Re:A year without Facebook: three reasons why you can’t avoi...
by kafkaesq on Thursday September 29, 2016 @04:20PM
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1. I was missing important life events of close friends
Then maybe they weren't that "close."
2. I lost touch with many people. There are people I have so much in common. We used to talk and hang out often, but all our online discussion was based on Facebook. I realized I didn’t have their phone number, nor email. Facebook was the only channel to talk to them.
There's a pretty simple cure for this, actually: "I'm actually not on FB / I'm on it but I don't really use it that often. How about I just email you?"
Then maybe they weren't that "close."
2. I lost touch with many people. There are people I have so much in common. We used to talk and hang out often, but all our online discussion was based on Facebook. I realized I didn’t have their phone number, nor email. Facebook was the only channel to talk to them.
There's a pretty simple cure for this, actually: "I'm actually not on FB / I'm on it but I don't really use it that often. How about I just email you?"
3. Facebook has the best news stream. Period.
I give up. This one's just too weird.