I feel liberated: just permanently deleted my facebook account

[pinkoos]

davester wrote:
If you don't like how your facebook "friends" are using it, then hide their posts. If they decide they don't want to use it then call them on the phone instead.

I don't think I was badmouthing fb per se, rather voicing my frustration with the "perceived" (either correctly or incorrectly on my part) idea of fb.

I have family all over the world and I really didn't see any difference between sending emails to each other, talking on the phone and/or sending links to online photo albums, videos, etc. vs. doing the same via fb.

And, you are right, I didn't really use it that much b/c I got annoyed with it early on. As for not understanding it, maybe I don't or maybe I do. Regardless, as $tevie said, to each his own.

Thanks.

[Jimmypoo]

I don't think he was so much "bad-mouthing" it - as he was, describing both his experience with it and how it fits in to what he does. As an MD (Pinky) - I'd think it would be tough to go beyond old pals, etc. I've certainly tried with a few of mine, and a few cousins, and got little or no reply.

I made pals with a couple of people from the forum - but that was sort of pointless - since I'm already talking to them here. I made a few friends with people who were friends of friends, and I can't really do much with that kind of relationship, so I bailed on it too - and there was a sense of relief because I knew I wasn't missing anything.

davester wrote:
I don't understand how you (pinkoos) can badmouth something that you apparently don't really use and don't really understand. Facebook is just a tool. Some people use it for posting nonsense, some people use it to post baby pictures, and some people use it to keep in touch with far flung family and friends. I'm in the last category and find it invaluable for keeping up with friends and family members all over the world. The facebook experience is completely under your control and functions based on the decisions you make. If you don't like how your facebook "friends" are using it, then hide their posts. If they decide they don't want to use it then call them on the phone instead.

[davester]

Jimmypoo wrote: I made pals with a couple of people from the forum - but that was sort of pointless - since I'm already talking to them here.

In reality, facebook is just another forum, albeit a private one where you choose who gets to be part of your subset of the forum. Other than that difference there's not a whole lot of difference between facebook and this forum.

[haikuman]

FB seems invasive to me and is clearly not user friendly... I have also connected with a few long lost friends and family but have never used it much and I find their prompts about notifications annoying. :priate:

[Kiva]

btw, I believe your account isn't deleted. it's just "inactive". They own all your content.

[vision63]

Regarding hiding friend's posts. I don't want to hide them completely. I just don't want to read about certain things that they may talk about. I don't ever want to hear about what anybody's kids are doing. If I could just filter Jean's kid's names for example and stuff like God and Soccer and especially the words blessed, bless or blessing. That would be awesome. Or to block any kind of philosophizing. In some ways, everyone has turned into Stuart Smalley. I would highly endorse the ability to filter youtube sharing. Or they would have to share a thought or anecdote regarding the youtube link instead of just a "Hey, remember this?" There is probably a way to stop them from "tagging" you in pictures that you're not even in, but I'm always untagging myself.

[$tevie]

There is a way to prevent being tagged altogether. The controls are pretty complete now, you can even specify that you don't want too see a friend's photos or "likes" and so on. You can fix it so you don't see anything they do if that floats your boat.

And no, they do not own your content. Look it up, it is simply not true.

[vision63]

That's good. I have to explore more. I like my peeps overall.

[RgrF]

I'm obviously a neanderthal, I once joined to see a video of the kid,s baseball game taken by another parent. To this day they haunt me and when I tell them to go away, they do.

For a time. Next I know they are at me again. They do not honor their unsubscribe policy.

[bazookaman]

I much prefer Google+. I rarely post on FB anymore. I have very few friends on G+ but they are all friends that actually post things of interest and we have nice conversations that I would not otherwise have with them due to time constraints or location etc. It's not all the stuff that's on FB nowadays.