is infinitely more productive. :)
  - zem 12y ago
    0/0 is "undefined" rather than "infinity" (:
- Jgrubb 12y ago
  It's a far more symbiotic relationship tho...
mirkules 12y ago
Same here. I decided to remove myself from FB altogether (inspired by 99 days of freedom). It's been 3 weeks so far[1] and it's amazing how after the first day Facebook started sending me two emails per day, along the lines of "you are missing important posts from your friends" and "you have 8 pending notifications". It instantly reminded me of Zynga's tactics to try to suck you into a game and paying for content. [1] I made ONE exception- my close friend was missing for 24 hrs, left his wallet and phone at home, his parents freaked out so I reached out to all his friends on Facebook. This tells me I only need one feature Facebook has to offer - access to my own social network. Somehow we conditioned ourselves to only share Facebook information but not phone numbers or emails or any other means of communication. If Facebook suddenly went away I would lose 3/4 of my contacts. That's a scary thought.
- webwanderings 12y ago
  You are correct. I have been saying this for a while. Facebook has fundamentally replaced the key ingredient of email, that is: the ability of people to reach out to each other easily. If one builds it properly, Facebook is a good replacement for email's Address Book. Beyond that, it is not much more. I am not removing myself, nor even going to delete from Facebook, because ultimately, it all boils down to how we can manage ourselves with discipline.

tlarkworthy 12y ago

HN sucks more time than FB for me :/

enraged_camel 12y ago
If it makes you feel any better, the time you spend on HN is infinitely more productive. :)
- zem 12y ago
  0/0 is "undefined" rather than "infinity" (:
Jgrubb 12y ago
It's a far more symbiotic relationship tho...

mirkules 12y ago

Same here. I decided to remove myself from FB altogether (inspired by 99 days of freedom). It's been 3 weeks so far[1] and it's amazing how after the first day Facebook started sending me two emails per day, along the lines of "you are missing important posts from your friends" and "you have 8 pending notifications". It instantly reminded me of Zynga's tactics to try to suck you into a game and paying for content. [1] I made ONE exception- my close friend was missing for 24 hrs, left his wallet and phone at home, his parents freaked out so I reached out to all his friends on Facebook. This tells me I only need one feature Facebook has to offer - access to my own social network. Somehow we conditioned ourselves to only share Facebook information but not phone numbers or emails or any other means of communication. If Facebook suddenly went away I would lose 3/4 of my contacts. That's a scary thought.

webwanderings 12y ago
You are correct. I have been saying this for a while. Facebook has fundamentally replaced the key ingredient of email, that is: the ability of people to reach out to each other easily. If one builds it properly, Facebook is a good replacement for email's Address Book. Beyond that, it is not much more. I am not removing myself, nor even going to delete from Facebook, because ultimately, it all boils down to how we can manage ourselves with discipline.