Deactivated my facebook account last night

UpSideDown
UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
edited April 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Done with that......think I created it back in early 2005? It was a good ride for the first year or two, but now its just out of hand. I don't want to support things like this. I'd rather be human.
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Well done UpSideDown! Facebook is an awful awful thing. You made the right decision. This is not how society is supposed to be. I agree 1000%.
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  • BugCityForTheNight
    BugCityForTheNight Canberra, Australia Posts: 75
    Did the same thing about 2 months ago! I joined mid 2007, whats the point its just garbage
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    they asked for my phone number the other night to protect my security. :lol:

    yeah right.
    81 is now off the air

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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Facebook is a pimple on the ass of humanity. I have grown to despise it and have not visited my page at all in at least 6 months....i still get friend request emails....i think i'm up to like 190 requests I have not answered...that's 10 short of 200....i can't even think of 10 people I would actually consider "friends"
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,383
    Good choice! Facebook IMO is a major part of the downfall of society. I have never had an account and don't plan on having one in the future.
  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    What I found really interesting is how many levels of checks I had to go through to actually deactivate this thing.......it felt like I was quitting a job or something.

    And then showing pictures of my friends and saying they will miss me.....

    Very weird.
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    UpSideDown wrote:
    What I found really interesting is how many levels of checks I had to go through to actually deactivate this thing.......it felt like I was quitting a job or something.

    And then showing pictures of my friends and saying they will miss me.....

    Very weird.


    every lost active member is lost revenue.
    81 is now off the air

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  • nostackedvinyl
    nostackedvinyl Maine Posts: 857
    i'm glad you guys are posting about this. i've never had a facebook account EVER and my friends think i'm crazy. let alone the fact that i don't need to know what everyone is doing. it blows my mind that people you didn't talk to for 10 years and didn't have an issue with it are now people that you feel the need to check in on everyday. anyone that needs to know what i'm doing is doing it with me.
    it's a fragile thing, this life we lead.

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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    SM211812 wrote:
    i'm glad you guys are posting about this. i've never had a facebook account EVER and my friends think i'm crazy. let alone the fact that i don't need to know what everyone is doing. it blows my mind that people you didn't talk to for 10 years and didn't have an issue with it are now people that you feel the need to check in on everyday. anyone that needs to know what i'm doing is doing it with me.
    Exactly. I got a page strictly to be able to keep up with my oldest friend and my god child and realized what a ridiculous bunch of shit it is. I don't get the fascination with friending people you never liked in the first place. I got countless requests from people in the community I am only vaguely aware of and they me as well. I don't get it. Get the fuck out of my business.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • jjc2007
    jjc2007 Posts: 4
    Never had one either. Good for us!
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I think this needs to be an organized movement.

    Down with Facebook
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    I think this needs to be an organized movement.

    Down with Facebook

    I use it for my radio show, but have been considering deactivating my personal one again.

    I get sucked into it and waste so much time. :(
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  • PearlOfAGirl
    PearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    I'm thinking of closing my account too. They actually posted my address and phone number on there... :roll: WTF!!! Plus I'm sick of people sending me hugs, hearts, and poking me... :lol:

    Wish you were here...
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    It is what it is. It can be used without the nonsense that goes on with some of the people that are on it.

    Rule 1. If you get a friend request from someone you don't want to know REJECT it.
    Rule 2. If someone pisses you off with something REMOVE them.
    Rule 3. Don't put really personal stuff on there.

    And I'm not sure how it's a major part of the downfall of society when you've never had a Facebook account. That's a bit like saying you don't like cabbage but have never tried it.
  • nostackedvinyl
    nostackedvinyl Maine Posts: 857
    nuffingman wrote:
    And I'm not sure how it's a major part of the downfall of society when you've never had a Facebook account. That's a bit like saying you don't like cabbage but have never tried it.


    you can see it in people around you. people that need to check it 100 times a day. or people that have their phones surgically implanted in to their ass. when i can sit in a room with two people, and both of them are on their phones while i sit there and could actually talk to them. . . . .yea i feel like it's cutting down people's ability to talk with each other. coincidentally i love cabbage
    it's a fragile thing, this life we lead.

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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    SM211812 wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    And I'm not sure how it's a major part of the downfall of society when you've never had a Facebook account. That's a bit like saying you don't like cabbage but have never tried it.


    you can see it in people around you. people that need to check it 100 times a day. or people that have their phones surgically implanted in to their ass. when i can sit in a room with two people, and both of them are on their phones while i sit there and could actually talk to them. . . . .yea i feel like it's cutting down people's ability to talk with each other. coincidentally i love cabbage
    This. Exactly.

    I too love cabbage.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • brosio
    brosio Posts: 60
    Is that really Facebook's fault or more of an indictment on your friends?

    Just Saying
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    SM211812 wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    And I'm not sure how it's a major part of the downfall of society when you've never had a Facebook account. That's a bit like saying you don't like cabbage but have never tried it.


    you can see it in people around you. people that need to check it 100 times a day. or people that have their phones surgically implanted in to their ass. when i can sit in a room with two people, and both of them are on their phones while i sit there and could actually talk to them. . . . .yea i feel like it's cutting down people's ability to talk with each other. coincidentally i love cabbage


    love my phone....but i'm not a facebook junky....just a pj forum junkie. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • nostackedvinyl
    nostackedvinyl Maine Posts: 857
    CD97228 wrote:
    Is that really Facebook's fault or more of an indictment on your friends?

    Just Saying


    i never said they were friends. it can be just people around you
    it's a fragile thing, this life we lead.

    05/24/06, 06/28/08, 06/30/08, 05/17/10, 09/07/11, 09/11/11, 09/12/11, 09/14/11, 09/15/11, 10/15/13, 10/16/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 10/25/13, 10/27/13, 05/05/16, 05/08/16, 08/07/16, 09/02/18

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  • Staggering Genius
    Staggering Genius Posts: 169
    :clap:

    Good job. I deleted mine two years ago. I really hate what that site does to people.

    My friend put pictures of me on her page the other day and when she told me could not fathom why I was so upset. She said people "need to see" how happy she is. :shock: :?

    What really disturbs me, is if I put in my username and password now--after two years--in three seconds, everything would be returned.

    I'd rather waste time here. And keep my life private.
    Well, fuckers, he still stands.

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