Anyone besides me REALLY tired of Facebook?

[Stacykins]

I don't use my facebook very often, I mostly use it to share pictures with family and friends. I don't use any of the applications, they are such an annoyance. I just ignore invites to use them. It is really handy for organizing events, I've found.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

I like it, I just use it to catch up on things and talk to people I haven't seen in awhile. I don't post many pics or videos or share my whole life on it though.

 

[ChooksChick]

I nuked my personal account, but now I ned one for the consulting job I'm doing, as well as for my writing...so I'm going to go back and reactivate it and nuke out everything but the scant, barest basics...

Hope the 500+ 'friends' from HS and intervening years don't notice I'm back while I'm unfriending them...

It's really a time-suck if you don't prioritize appropriately. It's yet another situation where 'FOMO' is pervasive: Fear Of Missing Out.

I can do without, and have been very happy with checking my business page occasionally. I'm not looking forward to my personal page being active again.

*sigh*

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

The problem is that everyone's life has compartments, boundaries that exist to protect you and allow you (all of us) to be the many people we are. It is not fake that you do not act the same way with your best friends out partying on a Friday night as you do at work on Monday morning. Friday night exists for a reason.

In too many ways FB removes all of those boundaries. My DH has to have aFB account for WORK! They insist on it because they use FB to post things and send them schedules and job information. But, guys get in trouble over things other people post on their walls that are not politically correct or imply certain activities that could be illegal.

FB is fine, but create separate accounts one for your professional real name and a nickname one for your friends and family. Last thing people need is to get fired because your cousin's brother talked smack on your FB page about your company (yeah, that happened to some one I personally know).

 

[MiddleChild]

Places like this forum are fine for connecting to folks with similar interests. I don't have the time or energy to seek out every last person I MIGHT want to talk to - can't keep track of the ones right underfoot as it is. And the intrusiveness! Businesses, advertisers, Big Brothers, and plain old nosy people, and to have no idea where all your information has spread to -! Never opened a FB account, never will. Nor will I hand out my SSN or keys to my house. What is the MATTER with some people?!

(But - I"M not opinionated...)

 

[krcote]

OP- do not over look the fact the just because you have deleted your account that all that info you had on there is not deleted as well. As you stated, they own the rights to that info once you have put it on there. Turns out, they keep your entire account just waiting for you to change your mind and get back on board. If you test it, you will see that if you sign back in, your entire account shows up just as you have never left. They make it very easy to get sucked back in. I was one of the original members when it got stared years back in college. It was awesome then. Just college kids allowed. It morphed into a beast I did not recognize and I quickly realized it was not something I wanted to be part of any longer 2 or 3 years ago. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made to increase my life's productivity! Best of luck to you staying away, it is a difficult habit to break when there is so much pressure to be involved.

 

[zippitydooda]

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You are absolutely correct that they keep it all..... I have not found a way to actually DELETE, only deactivate. I went back last night to download all my "sensitive information" (as they call it), which was pretty much every pic and caption I ever posted. I then looked for an actual delete....still can't find it. Is there one?

I agree that it was nice to reconnect with some people from the past, but if they truly were my "FRIENDS", wouldn't I have kept in touch all along? I did organize a family reunion through the event application, so it was handy there.... BUT I am just tired of the whole thing. My 21 y.o. DD did the same thing, but the 16 y.o. DD thinks I'm crazy to do it, much less to expect HER to try to live without it, LOL. Thanks for all the different perspectives..... Happy Wednesday!

 

[Peaches Lee]

I've never had a FB account. It honestly kind of scares me. I have been thinking about maybe a website or a blog for my farm and my friend's farm, but I look at that as more of a business advertising scheme rather than personal...stuff. I think blogs and websites are just the right amount of info for the world.

 

[AyeUpChuck]

Yeah I'm done with FB. People can be mean and passive aggressive. It's not ALL bad but I've replaced it with BYC!

Not as much drama. Just chickens.

 

[Sword]

I pretty much just use facebook to store my pictures, so that I don't lose all of them when my computer inevitably breaks down.