I deactivated my facebook account.

[Hum]

Congrats !!! You are free from the Mind cONtrOL :wacko:

[BoneyardBrew Member]

I'm not claiming to be a better person or the like for deactivating my Facebook account. I was never addicted to it and only made one to see what all the hype was about.

I deactivated my account a few weeks ago simply because it doesn't provide me with anything worth keeping it for. I had a fairly mature crowd on there with the exception of a few, but the "like this if you think they're beautiful" or "like this if you wish cancer never existed" type of posts took over. Facebook just became a depressing place to visit. Who wants that? Game requests were out of control as well.

Most importantly though, I'm just not a fan of the service and I feel that Google did a better job implementing the same features and more with Google+. It's a shame some people don't realize that. I'm not a Google+ junkie by any means and I'll admit I don't visit the service as much as I do Twitter (which isn't that frequently either).

Anyway, that's my two cents!

[sagum]

While I do hate what facebook has turned into over the years, I remain with my facebook account.

Unfortunately, I have family members who use it. That is one of the reasons I won't (can't) drop my facebook account anytime soon as they'll just moan to my face, rather then post it as a status that I won't read anyway. These family members, save for a select few, are mostly on 'ignore everything' via the unsubcribed option.

The rest of my friends on facebook are just that, real life actual friends that I'll sms text, call up and hang out with from time to time. I don't really use facebook webpage to interact with them, but the Windows Phone makes use of facebook so well, it'd be silly not to.

Now if only I could block All apps and games (both requests and on news feed) I'd be quite happy with how facebook is. I know the option is there but it doesn't work.

[Detection]

I had a FB account a while back, added a few guys from around here then next thing I know I've got 101 peoples birthdays I don't know, added to my Windows Live calender (I assume because I used that email address for FB) and other crazy stuff that started connecting people to me and me to people I didn't know, nor wanted to know, and by the time I worked out how to set everything up privately I was sick of it so perm deleted it

Now the only time I visit FB is to find out what's going on with different companies ie. updates etc

I like email better, it only connects you to the people you ask it to, it doesn't think it knows what you want better than you do.

[+John Teacake MVC]

Got rid of mine about two weeks ago. Honestly I don't miss it half as much as I thought I would.

[veternan]

Love this topic :shifty:

[Kudo]

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

Same here. I have never created one.

[Orange Battery]

The fact that you had to post on here about it means that your the type of person that needs a FB account. Re-Join - Im sure there are a lot of people who would love to know how it made you feel...

[Mystic Mungis]

I keep mine because watching all the degenerates argue/waste their lives is more entertaining that TV!

[Shaun N.]

Did the same to mine last week, I love to troll their status' but I just don't have the time to troll them all. So I gave up :D

[jnelsoninjax]

Congrats! :D I have never had an account either, nor do I see a need in it, even though my wife seems to think I need one just so I can look at baby pictures, etc. But I have successfully evaded the need

or desire for one!

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

I'm probably a casual user of Facebook, ill check it most days to update our works Facebook page with relevant news and occasionally post something i think is worthwhile on my own.

I find it handy to keep in touch with people you might not see that often, like friends who have moved half way across the country. I hardly communicate with my closest friends on Facebook, as i see them often enough or we just phone / text / im.

I dont get all the hate for Facebook really, if you dont like it then its no big deal, its hardly an achievement to either have or not have one.

[andrewbares]

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.

Actually this shows how mature you are, calling someone a name when I was simply speaking in general terms and not picking you out in particular. You ASSumed it was only about you.

[Growled Member]

Congrations. I have an account but I only go on every few days. I am much more addicted to Neowin.

[Rappy Veteran]

Congrations. I have an account but I only go on every few days. I am much more addicted to Neowin.

I still live on mine :p

[Colin McGregor]

Facebook is fun. It's the one place where "Hacked" means you left your account logged in and walked away from your computer.

[ShMaunder]

It's the one place where "Hacked" means you left your account logged in and walked away from your computer.

haha. So true. So true.

[srbeen]

reactivate it, slowly delete every single message, contact, link, post. then deactivate and DELETE. Wait your 2 weeks and its gone :D

[fmanchu]

I never thought so many people would be irritated about this post. If my leaving facebook was so insignificant, why did they feel the need to read all the posts AND comment? Neat!

[fmanchu]

This is kind of a character study...

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[PNWDweller]

I generally have Facebook to follow distant family's posts, but rarely post on mine and have maybe 40 friends at the most (family mostly and a few close friends). My 17yr old daughter disowned me earlier this year and blocked me from her Facebook posts so one less reason to lurk there signed in (Sounds better than trolling).

The one I would totally boast about if I could leave it would be Google but I am so hooked into them, it is sickening. Went out and made it worse too - bought my first Android phone a couple weeks ago and further integrated myself into their collective.

[fmanchu]

Yeah, google is the tough one to leave. I mean they offer everything under the sun. I am however enjoying the Windows skydrive back up, but is that any better?

I was never bragging about leaving facebook, just opening a discussion, i'm sorry 50% of neowin users are dumbasses.

[OOOOOOOO]

It's 'cool' to delete your facebook these days. So many of my friends have done it ... but they come back. It's stupid. Facebook is how I keep up to date on the people I'm friends with, see what events are going up, check out local event information etc. It's an amazingly useful tool. The only reason people don't like it is because it's cool to hate on stuff these days. Facebook is what you make of it. You have full control over every single aspect of your profile so the privacy complaints are entirely unjustified.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

The fact that you had to post on here about it means that your the type of person that needs a FB account. Re-Join - Im sure there are a lot of people who would love to know how it made you feel...

this is a discussion forum. people are supposed to post things like this for discussion. if you dont want to discuss, dont post.

i actually find this thread interesting b/c ive been considering deactivating my account. i'm tired of FB's pervasiveness. i'm tired of hearing about it every single day of my life. i dont even touch my account. the only reason im still barely holding on to it is for the occasional family member that'll contact me, or some Invitation.

[argonite]

Facebook is simply a tool, just like McDonalds is simply food. It's quite possible to use it 'lightly', all it takes is a little self control (this is the general case, not anyone specifically).