Dear Facebook: I quit

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Recently I decided to quit Facebook. I know this means I will miss a lot of information and updates by friends, but oh well. The reasons for quitting are a bit complicated but what it boils down to is the fact that Facebook isn’t really that valuable to me. It’s not worth spending time on. And I know I’m not the only one who thinks so. Other people have quit, too.

Basically if you care to “follow” me or want to know what’s going on in my life, from now on you’ll need to check in here, and only here.

  • char

    I've repeated this a hundred times to friends and co-workers: if I didn't use a facebook status feed widget into my NetVibes portal, I'd rarely look at Facebook. From the portal I get a small picture of what friends are doing (I use it for twitter, too) and I can comment right from the widget. It isn't something I would log into otherwise on a regular basis.

  • Susan Davis

    I thought I'd “lost”you–just when I wanted to send belated birthday greetings! Good to know you made a conscious choice to move on.

    All the best,
    Susan

  • http://www.familymanlibrarian.com FamManLib

    Hi Susan (and also, Char),

    Thanks for your comments, and sorry I didn't send a global message out
    before quitting. (Actually I tried to do that and couldn't figure out how
    to do it in Facebook.) Thank you Susan for your birthday wishes!

    It may seem a bit strange that I did this but in addition to what I said
    already in the post, I also have tired of wading through an increasing
    amount of ancillary Facebook-y stuff. In other words, there was a lot of
    noise in participating in Facebook and I got tired of that as well.

    Take care,

    Steve

  • http://www.familymanlibrarian.com FamManLib

    Hi Susan (and also, Char),

    Thanks for your comments, and sorry I didn't send a global message out
    before quitting. (Actually I tried to do that and couldn't figure out how
    to do it in Facebook.) Thank you Susan for your birthday wishes!

    It may seem a bit strange that I did this but in addition to what I said
    already in the post, I also have tired of wading through an increasing
    amount of ancillary Facebook-y stuff. In other words, there was a lot of
    noise in participating in Facebook and I got tired of that as well.

    Take care,

    Steve

  • http://www.familymanlibrarian.com FamManLib

    Hi Susan (and also, Char),

    Thanks for your comments, and sorry I didn't send a global message out
    before quitting. (Actually I tried to do that and couldn't figure out how
    to do it in Facebook.) Thank you Susan for your birthday wishes!

    It may seem a bit strange that I did this but in addition to what I said
    already in the post, I also have tired of wading through an increasing
    amount of ancillary Facebook-y stuff. In other words, there was a lot of
    noise in participating in Facebook and I got tired of that as well.

    Take care,

    Steve

  • danoberg

    It's SO over: cool cyberkids abandon social networking sites

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/you…

  • danoberg

    It's SO over: cool cyberkids abandon social networking sites

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/you…