Uninstall Facebook

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Glaucus said:
you'll lose a lot of invitations to stuff, if your group uses facebook to organise stuff.
and you can use it how you want you don't have to read anything etc.
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I get text messages and emails. I don't feel I have missed out on anything. :) however as I said I'm back on it but log in maybe once a month but really just don't have time. Work, friends, family, life and hobbies take up my time and is more important to me.
 
I went without Facebook until last year. At which point I finally made an account, however it's a dummy account with no friends, photos or anything else. The account was made solely for communicating with a local hobby group.

As such I only check it once a week when the meet up is discussed. For everything else my friends have my phone number and I don't miss out on any invites. Anyone that doesn't have my number isn't close enough for me to care what they are up to nowadays.
 
I use Facebook a reasonable amount, but when I become aware that I'm checking it excessively, I tend to delete the app from my phone. I'll inevitably add it again, but I enjoy the period when I don't have it.
 
Freefaller said:
I get text messages and emails. I don't feel I have missed out on anything. :) however as I said I'm back on it but log in maybe once a month but really just don't have time. Work, friends, family, life and hobbies take up my time and is more important to me.
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The problem with group texts is that they cost money.

And you don't have time to use Facebook but have nearly 85,000 posts here? Right.
 
Em3bbs said:
The problem with group texts is that they cost money.

And you don't have time to use Facebook but have nearly 85,000 posts here? Right.
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They don't - whatsapp is free... as is email?

And yes I have a lot of posts here, for the 13 or so years I've been here. Plus I've been a moderator for about 9 of those years which adds to your postcount. What is your point? Besides my post rate has dropped significantly over the years. I can reset it to 0 - that would that make it better?

I don't use the forums really at home, and when I'm commuting, I read a book or get on with some work. When I'm home, I'm at the gym, spending time with family, seeing friends, doing DIY or whatever. I don't take my mobile phone to the bedroom, and I read at night. I have no urge or need to log onto FB.

My point was I don't want to live my life vicariously via Facebook - which I know you don't have to at all, you are in control of what you do and what you see.

Let me make this point perfectly clear, I have no issues with Facebook - it IS a great tool for keeping in touch with people. I'm not denying that. I'm not a "lolfacebook" person at all.

However, I used to be on it all the time, and everything was "oooh that picture would look good for FB..." "I'll update this status" "I'll share this picture"... I got completely sucked into living my life in a fishbowl.

Since I deleted my account and stepped away, I suddenly had a LOT of extra time and have done so much more. Now as I said, I'm back on it (though maybe log in for 5-10 minutes once a month), as it is good to be able to have my family (which is global, Middle East to the Americas, across Europe and in Oz) close at hand. However, I just don't log in because there are other things I'd rather be doing. Is that Facebook's fault? No not at all. I just have no interest in looking at someone's life via facebook. So my family and I arrange skype chats - which is so much nicer. :)

That's just me though, I'm not saying you or anyone else is wrong - it is your life - live it your way. Just don't start telling me how to live mine :)
 
I'm not anti facebook and have an account, however I just don't understand what it meant to be for.

Most of it is just people sharing dog or cats videos, posting some philosophical clap trap, pictures of their kids on a swing or adding they've just had boiled rice for lunch. Really not sure how that load of tosh enhances anyones life other than giving them a reason to look at their phone screen constantly where ever they are rather than actually talk to someone instead.
 
Its damn addictive, I can spend hours just scrolling through pages and pages of shared links and pointless rubbish. Id consider myself someone who uses it too much, yet everyone around me seems to use it a hell of a lot more! Scary really!
 
I don't miss it when I am not on it, or don't go on it for days, but I wouldn't get rid of it.

I use it to stay in touch with groups with shared interests that I don't actively need/want as personal contacts for whatsapp etc.

I also use it as a place to keep photos, and I like the memories it brings back looking through the "on this day" section.

I don't post often, and I keep my friends quite minimal and profile locked down a fair bit, but I like that its there and the functions it offers.
 
You guys do know that you can unfollow people's posts so you don't have to see them at all? I don't mind it, very rarely post on there but it's a good way of catching up with people.
 
I find myself using it less and less.

That facebook memories thing does a good job of making you cringe at old posts, it's the only way some people can get attention in their lives now, which is sad in my opinion. It's also used to paint a happy picture of their lives when in reality it's nothing like that, in fact most of those types of people I see uploading pictures everyday and saying how much they're in love are the ones who seem to struggle holding down any kind of relationship.

It's a good tool when not used as a form of instant gratification.
 
I came off FB for Lent, no one noticed (boo hoo) and I came back on at Easter. Turned out I missed out on a couple of notable things but other than that it was the same old.

Am only on it for a particular buy/sell group at the moment and don't actually check my newsfeed that much!

Am definitely not on it as much as I used to be, but it is useful to see what my nieces, nephews, friends and family are up to around the world.

What it did show though is how many people haven't been in contact since February (of course I know this is a two way process!). Must catch up with people, although I had to give myself a break from this as found it was always me organising things.

BB x
 
I Just slim down the heard and hide certain people that post annoying things.

Its to useful for organizing things, Its been a god send sorting people out for my wedding.

A lot of forums have died out and moved to facebook groups so I mainly use it for that
 
V F said:
The sign of things to come where Facebook is the be all end all?
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