Leaving Facebook
I’ve been telling myself to leave Facebook for months now. I never have time to log one - maybe once a month - and I have these feelings of selfishness as a result: like I’m not giving anything back to my community of friends. You see, I might log in monthly to see what folks are doing; but I never really update my profile or offer anything in return. So, it feels like another thing I need to get to, and never really can (i.e. fail).
Sounds like a personal problem? I suppose, and it doesn’t really bother me, but I wonder if I need yet another online social responsibility? A simpler life is definitely what I’m after…
And I’m not the only one thinking such things. The Courier Post recently ran an article discussing the idea and the trend of leaving these online communities. Give it a read. What do you think?
PS: I can across Julian Smith’s 25 things I hate about Facebook again while reading, so I’m linking to it here:
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Comments:
Actually I can relate to what you’re saying about Facebook. I like the fact that I am in contact with circles of friends from different eras of my life, and I get to have a look at their life as it is now. That being said, I’m tired of hearing about the weather, what people are having for dinner, how time is passing so quickly and how wonderful their kids and significant others are. The self-indulgence becomes too much. Perhaps I just have the wrong friends and no one else ever deals with this. 
Fee,
that has to be the best video ever. I think I might actually post it to my Facebook!
Thank you for sharing!
You should definitely stay on. Otherwise there will be no way for your friends to tag old pictures of you for me to see.
Do it! I bailed off in August and never looked back.
Sam,
My birthday is this week and if you don’t write on my wall I am TOTALLY unfriending you!