I deactivated my facebook account.

[fmanchu]

I deactivated my facebook account tonight. It's quite liberating, I must admit.. I'll post my withdrawls if I have any... I hear it's on par with quitting hard drugs (not being stupid)... we'll see. Please post your experiences.

[Pupik]

Please post your experiences.

I never created one (facebook account).

[Tilt090]

I deactivated my facebook account tonight. It's quite liberating, I must admit.. I'll post my withdrawls if I have any... I hear it's on par with quitting hard drugs (not being stupid)... we'll see. Please post your experiences.

i just login once a day for a minute or two to check notifications ONLY :D

[Unksi]

I found it pretty relieving as well, about a year ago when I deactivated mine.

I haven't looked back even once - I don't think I have missed a single thing because of not having an account there.

After some time I did think though, why should they have all the data there even though I don't use it and don't want to use it - there is also an option to permanently remove the account: http://www.wikihow.c...acebook-Account

I don't really believe that they remove everything even by then, but it's worth a shot. :)

[andrewbares]

No reason to deactivate my Facebook account. Everyone who's anyone is on it, making it the best way to chat with people you need to talk to.

Plus it's the best for sharing photos of your trips/adventures, since once again everyone is on it and therefore it's really easy for your friends to find your pictures.

And it's not time consuming at all. It's as time consuming as the internet is in general. Sure you could spend 6 hours just looking at YouTube clips, does that mean you should deactivate your YouTube account and never visit again? No, just means you should learn to spend your time better!

[leesmithg]

I never created one (facebook account).

I too do not have a facebook acocunt. I do not have any social networking account; I have never created one.

[Reacon]

Deactivated? Why not delete it?

And living without Facebook isn't so tough. I've never used it, and I seem to be doing just fine.

[Rippleman]

I don't get it... Is it the cool thing to do now? Uncool thing? Needed? Not needed? In the end... No one cares much about anyone's Facebook. Use it if you like, don't if you don't like, no biggy.

[fmanchu]

No reason to deactivate my Facebook account. Everyone who's anyone is on it, making it the best way to chat with people you need to talk to.

Plus it's the best for sharing photos of your trips/adventures, since once again everyone is on it and therefore it's really easy for your friends to find your pictures.

And it's not time consuming at all. It's as time consuming as the internet is in general. Sure you could spend 6 hours just looking at YouTube clips, does that mean you should deactivate your YouTube account and never visit again? No, just means you should learn to spend your time better!

I love youtube. This was never about how I spend my time. You're an ass "andrewbares", I never once said that I didn't know how to manage my time.

Thanks for the tips though. Thanks.

[notta]

I created one just to see other people's accounts. I don't want my business out there so I never post anything. I laugh at the level of detail these people post.

[fmanchu]

Deactivated? Why not delete it?

And living without Facebook isn't so tough. I've never used it, and I seem to be doing just fine.

I really can't find the option to delete it.

[fmanchu]

trying to figure out the facebook terms of service is like working at willy wonka

it makes no sense

[fmanchu]

Deactivated? Why not delete it?

And living without Facebook isn't so tough. I've never used it, and I seem to be doing just fine.

Sorry i missed that...

[Rappy Veteran]

yeah you can actually delete it, but I need it for my charity work so I keep it going

[Detection]

Permanently delete your facebook account

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

[Colin McGregor]

this

[Guest]

I have a profile and have only real life people who I contact on a regular basis on there. In turn, we never actually communicate via facebook, there's no point.

[ShMaunder]

Deleted mine about 16 months back. It was really surprising just how deluded I was to whom were my real friends.

Won't go back, ever.

[bogas04]

too bad you can't update the status "i have deactivated my account" .

[SiCKX]

The intense emotional burden you experience must be traumatizing. Are you ready for Post-Facebook Stress Disorder ? First symptoms are usually manifested by sudden outbursts of going outside and not clicking on people, also opening your mouth when you adress them. (it'll be shocking hearing sounds)

[HawkMan]

Why do you think anyone cares

as for the people who claim they have to do it to reclaim their lives, or to see their real life friends or crap like that, having FB doesn't mean only the people on FB are your friends, it doesn't mean you have to put everyone you meet there, or that you need to post everything you do, or read everything everyone posts.

You don't need to delete to not waste your life there or see who your friends are, just use it differently, just use it for what it's mean to be, a place to gather old and new friends, manage your contacts, manage events with your friends and stuff like that.

Deleting your account and posting that you did so, it doesn't make you cool, it doesn't make you special.

[Colin McGregor]

too bad you can't update the status "i have deactivated my account" .

Ya that way people can know how cool you are and how you don't conform to something everyone else uses making you unique.

[n_K]

I got rid of my faceparty account.

Amount of free time I have now = huge.

[ShMaunder]

Deleting your account and posting that you did so, it doesn't make you cool, it doesn't make you special.

Who said it did? You seem a little offended?

I got totally sucked up by the Facebook fad. I wanted to be more "popular"/"cool?", and I thought at the time I was (embarrassing - but I admit it). I deactivated it for about 6-8 months before deleting it. So in theory, I stopped using it about 2 years ago and have done a hell of a lot of growing up since.

The way you use it is the way I, and many others on there, should have used it. But that wasn't the case. These kind of threads will either wind people like you up who use it sensibly, or could possibly give a wake up call to those that use it like I did. It all sounds a little drama queen'ish I know, but if it helps one person to wake the f up, then I'm all for it.

[Azusa]

You know I'm Okay with the people who don't like or use facebook but it's the ones who seem to feel so proud of themselves for either A. not using facebook or B. for deactivating/deleting their accounts( and then go on to tell the uncaring world about it) that boil my pee.