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Re:The “Facebook Nevers” by Mirioron on Monday June 18, 2018 @07:59PM (#17342656)
>Lots of social circles use Facebook Events to organize get togethers, and not having an active Facebook account leads to you being left out. The people leaving you out may only be acquaintances, but that doesn't mean it's ok.

If Facebook is such a problem then people could just stop being part of these social circles. It really isn't that difficult.

Re:The “Facebook Nevers” by Tomte on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:57AM (#17344566)
Your arrogance is breath-taking.

Will you only decide which hobbies I may have, or do I have to submit planned meals and TV watching for your approval, as well?

"Just stop being part", my ass...

Re:The “Facebook Nevers” by Mirioron on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @10:01AM (#17346661)
I'm not telling you to stop doing things you want to do. I'm telling you that it's possible to go without being part of a group if you don't like some things about the group.
Re:The “Facebook Nevers” by Tomte on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @10:56AM (#17347248)
That's bullshit. You simply don't know what I'm talking about and your better-than-thou attitude is insulting.
Re:The “Facebook Nevers” by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:35PM (#17349641)
"Just cut yourself off from social interaction" is not really helpful advice.
Re:The “Facebook Nevers” by berthe on Monday June 18, 2018 @10:01PM (#17343233)
> If Facebook is such a problem then people could just stop being part of these social circles. It really isn't that difficult.

No, it actually is that difficult, or more precisely that undesirable. Very few people are such anti-Facebook activists that they're going to dump valued friends and acquaintances in order to dump Facebook. That's why Facebook is going to hold on to a lot of users, and why it'll end in a whimper and not a bang.

The only case where it "really isn't that difficult" is if you have no valued relationships that have a Facebook component.