Comments on: 4 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook And Never Look Back

By: eric

eric — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:47:04 +0000

I never saw the big deal about it after trying it out for around 6 mos. first off, searching for old friends which half of them you cant find, most don’t want to be found & ignore you, & others that boast several hundreds if not thousands of friends when they realistically don’t. now tell me how anyone can keep up with that many friends? IMPOSSIBLE! unless you are the president.

By: ShellzandCheeze

ShellzandCheeze — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:38:17 +0000

So, I just made the plunge — and found it to be “liberating”. I have had the account for awhile but, found I often logged in without thinking about it. And, most times it would just bring me down afterwards. I don’t think it’s a healthy tool — quite the opposite. There are people that brag — and for some us that may be soft spoken/shy — we await a message from someone. And, why? It’s really a means to find approval via a phony means. I can’t believe some of the people who post as a means to brag. And, truthfully, the “friends” that post regularly as def. the one’s that always have to be getting attention.

I guess some people don’t find it a habit that is bad. I for one intend to stay far and away from said FB! I think it’ll be for the better!

By: james

james — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:19:34 +0000

Deleting my facebook account was entirely liberating. I suggest that others consider doing so. It is a platform that encourages narcissistic behavior. It is the digital equivalent of a personalized pulp fiction novel where everyone is the star character leading and directing. The content is less than real. Who ever discusses or engages in any meaningful discussion on this platform. I do not care for the trivialized fiction which dominates this platform. I have found many people who believe that the platform is in and of itself only good in theory. The practical use of facebook with human nature lends to narcissism, vanity, and greed. Its like a knife and primarily you will find the promotion of vanity…rather than an honest grandmother sharing baby photos…facebook equals ….look at me…look at me…when i see people consumed with it i cringe….but mostly i think of what pain drives them to be so self consumed.

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By: MChaser14

MChaser14 — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:39:01 +0000

I deactivated my Facebook an hour ago. It’s probably non-sense. I can do more productive things than wasting time scrolling my news feeds and not getting enough sleep because of being addicted with Facebook. It feels good to be Facebook Free.

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By: jan

jan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:57:49 +0000

yes, you were right… i rather deactivate it and get a life.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:04:08 +0000

I NEED to delete my account. It is controlling my life as I am suffering depression and I go there to hide. The problem is it takes 2 weeks for it to permanently delete it and during that time I get too tempted to not go back. any way around this?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:25:56 +0000

I know, typo. YOU’RE

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:24:14 +0000

Been a member of Facebook for about 7 years now starting when I was in high school, and back then, it was a lot more personal and actually a really great site. Most of my generation considered it an ‘old people’ site. I hate most of my generation so this suited me fine. Then, in a matter of years, everyone who owns a computer seems to have a Facebook account now. Hadn’t thought about deleting Facebook much, but tonight I was looking at my feed thinking “Do I honestly know these people?”. I had a feed mostly full of people who I’d heard of, but never talked to or cared about. In terms of actual friends, they were just lost in the feed. Then it kind of clicked, I was on here to show off, to try and live a life I didn’t actually have. It’s a very vain network when you think about it, I was the equivalent to a TV show. Facebook itself has also plummeted since it’s popularity has raised, adverts are all over the place, Facebook tells me what I like and most people on there (some even real-life friends) are self-centered, looking for attention from a like or a comment to fulfill their egotistical bad side.

So I’m making a change now, I’ve signed up to Google+ as I want to maintain an online presence (and at the moment it seems a much more mature site – we’ll see how long that lasts). And hopefully I’ll be able to make an effort to see friends, and at least realise who really matters in my life, rather than being under the illusion that I have 300+ friends.
Some might say “You’ll lose contact with so many people”, or maybe that thought is stopping you deleting your own account. Think about it, does a like or a comment here and there really equate to a meaningful friendship?

IF YOUR IN DOUBT – I challenge you to leave your Facebook account alone for a whole week. First you’ll see if you’re truly addicted to the social network bug, in which case you need to delete it ASAP. Secondly, if you do manage to stay off it, you’ll be surprised at how few notifications you’ll have. I’ll bet you most likely have 1 or 2 maximum (best time to notice this is going away on holiday and returning to the computer a week or two later). Most people on Facebook aren’t your friends, most people add people they’ve met once, even just heard of in conversation to add you to a long list of people they don’t really know and thus give the illusion that they really have a lot of friends, when in reality, they couldn’t care less about you. Don’t believe me? Check your notifications again…

BEFORE YOU DELETE – Ask Facebook to send you a back-up of all your data, that way you won’t regret losing loads of photos etc. That was one thing that was stopping me from deleting my account, having 7 years of my life in photos and losing them all. I’ve now got them on hard-drive, and don’t need those people who don’t know me going through them and judging my life, to see if it’s better than their own.

I urge you to delete your account. Facebook has become an ugly corporate mess with privacy issues, and it’s only going to get worse (remember that site MySpace that nobody (except musicians) uses anymore – that’s the way it’s heading). Even worse, most you’ve added won’t even care, and in that scenario, you’re making a wise move by deleting your account.