<p>I deleted mines 2 weeks ago; it will officially be deleted on the 20th of this month.</p>
<p>I deleted mines because I had all these “friends” on there that I didn’t talk to. I realized that the same people who talk to me on Facebook and the same people I talk to on Facebook, I have their phone numbers and email addresses and that we talk mainly via text messaging anyway.</p>
<p>The way I look at it is, if the person is a true friend, you’re going to keep in touch. You shouldn’t need a website to keep your friendship afloat. As long as I’m living, I’m making sure I keep in contact with the people I love and cherish (aka my friends, best friends, and family).</p>
<p>As for missing out on “events, pictures” and all the other excuses people tried to sucker me into when I told them I deleted my Facebook, I don’t really think that’s a reason to keep it. While Facebook is convenient for those purposes, I don’t think it’s needed. If someone really wants me to go to party X, they will contact me. That’s how I view it. If you can’t take 30 seconds to shoot me a text saying “wanna go to party X next week?”, then I don’t think it’s that serious. As for pictures, I couldn’t care less. I don’t need to see every single picture of what others do, so that never was a problem for me.</p>
<p>I mean do what you want. Don’t let people sucker you into keeping it. Weigh out the pros and cons and see what works for you. But from what I’ve read, we have similar views regarding Facebook.</p>
<p>I’m not actually friends with most people who throw parties around campus, so generally I just see that other friends are attending the event via my news feed and click ‘Attend’. It’s a quick and easy way to find out about events. I also find out about guest lecturers via facebook in the same manner since I often don’t see the posters around campus.</p>
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<p>A good friend of mine is currently teaching english in Thailand and is documenting her travels in photo albums/notes on facebook. Very interesting.</p>
<p>At my school it is different. There are fliers and posters everywhere so I already know of parties. Even without the fliers and posters, my whole hall talks about the parties the whole week so I’m always informed. Actually, I’ve never found out about a party through Facebook at my school. </p>
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<p>Interesting indeed. I don’t really place much emphasis on photos. When I get the chance to hang out with my friend, he or she could also show me the photos on his or her camera.</p>
<p>I’m not slagging Facebook nor discrediting its convenience. You won’t find me bashing Facebook or its users because my family and friends are on Facebook, and even I was on Facebook at one point. I just realized that for me, Facebook was like having two cellphones or two email addresses; completely unnecessary.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why people delete their facebooks. My roommate never goes on hers but she keeps it active and gets notifications sent to her email. If she is invited to something, she knows. If someone wants to get ahold of her, she knows. She knows that facebook is easier for people to communicate, so she leaves it open for people to contact her- even if she doesn’t use it to contact people. </p>
<p>IMO, she has found the happy medium that anti-facebook people can’t seem to find (Note: this is not a dig at anyone).</p>
<p>Everyone who permanently deletes their facebook is gonna be sorry. Just wait until there is no email, just facebook messages. And every website just has that little “connect to fb” button to register instead of a long form. Facebook is only getting bigger and Mark Zuckerberg is a smart one. This isn’t myspace, it keeps changing so it won’t fade. In 20 years everyone will have one and use it for everything, and you will be forced to have one.</p>
<p>I don’t see how we’ll be “sorry” if we can easily create a Facebook account if it ever comes to ‘replacing email messages’ (which I highly doubt, but everyone can dream).</p>
<p>This is getting ridiculos. It’s kindof amusing to watch 19 year olds whine about their social life and then claim FB is the end all and be all of existing.</p>
<p>There are fliers everywhere around campus, but I’m pretty oblivious and don’t usually stop to read them since they’re often mixed in with information regarding other events I don’t particularly care about.</p>
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<p>This friend will be in Thailand for the next couple years teaching english, so…</p>
<p>The area is also very beautiful and she was a photography major at the same performing arts high school I attended. One can obviously use other sites to share such photos, they’re just not as readily accessible, nor easily shared, as they are with the massive social network that is facebook.</p>
<p>*isn’t that what email, telephones and the United States Postal service is for? *</p>
<p>Haha. Progress may seem stupid, at times, but we cant stop it. Maybe Leo thinks we should get rid of the whole internet. After all, you can always walk to the library to do some research. Or, hang out at the corner gas station for some chat. </p>
<p>Seriously, it is what it is. The issue is most users don’t now how to use it selectively and most kids don’t know how to self-edit what they publish. And, don’t know how to restrict incoming content.</p>
<p>In a few years, we’ll have evolved to something else.</p>
<p>When email first came out, I just couldn’t imagine what communication was so important it couldn’t just be faxed.</p>
<p>Whatever you guys can call me crazy but technology changes and Facebook is only getting bigger. I know that I certainly would rather just send a quick fb message than log into my email and wait for everything to load and then go through the inbox to send a message which slows up my computer. Not to mention the fact that I don’t have to figure out people’s email addresses. Life is gonna get faster and facebook will take a larger role in it.</p>
<p>I agree that in a few years, something else will come along.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if anyone here understands why receiving a hand written letter “feels” much more personal. It takes much more time and thought, and its just more special in my eyes. I write and receive handwritten letters occasionally. I don’t think Paper or physical books or writing utensils will ever become obsolete. </p>
<p>I know that we all (myself included) secretly wish everything physical beyond our brain will become obsolete, and we can connect to some computer matrix.</p>
<p>if you defriend someone, you will just not appear in their list. I doubt they would ever notice.</p>
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Sounds shallow to me. Do you actually mail anything at Christmas? Or do you just FB digital greeting cards. Is it too much of a hassle to handwrite anything?</p>
<p>My experience: when you defriend, they only know if they go to your page and see “Add as Friend” or go looking for you in their list. You need to scan all the fine print in the FB help- and know that things change all the time. Also check out the Block feature; it works a bit differently.</p>
<p>Ez, my issue is that when "most kids"post a status or comment, virtually anyone can see it. Setting up the level of privacy you truly wish can involve several layers and testing to ensure it’s right. Most kids don’t realize that. Nor do they realize the new 2011 changes share plenty of info with marketers allied with FB. And, can open your friends list and “likes” to similar info-sharing.</p>
<p>So, I get to see my kids’ friends’ late-night (drunken) ramblings.</p>