It just wasn't fun for me anymore, so I decided to leave it behind. I was spending way too much time on there anyway. Now I will have more time to do more important things that I have been procrastinating on.

luv4u said:

alphastreet said:

That’s brave of you. I can’t imagine deleting mine, it keeps me connected socially with people and has led to opportunities

I used to feel the same way, but Facebook has become so annoying, that for me, it was an easy decision lol!

I don't scroll endlessly thru it. I have 102 friends, and even that I am quick about checking on. If it weren't for being able to keep in contact w/ folks, I'd have deleted it long ago.

It's always a little intense when people have to "delete" accounts to stop visiting places... You can't just stop visiting Facebook?

WhisperingDandelions said:

It's always a little intense when people have to "delete" accounts to stop visiting places... You can't just stop visiting Facebook?

Absolutely, but it could be a temptation (going down a rabbit hole as many of us do), or maybe they just don't want that digital presence anymore.

TrivialPursuit said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

TrivialPursuit said:

EmmaMcG said:

I never had one

Toxic by design where you are the product. Fuck Fakebook.

There should be an AA type of of support group for it.

Glad you've made it out...

S2DG said:

EmmaMcG said:

I never had one

Empress said:

EmmaMcG said:

I never had one

Me neither. I've never had an interest in it. Lots of people have asked me to join over the years, but I won't do it. Sure, I do miss out on a few things like keeping in touch with old friends and some family, but I speak to my close friends and family regularly and that's enough for me.

Phase3 said:

That is great news. I am very proud of you! I deleted my Facebook account back in January of this year.It is bad for your mental health

Thank you! It's something that I had to do!

Good idea there Nance.

2freaky4church1 said:

Good idea there Nance.

Hey, Freaky!

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I left facebook 7 years ago.

I'm on instagram though - I use it mostly for work, and it helps tbh.

But i start to regret it again... since it became the new facebook.

Hate the 'one post - two advertisements' approach.

And you have to pay attention to see if it is an advertisement or not.

Not being able to see what you like, those you'd like to follow, unless you spend 5 hours a day checking all settings per post/ follower or whatever, or probably pay for it.

A humanly impossible tangle that avenge time.

Yeah i know it is so call 'all for free', accepting the rules of the game... whatever.

Still it all is becoming too big.

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Faceboo, Whatsapp, Instagram, Twitter, etc...

They all are just huge advertisement companies.

Distributors of advertisement of all sorts, unfiltered, indisciminate.

And we all swalow it and have it shove up our asses with the smartest & addictive of all pleasures; the 'like' and 'dislike' button.

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So basically we're all fucked.

They are so big right now, even politics or any laws can touch 'm (hard enough).

They disrupt our lives, and our behavior, whether we like it or not, and whether we admit it or not.

(...ending with the black laughter of the 'Thriller' song...)

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Vannormal said:

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I left facebook 7 years ago.

I'm on instagram though - I use it mostly for work, and it helps tbh.

But i start to regret it again... since it became the new facebook.

Hate the 'one post - two advertisements' approach.

And you have to pay attention to see if it is an advertisement or not.

Not being able to see what you like, those you'd like to follow, unless you spend 5 hours a day checking all settings per post/ follower or whatever, or probably pay for it.

A humanly impossible tangle that avenge time.

Yeah i know it is so call 'all for free', accepting the rules of the game... whatever.

Still it all is becoming too big.

-

Faceboo, Whatsapp, Instagram, Twitter, etc...

They all are just huge advertisement companies.

Distributors of advertisement of all sorts, unfiltered, indisciminate.

And we all swalow it and have it shove up our asses with the smartest & addictive of all pleasures; the 'like' and 'dislike' button.

-

So basically we're all fucked.

They are so big right now, even politics or any laws can touch 'm (hard enough).

They disrupt our lives, and our behavior, whether we like it or not, and whether we admit it or not.

(...ending with the black laughter of the 'Thriller' song...)

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So true! I have never had an Instagram account, even though I got several invitations to join. I was never interested in it, since I was already spending so much time on Facebook. I'm enjoying my new-found freedom. Prince's song "Emancipation" comes to mind here lol.

Hey Nance.

2freaky4church1 said:

when we rearrange the letters of FACEBOOK

we get

BACEFOOK

just saying

XxAxX said:

when we rearrange the letters of FACEBOOK

we get

BACEFOOK

just saying

I call Facebook "Fecesbook".

psychodelicide said:

Phase3 said:

psychodelicide said:

It just wasn't fun for me anymore, so I decided to leave it behind. I was spending way too much time on there anyway. Now I will have more time to do more important things that I have been procrastinating on.

Why did you spend a lot of time on something you don´t like?

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I´m still on FB because it helps me to stay in touch with international friends but I don´t post as much as I used to....I barely post there at all. Most of the time I use it to send messages or write comments.

It used to be more fun before they started censoring nudity and sex related stuff while turning a blind eye to racist or fascist postings, and I don´t like how they grab and sell personal data.

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Part of the reason why I don´t post the things I used to post there is that I have a bunch of people on my friends list that make me think twice about what I post there. Colleagues, relatives, schoolmates, random people....I know I could just delete them or select who can see what I post but I just can´t be bothered.

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I do have an alternate account there with just a few "friends" who are not even real friends, and with that account I post and share much more interesting things while my real account is becoming more and more boring as time goes by.

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It´s also a good way to get the latest news if you´ve "liked" certain magazines and newspapers. But it gets a bit repetitive.