Re:John Dvorak: Why I Don't Use Facebook
by gst on Friday January 14, 2011 @01:32PM
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Me too. I have an account so that people stop asking me to create an account. However, I've disabled most of the features in the privacy options (my account doesn't even have a "wall") and the only information for visitors is my "about" box asking them to send me an email instead of a Facebook message.
I currently read mails about once or twice a day, because using things like email notifications just interrupts me during work. Regularly checking Facebook updates would be too much noise to me.
I have tons of interesting content that I want to read (but I don't have enough time), so why should I read uninteresting Facebook updates instead? And to socialize I'm happy to get away from my computer, instead of spending even more time before the screen.
I currently read mails about once or twice a day, because using things like email notifications just interrupts me during work. Regularly checking Facebook updates would be too much noise to me.
I have tons of interesting content that I want to read (but I don't have enough time), so why should I read uninteresting Facebook updates instead? And to socialize I'm happy to get away from my computer, instead of spending even more time before the screen.