Deactivated my facebook account last night

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  • BM42909
    BM42909 Posts: 143
    ...cabbage smells like farts.
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    That argument has been made against email, the Internet, instant messaging, message boards....pretty much any digital technology.


    I love the irony of this being discussed on a message board, from which some of the features on Facebook can be found.
  • brosio
    brosio Posts: 60
    SM211812 wrote:
    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


    Fair enough. Just think people have choices, and if they choose to act like a bozo on their Blackberry telling the world they just did their laundry in record time then so be it.

    Drives me nuts, but it clearly makes a lot of people happy
  • Staggering Genius
    Staggering Genius Posts: 169
    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

    Completely agree.

    I move a lot and it is difficult to keep in touch when people are, well, lazy.

    Not having a facebook account has really forced all of us to put in more of an effort if we really want to maintain our relationship.

    Ironically, not having a facebook has really made my relationships stronger as well as my ability to stay in touch with people who really matter to me.

    Facebook is just too damn impersonal, in my own experience.
    Well, fuckers, he still stands.
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Your All Nuts!!!
    Nobody Loves Cabbage.
  • twisted thoughts
    twisted thoughts Posts: 4,377
    Good on ya!

    I cant really say anything any better than what has already been said here.
    facebook is lame. i couldnt be more happy to have cut ties with all the people i went to high school with. And then dealing with co-workers and bosses and family requesting your friendship :roll: ....its just too much. If i want to talk to someone...I'll pick up the phone, or go see them in person. If I havent seen or spoken with you for 10 years..well, there is probably a reason for that :lol:

    Funny thing is...so many people hold a grudge about me not being on facebook. Ive been left out of the loop recently on a lot of things, because Im not on facebook. "Oh, btw. Im having a party this weekend...come if you want" (only to find out they sent out a geigh facebook invite to their fakebook friends like 2 weeks early) yah, go F yourself buddy. Keep your fake friends....I dont need u anyways

    8-)

    Oh... and one of the main reasons I started coming HERE... Is b/c everyone else spends 80% of their work day on facebook... I gotta make up for the difference somewhere... I'd so much rather talk to nice strangers than assholes that I know in real life :lol:
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  • Staggering Genius
    Staggering Genius Posts: 169
    twisted thoughts wrote:
    I'd so much rather talk to nice strangers than assholes that I know in real life :lol:
    :D Me too.
    Well, fuckers, he still stands.
  • McCready00
    McCready00 Posts: 371
    you said you don't care about other people's life...

    so should we care if you deactivated your facebook account ?

    (:
    -"it's times like these you have to ask yourself, "what would mike mccready do"
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    ....i can't even think of 10 people I would actually consider "friends"


    :thumbup:

    so f'n true.
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  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    nuffingman wrote:
    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.

    .
    ^^ This. That's how I deal with facebook. I've only had an account for a little over a year bec everybody's like 'you HAVE to get a facebook'. Well, there is a lot of stupid crap on there from other people sometimes--like you say, remove them. I have no interest in people with whom I went to high school and haven't seen in years (and they didn't like me then, so whatever) so when they try to be my 'friend', I don't. I rarely post on it but one positive thing that I found about it is that it has put me in touch again with many people that I had lost touch with because of where we live, life, time, etc. Then, you have some of those people with like 1500 friends. :? I have like 70, and know personally every one of them, and they've had a place in my life. But I agree that I would rather be on here than facebook. It got old.
  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    Staggering Genius wrote:
    What really disturbs me, is if I put in my username and password now--after two years--in three seconds, everything would be returned.


    this is for you and anyone else who isn't aware of the difference between "deactivation" and deletion of your account (which is a lot of people, because facebook isn't transparent with this).

    DEACTIVATING YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT DOES NOT DELETE YOUR INFORMATION. YOU MUST ACTUALLY DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION REMOVED PERMANENTLY, AND THAT IS A SEPARATE PROCESS.

    this blog post is a couple years old, but i don't think the process has changed. if it has, you may have to look around a bit more: http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/200 ... nd-delete/
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    AndySlash wrote:
    Staggering Genius wrote:
    What really disturbs me, is if I put in my username and password now--after two years--in three seconds, everything would be returned.


    this is for you and anyone else who isn't aware of the difference between "deactivation" and deletion of your account (which is a lot of people, because facebook isn't transparent with this).

    DEACTIVATING YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT DOES NOT DELETE YOUR INFORMATION. YOU MUST ACTUALLY DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION REMOVED PERMANENTLY, AND THAT IS A SEPARATE PROCESS.

    this blog post is a couple years old, but i don't think the process has changed. if it has, you may have to look around a bit more: http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/200 ... nd-delete/
    very interesting.
  • sawyerjam
    sawyerjam Posts: 140
    edited April 2011
    Social networking is social networking. Even if it's done on a bands website :lol: . How can you hate on Facebook but post here daily? That said, I never had or wanted a Facebook account.
  • Staggering Genius
    Staggering Genius Posts: 169
    AndySlash wrote:
    Staggering Genius wrote:
    What really disturbs me, is if I put in my username and password now--after two years--in three seconds, everything would be returned.


    this is for you and anyone else who isn't aware of the difference between "deactivation" and deletion of your account (which is a lot of people, because facebook isn't transparent with this).

    DEACTIVATING YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT DOES NOT DELETE YOUR INFORMATION. YOU MUST ACTUALLY DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION REMOVED PERMANENTLY, AND THAT IS A SEPARATE PROCESS.

    this blog post is a couple years old, but i don't think the process has changed. if it has, you may have to look around a bit more: http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/200 ... nd-delete/

    This just blew my mind. I just now deleted it. And even then, it said I have 14 days to change my mind before it is deleted permanently. :roll:

    It made me sick to go back, even for a few seconds.

    They really try to scare you into staying.

    Thanks so much for the information.
    Well, fuckers, he still stands.
  • NoCode416
    NoCode416 Posts: 417
    i don't really understand the hating towards facebook... it is what you want it to be, no?

    you can customize it to your liking (i don't even know if the mafia wars thing is still a big deal bc i blocked it over a year ago)... or you can just be friends with "close" friends... or you can just not be on facebook... bottom line is that it's a social network, as is this message board, and you do what you want with it and hopefully exercise some self control.

    and the privacy stuff? please, it takes an email address to sign up. and again, you can customize your privacy settings.

    and i think someone said that people spend way too much time on facebook... what do you say about people who have several thousands of posts on here? 10,000 message board posts over 5 years is more than 5 posts every single day, 365 days per year. i don't have a problem with that... i'm just trying to draw a comparison.

    facebook isn't bad. people who treat facebook like a daily anger/depression diary are a bummer.
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    it keeps me up to date on my favorite music, bands, restaurant deals and all of my friends back home 1200 miles away. also i live by campus so it helps with the girls although every age is using it now.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    edited April 2011
    Guys, facebook can be annoying, but it IS NOT the downfall of society. It is responsible for the the organization of pro-democracy uprisings in the middle east. It is an information tool and it is what you get out of it.


    Facebook is a good thing. Just delete or hide your annoying friends, or don't spend so much god damn time on it yourselves!


    It's really just a glorified version of this message board. It's social networking, same as this board. Sorry if you have annoying friends. :lol:
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  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    markymark550 wrote:
    That argument has been made against email, the Internet, instant messaging, message boards....pretty much any digital technology.


    I love the irony of this being discussed on a message board, from which some of the features on Facebook can be found.

    Exactly.....this is why I struggle with technology and its impact on society nowadays in general.......the trend of Iphones, Ipads, blackberries, smart phones, apps, etc seems to be more heavily consuming than anything Ive ever seen before.

    It's not the Facebook platform that I have a problem with in itself; that would be ridiculous. I just don't like the way people consume it.

    But it does annoy when me I see ads on TV now saying please come like us on Facebook.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    markymark550 wrote:
    That argument has been made against email, the Internet, instant messaging, message boards....pretty much any digital technology.


    I love the irony of this being discussed on a message board, from which some of the features on Facebook can be found.

    yep! this is what cracks me up anytime i hear people blathering on and on about facebook/twitter :lol::lol:
  • voidofman
    voidofman Posts: 4,009
    norm wrote:
    markymark550 wrote:
    That argument has been made against email, the Internet, instant messaging, message boards....pretty much any digital technology.


    I love the irony of this being discussed on a message board, from which some of the features on Facebook can be found.

    yep! this is what cracks me up anytime i hear people blathering on and on about facebook/twitter :lol::lol:
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