Comments on: Flipping point?

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:35:58 +0000

I was reading one of your commentors describing how their husband left facebook and thought “that sounds like me”. And then I realized who wrote the comment!

Definitely felt like a rat deserting a not-yet-sinking but holed below the waterline ship. Facebook is too insidious, and it tries to suck you into a level of connectedness with your “friends” that eventually feels claustrophobic.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:45:20 +0000

When it (Fbook) started I thought it was great if a little “US Campus” like, when people told me about Twitter I thought, what’s the point, that’s covered by facebook status, (how wrong?!) and flickr, no, no need that’s within facebook etc…
Then came all the pirates and shit, how annoying and why did facebook allow it?, they didn’t get anything out of it.

Also annoying is the hundreds of friends I have but for a lot of people they are from the past, so they use it like friendreunited to have a nose but no more. So I have taken off all the apps except photo sharing, taken off most my personal data, left the “network” I was in and next step is losing some “friends”.

By: DraconianOne

DraconianOne — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:08:03 +0000

One of the most common search terms turning up in my blog stats at the moment is “How do I delete my Facebook account?” I think I should write a guide.

I bypassed the obligation to stay on it in order to stay connected with people I’d found by reasoning that I now had their email addresses and could stay in touch by more usual means. It was liberating.

By: mum

mum — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:17:40 +0000

Jane – “oh to be able to spell”?? It’s ‘definitely’!

By: Gert

Gert — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:13:55 +0000

I don’t like it, and I don’t like the apps, but I feel obliged to stay on it because of the people with whom I’m connected. I have managed to re-establish contact with two of the formerly most important people in my life. (They were having chhildren while I was being ill) and I can see photos of friends and family, which is nice.