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Who is with me to do a 30 day Facebook Fast?
DaltheJigsaw
Mountain View Veteran
I am going to be going on a Facebook fast who is with me?
What do you guys think about Facebook by the way?
A tool and how one uses it I guess.
What do you guys think about Facebook by the way?
A tool and how one uses it I guess.
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Good grief.....! :rolleyes:
Giving up Facebook for meditation/school/work...
I might deactivate it all together!!!
Yea, Facebook is annoying when you have your friends posting that they are taking a crap... or that they are single now...
After a week or so I didn't miss it anymore..
Now I really wonder I ever used it.
Is Facebook considered a modern relative/family/friends directory?
Perhaps I can join you in a forum fast if you start one.
I also wanted to do a 7 day no computer fast and use my Ipod for checking emails.
But then I guess I can use my cell phone, but even with that I need to cut it down...
Lol...
either way, the "social website" that I really use is deviantArt.
It seems to cheapen relationships and feed narcissism. It gives people the opportunity to show the "ideal me". But that's what it largely is about, isn't it? All about "me"?
And now, Facebook has developed it into a powerful marketing tool. For instance, if you post "I'm looking at myself in the mirror in the bathroom at Starbucks", it will automatically create a link in that sentence that takes you to the Starbucks page. Essentially, it turns statements into commercials. I find that disturbing, and won't support it.
Yes, it depends on how one uses Facebook, but in my current view, signing up already places you in a web of marketing and a narciss-skewed reflection of reality to navigate through.
I also found that I was spending way too much time arguing pointlessly with people (some of whom I knew and some of whom I didn't) who were on the far right fringe politically, and it was both frustrating and irritating, in addition to being a waste of my time and energy.
I have contemplated leaving all together. This would be a good warm up.
I again have come to realize I never go on it. I always get this sense of facebook being one huge ego, a collective ego of the world. I tried adding the dalai lama and ajahn brahm, but they have too many friends
you de-activated your account, there's a way for a "permanent" delete.
I am going to be fasting with the news and the computer as well.
Let's get started!
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
I got fed up with Facebook and wanted to do more than just de-activate my account.
Like a catastrophic Bulgarian "hacking" of the site resulting in complete identity theft with huge personal debt leading to bankruptcy and a pair of police detectives arresting you for murder at work.
Oh!? Did I mention "pod people" who look exactly like your 100 friends showing up at your front door with plans of staying with you for a month?
Finally? You look into your bathroom mirror and your reflection is missing (nothing to do with vampires either).
Speaking of Facebook, why do the posts on this site look kind of like Facebook posts?
Let's do it.
Agreed!
Let's do it!
Suweet.
Let's see how she goes.
here's how with firefox
http://www.ehow.com/how_4966362_block-websites-mozilla-firefox.html
Then I will permanently delete my account.
however, I will not log-in in some weeks and will probably deactivate or delete the account after the reunion.