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Re:1/500th of humanity's time is spent on Facebook by krallja on Thursday December 03, 2009 @01:35AM (#973857)
Did it work, or did you find something else to waste time on?
Re:1/500th of humanity's time is spent on Facebook by unalone on Thursday December 03, 2009 @06:19AM (#974132)
I deleted my Facebook account just a few weeks ago, along with my Google account. I don't like feeling dependence.

My Google account is still gone — turns out it wasn't giving me much value besides the email, and I hated my Gmail name so not much loss there. But I restored Facebook within 24 hours. I have too many people that I can't talk to in any other way. While I enjoyed the freedom, I enjoyed the friends much more.

So I restored my account, but deleted every friend I thought to be nonessential. I wound up with nine friends, each of whom I'm constantly in some state of conversation with. So I can't waste time as easily — I don't write notes as much, I'm rarely tagged in photos by them — but I'm still able to use it to talk.

That's what I love about Facebook's design. It's granular. You can choose to barely use it at all and it still gives you some value.

Re:1/500th of humanity's time is spent on Facebook by ronnier on Thursday December 03, 2009 @10:42PM (#975744)
I'd say it worked. Since then I've spent time daily studying and reading books in my field which is very rewarding.