Have you quit Facebook?

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adamster

Well-Known Member
I think nowadays you 'have' to have a fb page, but I dont' want to go on there anymore.

For me, someone who is struggling in life in a few ways, I find happiness in after work time, in nice weather.
I am not sort of living the ideal life I wanted which would be living near a beach and hanging out there in the constant nice weather, doing those sorts of things.

Here I ended up with good weather maybe half the year. I do enjoy bike riding and the one good thing is I am close to a very nice nature preserve which takes you out of civilization. Of course I enjoy Cannabis to fill in the gaps as it were.

So in the end, I am not that happy over some things, and I can't really improve, if I could I would walk out on my family and live near a beach, but I can't do that. And at the same time, I barely make a living so I have to work till I am old..

So I see fb as a place for people to show off, they don't mean it, but it turns out that way for me. So till I can make changes, like not working Sundays in a food place for example, I prefer not knowing about people's showoffs. Or let me ask a different way, what do you do, when all your plans when you were younger, I am over 60, have not worked, and I agree with John Lennon, may his memory be a blessing, that this is the life, I do get that. See to some extent cannabis does not get me to exactly where I want. True that I dont' blaze till evenings, but I can't all day anyway.
 
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Joel W.

Deplorable Basement Dweller
Accessory Maker
I have not quit fb yet.. I pretty much just scan the local news feeds and keep up with friends and family.

I quit posting publicly a few years back.

Edit:. We had a massive landslide that buried 43 neighbors and their entire neighborhood, combined wild fires and floods over the last few years. Fb can be a very useful tool to get the latest information needed.
 
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h3rbalist

h3rbalist

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too
Had it for a couple years, along with a twitter account.

It was good for promoting my radio station show at the time but I soon got pissed off with all the crap that goes with it. It's essentially a sales/marketing tool and you are the commodity.

Been off for around 3 years and do not miss it.

It was good for reminding me about people's birthdays tho.

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But screw those people as they were never true friends anyway.
 
VegNVape

VegNVape

Increase the Peace
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Melting Pot said:
Never had it, Never will...
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I'm right there with you @Melting Pot - right there, not on Facebook, ever.

I never created an account and that's the way I want to keep it. I stay in touch with the people that matter and are important to me. And I'd like to think that I am not so shallow that I need to collect so-called friends on Facebook, or read about what some fool I went to school with (& haven't spoken to since) is having for dinner :2c:

I know there is more to it than that, but for me, Facebook is just another evil.

Shallow, showy, bullshit. Who needs that?

I hope, not me.

But who am I to judge? :rolleyes:
After all, it seems that I am in the minority in this regard, in general.

Many of my loved ones are all over it, and they are lovely people.

But just thinking about it makes me feel nauseous!

OneLove.
:peace:
 
Stevenski

Stevenski

Enter the Dragon
One morning I woke up to a Facebook account that had been created for me by a ex :shrug:. I use Facebook all the time but not in a self absorbed narcissistic way (I have had the same profile pic for 6 years & most photos are ones I have been tagged in).

Several of my old friends & acquaintances can be rather extreme in their viewpoints from a vegan mum who 24/7 bombards you with animal abuse "facts" & horrific imagery to super conservative right wing christians from the deep south & bogan racist rednecks I get everything but somehow I manage to sift through all the self absorbed bullshit to see the good in Facebook. The rest is entertainment in a car crash kind of way.

My FB comments are usually relating to sport & I find it the best way to follow my favourite footy teams etc & can be handy for "news". I can also keep in touch with old friends, especially those interstate or OS & see how their lives are going. Some of my friends are doing very well for themselves & I can't begrudge their success although the ones who show it off on social media are those who tend to live on credit, drive leased cars & rent nice apartments.

Many times have I been tempted to delete my account but there is always someone moments away from a FB meltdown or rant that stops me.

Edit: Just to prove my point a old mate is on there right now requesting anyone who wants to fuck with him to come get some & he is only 40.
 
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bellas

bellas

Well-Known Member
I purposely have an online birthday that is not real. I always laugh when people start sending happy bday wishes on the wrong day. I keep the same date for all online activity.
I saw the show "Catfish" and they say if you have less than 100 friends on Facebook then you are probably fake. I have 12. Only family, no friends. I only use it to keep in touch with the younger ones who are all about Facebook and Snapchat.
 
Philreal187

Philreal187

Well-Known Member
I have a love hate with FB. I have my account deactivated for now and plan to keep it that way.

If I am to start up my own business in the near future I will have an account to connect with customers.

I also have a big move in the future and will be over 12 hours away from all my family and friends. I will probably keep a personal account to keep in touch with the ones I love. I hope to disciplined enough by then to use it for business and family and leave the curiosity out of the picture.

The mindless scrolling and reading of what petty issues a stranger is bitching about is irrelevant to my life and only a waste. I believe Facebook makes you feel as if your life is inferior and less exciting than those you follow. I think its a trap and truly hate 99% of what fb is about.

With what is good there is bad, its the simple balance to this life. And the balance is what is most important to not get caught up and distracted.

I find even the wonderful treads on FC can really be a distraction to my daily life. I pride myself on discipline so having temptations is like the devil testing you. Might sound far fetched but its how I view life white and black, positive and negative. Every day is a challenge you can pass and fail and tomorrow will be full of many new challenges! To me that's why life is beautiful!!

And FACEBOOK SUCKS!!!


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farscaper

Well-Known Member
I have completed the process of deleting my account.

You have to request deletion of the account and basically not try and access the account for just short of a month (20 days I think)
Good fucking riddance I joined up when it was brand new and had an online gaming addiction lol. Eventually I realized I hate social media because as diogenes put it...

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.

 
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Derrrpp

For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky
I still have a profile on Facebook but I haven't logged on in years. I hate all the drama and bullshit on there. The only social media I do now is right here on FC. It's a much more pleasant experience!

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Stevenski

Stevenski

Enter the Dragon
Facebook makes me a worse person without doubt. An old friend is really pushing my buttons with her toxic holier than thou agenda & I feel like throwing a grenade her way out of spite. None of her stupidity is directed at me but I feel like posting "didn't you nearly kill (insert Australia's greatest Olympian) drug driving with your kids in the car" along with the news reports etc. The kind of flippant post that will destroy her standing in her local community as she moved there to start a new life.

Luckily I have learned to sit with my feelings before taking any action but I really feel like popping this one like a overripe pimple & releasing the infection :lol:. Nowdays I try & ask how this will enrich my life & it is 10-1 on that it will have a minor or negative impact.
 
syrupy

syrupy

Authorized Buyer
I've quite many times but...


I still use it, but mostly just for the messaging, and a few groups that are relevant. If you still use facebook, I highly recommend checking out the F.B. Purity plugin. It allows disabling of almost any part of facebook. Once the news feed is turned off, it's not that bad.
 
CarolKing

CarolKing

Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
Never joined Facebook. FC is my version of Facebook. I was telling a friend once about FC. She said you found your people. I said yes I did.:love:

I think if you have relatives far away it's a good way to keep in touch. That's not my case.

I did use Twitter for a few months. Not for me.
 
crawdad

crawdad

floatin
ive never liked the format of the site, simple as that. online communication is best done in threaded form, its logical. fb really is a myspace reboot that people latched onto since it wasn't as cluttered (layout is not user defined) but suffers from the same issues. the need to personalize your own section of the internet (your content, your opinions, your bullshit) is encouraged with sites like fb so instead of communicating to individual people (what i think people think it will be best used as) it ends up being a soapbox to stand on and for others to take sides.
 
His_Highness

His_Highness

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
This site is the only social networking site I bother with.

WE have a Facebitch account. One account for both the wife and I. I never read it unless the wife requests it and I never post to it. I like it that way and so does my wife. Some of my side of the family will post to it and my wife will relay the message. My attitude is ... I have email, text, landline and a cellphone. If you want/need to contact me and I want you to...... there are plenty of ways to get that done.

Don't get me wrong....there are advantages to FB for some. I know some very toxic individuals who would have no contact at all without it. Ever asked someone how often they talk to their family/friends and the response was 'We communicate by FB'. There's a reason for that.

Years ago I got buzzed and sat down in front of OUR FB page and started working my way down. I can't count the number of times I was shocked by someone's posting and thought ... it's way to easy to expose your nasty parts on this thing (and I'm not talking about pictures).

I don't do LinkedIn or any of the other sites that some feel are a must. I get invitations for them constantly and 90% of the time my reaction is "Why would I want to be formally and globally associated with this person? It would do nothing but harm people's professional and social perception of me by being linked to that person." This approach has actually benefited me professionally. The old adage "If I have nothing good to say, I don't say anything about a person" is how I work it. So when I don't say anything it speaks volumes and when I do it's taken seriously.
 
Stevenski

Stevenski

Enter the Dragon
His_Highness said:
This site is the only social networking site I bother with.

WE have a Facebitch account. One account for both the wife and I.
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So who cheated? ;)

His_Highness said:
I don't do LinkedIn or any of the other sites that some feel are a must. I get invitations for them constantly and 90% of the time my reaction is "Why would I want to be formally and globally associated with this person? It would do nothing but harm people's professional and social perception of me by being linked to that person." This approach has actually benefited me professionally. The old adage "If I have nothing good to say, I don't say anything about a person" is how I work it. So when I don't say anything it speaks volumes and when I do it's taken seriously.
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I think Linked in is really dependent on what industry you work in. Friends that are tradesmen or non corporate have no requirement for a site like Li. They either have a job where work is provided or get work through word of mouth/trade networks.

I had to create a profile recently & view it very differently from FB as it is a professional networking platform not personal. I am connected with people I loathe but that does not change the fact that we worked together in a professional capacity & you don't have to endorse anyone if you don't want to.

Linked in compliments a professional persons resume & allows recruiters to review a persons claimed skills against if they have been endorsed by others. If someone has "strategic planning" as a skill & has 30 endorsements including vice presidents of big corporations then you can see at a glance if they are the real deal or a bullshit artist.
 
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