Well this morning I finally did what I was telling myself I would do since before Christmas; I have finally let go of the insidious grasp of Facebook.
I’ve closed all applications, changed my settings, and deactivated my account. I know that if I want Facebook to delete my profile then I have to delete each and every minifeed entry and e-mail, and I will do that in time but I’m happier right now with this first stage of just putting it down and walking away.
And already I feel it’s a weight off my shoulders.
Now my reasons for leaving Facebook aren’t about anything so noble (?) as privacy issues.
It’s just a waste of time.
(And I see no reason keeping in touch with people from my past who I have no other relationship with other than through Facebook. I wish a lot of them well but really I don’t care. I haven’t been interested in their well being since leaving school and it’s not going to start now.)
The time issue really is a big thing. I have precious little time as it is to do the things I want to do.
Goodbye Facebook. I won’t miss you.
BigAl
Take it I’m going to have to administer the Classic Yak facebook group then?
Not at all. We have James and Scott on the team. Both have active Facebook accounts and they are both capable of posting a link to the file on a monthly basis.
And it’s not like there’s much to administer. All the people who are in the Facebook group already know about the Yak.
So whatever happened to the Freely Project? The website seems to be gone.
On the team. Check
Facebook accounts. Check
Capable of posting a link……………….
@Ken: The Freely Project had seen no activity in many months, and I had no time to devote to it, so I let it pass away quietly in it’s sleep when domain renewal time came around.
Lol that’s funny, I did exactly the same the other day, as did a couple of friends. I think people are just losing interest in Facebook.
When it comes down to it, we all have our friends on IM, and if we don’t, we have their e-mail addresses and/or know their IRC channels. FB was fun for a while, but do we really need it?
While Freely died quietly in it’s sleep the idea has still been on the hearts of some. After some emails with and blessings from mrben I am going to try to resurrect it.
Kind of ironic, but I’m kicking it off with a Facebook group
Blessings, Tom
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=51180321073
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