I was thrown off Facebook a year ago for talking about issues with my friends that I speak about here all the time.
Well it sucked for about 3 days then I realized I was really way too caught up in this ridiculous trend. I have a PS3 and a Wii but for some reason, as these systems collected dust, I was mastering Farmville, Drinking Wars and some stupid RPG all of which my Commodore 64 could have run 30 years ago!
Then I noticed this big weight was lifted off my shoulders after going through Facebook 'withdrawal'. It felt good not having to get my novemdecuple fixes during the day. I started noticing the world around me again. I smashed my IPhone soon after and bought the cheapest pre paid cell I could find. Now I only use the internet for research into topics that interest me that are hard to answer anywhere else. I don't spend my day constantly looking at my phone sending the thousand texts, e-mails, video messages, etc. back and forth - not even for work, they can wait 15 minutes for me to get to my computer.
Facebook and other social media sites are like TV now. They are commercially driven 'channels' used to addict people and keep them occupied while the whole world passes them by. If TV was cocaine, Facebook would be crack.

Nope.

Still breathing.

I never understood the Facebook obsession. I tried it out about a year ago, had the account for about 2 months but wasnt on it that much.
I didnt really like the whole "openness" that was shared between friends and their friends and so on. It took all had to not say "who the hell cares" when someone would post... "ok im going to walk the dog" then omg the dog pooped in the neighbors yard, roflmao" blah blah.

At first I disabled it because i couldnt find the delete account link, then i realized that my acct was still there, it was just on standby.
So i complained loudly, my son heard me and showed me a link to delete it forever.. so, bye bye mark [zuckerberg]

"Jude11 is sitting on the toilet eating pork chops."

According to Face Book, this is interesting stuff.

Pretty much.

I've never used it. I don't know any peers who do.

The only people I ever see using are the elderly and stupid kids.

I should say I don't have any peers who use anything on the Internet unless they're at work in a cube wasting time. That's why I'm here.

The whole thing has jumped the shark. It's a toy for children and a novelty for seniors. Most others have better things to do than spend their free time in front a screen doing what essentially amounts to nothing at all.

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I always have facebook up in a separate tab while I'm browsing the internetz, but I most certainly wouldn't call myself an addict. I keep it up to be able to chat with my friends (a lot of whom do not have cellphones/texting). I very rarely ever use it for anything else. Maybe an occasional funny comment on a picture or status, etc. But other than that I don't use it.
The same goes with my iPhone - when I first got it all I did was play games on it. But then I grew tired of them, and I only use my phone for texting and useful apps now (scientific calculator, maps, camera, etc).

The key to it all is moderation. And very few people these days are able to control their addictions. It's sad to see facebook friends who are constantly online (and using it, not just having the tab open like me).

This is slightly off-topic, but have you noticed the amount of children that walk around stores playing their Nintendo DS's constantly? I hate seeing that. Even when they're out in the world, they're missing the world. It's like a portable addiction. Our youth these days.. \=

I do not care to be popular. I like to put my .02 in on ATS though. Facebook is for popularity contests. Contests that at the end of the day, mean crap.

I have an issue with being on ATS too much. Just like right now I am supposed to be out under my car changing the fuel pump.

Facebook is for people with no self esteem.

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Facebook will be fine till someone makes a better crack. Seems about due for a replacement....

Omg. My friends know better than to mention "farmville" around me. I'm so anti-facebook that I still have a myspace page....

I actually feel the same way about my G-phone, it does prove to be handy at times but for the most part, i could do without it. If i didnt need a phone for work purposes or to keep up with my brats, I wouldnt even have one.

What irritates me about cell phones though, is that people EXPECT you to have it on you AT ALL TIMES.
If they call, you better answer, or they think your dodging them and get offended.
I have came back from the store, leaving my phone at home on purpose and finding several missed calls from the same person, then a vmail asking me why im avoiding them..
What happened to calling someone once, leaving a vmail if its really important and waiting on the call back?

Phone etiquette has gone to hell with technology advancements.

i find its an excuse to not meet people in real life...

so many friends who i would have met 5 years ago in person to say hi.. now i just send them a message every now and then...

social networking perhaps... but also social alienation....

Fakebook and other social networking sites are stealing the substance out of the human experience and redirecting energies into the electronic experience...

We will one day be machines...

Only attention whores still use facebook. It's all about me, me, ME.

"I am currently on the bus, hehe."

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