Has anyone quit Facebook?

[punisa]

Just curious :lol:
Have anyone of you had a facebook account and then logged out for good?
I haven't met any real life people who have done that (apart for myself).

These days when I go out and meet new people, usually during conversation someone asks me "what is your facebook page? So I can add you".
When I respond that I don't have it, I usually get pretty weird looks :p

Any similar experiences?

[Foldered]

I only know people who simply refuse to get one, like yourself.
I usually don't end up doing the whole "what's your facebook" thing when I meet new people; it's much more likely that I'll give them my phone number, or get theirs, or both.

I've almost done it a few times, but I really don't give a shit, so I still have one. It is a decent way to get in touch with people whose numbers I've lost, etc. Though, I would find less of a need for it if I wasn't a student; I've had my ass saved a few times by messaging people who I don't know that well about due dates and stuff.:D

[Spawn of Stalin]

Yeah I used to say I don't have it but got sick of the weird looks and got it

[bailey_187]

i wonder if a new similar website will come about soon. everyone was on bebo, then everyone went to myspace then now to facebook. its quite annoying.

[punisa]

Yeah I used to say I don't have it but got sick of the weird looks and got it

That story I hear a lot :lol:

I basically had a FB account way in the early stages when they hype was not all that big yet.
As Foldered mentioned, I had a bunch of contacts with people I lost contact over time.

But soon it became sorta bloated, one day I figured I had 100s of friends who are not really my "friends".
And the close friends I was regularly in touch, mostly by hanging out - started disappearing. As if we most of us moved the traditional face-to-face chat on to the Facebook.

I must mention that this is post-college years.
The time in life when you suddenly realize that we have all became to "busy" to do anything.
One day I figured that all this virtual component in my life is kinda bringing me down, so I logged out for good.
This was 2 years ago.

I should say, very quickly you'll realize that you have become disconnected from the world :p
But over time you get used to it. Now I'm happy I did it, as (like for most) it was taking away too much of my free time.

[BAM]

i got rid of mine. Once I had added my friends and had been tracked down by some old ones I never used it. I don't see the point of it as I just call/email people I know. I used to add acquaintances but often these people wouldn't keep in touch, even though we were FBook "friends". People still ask to add me but I just give them my email address instead.

If you want to share your life, your photos and your thoughts and opinions with everyone you know, or just met once, then I guess Facebook is useful for doing that, but I am quite a private person, so it's not much use to me.

[Spawn of Stalin]

I've found it quite useful for talking to my Mum who I don't really get to see as much as I'd like to even though she only lives a couple of miles away but the only thing that really pisses me off about it is when people who used to hate you try to add you even though you haven't seen them in like eight years. If an alternative pops up like bailey says, I'm not going to use it, Facebooks is the first and only social website I have used, and I can't be fucked with another one. Facebook or death

[NecroCommie]

I have an account, but I don't use it to keep in touch with actual friends. It's primary usage is political networking and organizing political activities. I have some "friends" there too, but first of all I couldn't care less if they were my friends or not, and secondly they tend to be irritated with me posting political material all the time... Especially the neo-nazi one has some issues with it. :D

Sometimes though if I am asked for my FB account I tell them I have none. Two reasons:
1) It's mainly for political, not social purposes.
2) It irritates the hell out of me when people automatically assume that I simply "must" have an account in a website simply because other people have one too.

[Tablo]

I use facebook as I have many friends who no longer live near me. It comes in handy, but I get real sick of it at times. I try to just check it once a day to keep me from wasting time on it.

[Raúl Duke]

I'm like most people, I have a facebook and I use it often. I have actually asked people "what's your facebook profile" before. I'm not ashamed.

I heard that you can't really immediately delete your profile...that it just de-activates and eventually gets deleted but if you change your mind in some period of time you basically get your old profile back.

I think facebook is attempting to become the "google" of social networking. It has become entrenched in its field as google has in its own field. Any new competitor will face stiff opposition perhaps.

[punisa]

I heard that you can't really immediately delete your profile...that it just de-activates and eventually gets deleted but if you change your mind in some period of time you basically get your old profile back.

Yes indeed, it was (I dont how it is nowadays, probably even stricter) a tedious and scary procedure actually.
First of all you had to manually delete all of your records, like all photos, records and so on.
But as you said, you could always log back in when you wanted to and thus reopen your profile.

What I did was go to "change password" option and type in some random stuff I won't remember anymore :lol:
Eventually after a week or so my friends told me that my profile is gone and not available any more.

Funny thing indeed, once I logged out and became unavailable - same day I got like 30 calls/mails/sms messages. Some people were "worried" that I have died or something (?!). Gotta tell you, that felt really weird.
Seeing that effect first hand, I was clear that I will never again join FB.

It's simply too immersing for me, while for example Twitter is much more free to choose.
If I had to maintain crucial contacts for work or whatever I'd probably use Twitter.

So now I have no clue when someone breaks up with somebody, who gets married, who got a kid, who got wasted on friday night etc etc.. but honestly I don't give a fuck :lol:

What I really care is that when you Google my real name you won't find any records related to me, hope it stays that way.

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

It's simply too immersing for me, while for example Twitter is much more free to choose.
If I had to maintain crucial contacts for work or whatever I'd probably use Twitter.

140 words of nothing. Twitter is more of the same rubbish really.


What I really care is that when you Google my real name you won't find any records related to me, hope it stays that way.

That is good, that's why one doesn't use real names to begin with! Of course, no one really knows my real name since I don't have friends and all, but it's good to avoid old dregs from back in school seeking contact for no reason after all.

[ed miliband]

I got rid of it and I don't regret doing so.


Actually, I sometimes do. I made another one when drunk a few months ago, and was going to do so whilst in a similar state a few weeks ago. But no, when sober facebook seems to offer little to me.

[punisa]

140 words of nothing. Twitter is more of the same rubbish really.

That is good, that's why one doesn't use real names to begin with! Of course, no one really knows my real name since I don't have friends and all, but it's good to avoid old dregs from back in school seeking contact for no reason after all.

Agreed. But aint it funny how FB actually forces people to use their real name?
It just seems always hungry for more private data :lol:
I remember when you were messaging people and you always had to punch in this crappy verification letters & numbers, until FB one day popped up: "tired of verification codes? Why don't you give us your phone number? That way we'll know you're really you..".
Yeah, screw that..

[Q]

Has anyone heard of Diaspora (http://www.joindiaspora.com/)? Here's a video (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr) of this open source and privacy-sensitive alternative on Facebook.

[bricolage]

I spent about 90% of my day on facebook:(

[AK]

I spent about 90% of my day on facebook:(
99% for yours truly.
Suck it.

[Kowalski]

Facebook isn't important for me at the moment because I haven't enough time for it and there isn't enough useful for politic activity search system. More useful for me is Russian-based "Vkontakte" where is good search system by location, age, university (and job place too) and political views. Of course it's spying by state security service but our organisation decided to work with this social network because there are a lot of new supporters and we must gather them to common struggle. Our decision is that majority of organisation mustn't use it because of security rules (Vkontakte banned proxy-servers and programms like Tor) but a certain part of us will work within it to looking for new supporters. And it's enough effective now.

[farleft]

Have you not seen South Park?... you can't quit facebook... lol

[StoneFrog]

I had a facebook account, huge break in anonymity. Tried to delete my account but could only disable it...

[PFS]

I deleted my account and i dont regret it one bit. It bothers me a hell of alot when its all people can talk about sometimes.

[Il Medico]

I have one, I am actually on it right now. :lol:

I like it, myspace used to be good, but has too much crap, takes my computer forever to load the damn thing. I like using it to make plans with friends, as I usually have an easier time contacting them on facebook, then excepting them to actually answer their phone or read their emails.

[Madvillainy]

i only got it like 2 weeks ago and im honestly addicted to it

[Scary Monster]

Yeah i got freakin tired of FB and Myspace and so deleted both of em! Im a private person anyway. I really think all those sites are just a tool for self-validation. FB and MS were just teeming with annoying narcissism. Plus all the people who actually talked to me, or who I actually cared about, i saw in person all the time anyway or have their phone numbers.

This is what i feel about all the self-obsession on the social networking sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZWp5F4IRpw&feature=related

"Ive been here, i been there, i been every fucking where!"
So what
So what
So what, so what you boring little ****!!" :lol:

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

Social networking sites are discriminating against people like me with basically no friends! :glare:

[Scary Monster]

Social networking sites are discriminating against people like me with basically no friends! :glare:

Like i always say, you dont have to have like 20 friends to have some sense of self-worth. Of course, i like getting to know people, but I regularly hang out with like 3 people at the most and i dont actually know more than, say, 5 people that i talk to regularly. But its all good, because the folks i do know are genuine people, and I dont feel the need to prove to myself or anyone else that im cool or wanted.

[GPDP]

I avoided getting one for the longest time (same thing with Myspace back when it was the premier social networking site), but since everyone in my immediate and extended family (and I have a HUGE family) and every single one of my friends has one, I eventually caved in to peer pressure.

I used it for a grand total of three days, then decided it's as much bollocks as I imagined it would be. I've not used it in several months, in fact. People still send me messages and invitations to shit all the time, according to e-mails I get from Facebook, but I can't be arsed to log in and check it out.

These sites are just not for me. I'm the weird recluse of my entire family and circle of friends, and trying out Facebook made me realize just how true that is.

[AK]

I avoided getting one for the longest time
Same, although when it finally came to actually using Myspace on regular occasion, I had found that everyone ditched myspace in favour of facebook.

[MarxSchmarx]

Well here's my story.

I got one thinking I'd use it for political networking way back in the day (about 6 years ago), but then I started reading about security culture and realized what a stupid, stupid idea it was. I never put my real name up and let it languish (I think I had 15 "friends" who found me through one of 10 family members for a total of about 25 "friends"), updating it only when I was drunk as all get out. Then I'd see my 25 friends and see other people's 472 friends and get depressed and drink some more. Then I finally got around to "de-activating" it about 1/2 a year ago - couldn't be bothered to delete it given it had nothing on there except dumb groups I joined. Occasionally I hear about a facebook event or someone's funny pictures and somesuch from friends and acquaintances but honestly I think the sun will rise tomorrow, the tide will abate, and the daffodils will bloom once again.

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