Comments on: Why I Left Facebook:

By: Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:04:22 +0000

Facebook is like a train wreck. It’s horrific and destructive but you just can’t look away.

Thanks to your post, you have inspired me to cleanse my Facebook contact list of inessential and unnecessary friendships. This will make my life much simpler.

By: Leaving Facebook: A compendium of reasons « Digital Researchers

Leaving Facebook: A compendium of reasons « Digital Researchers — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:18:05 +0000

[...] Molly. 2009. Why I Left Facebook. Blog. I Heard Tell. January [...]

By: kyle

kyle — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:22:21 +0000

Your spot on.

By: rob

rob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:45:08 +0000

notice how you despise facebook and left it, but you have a comments section at the end of the article that is vaguely like it.

You went from one text entry field to another, it’s just that this one is on your .com.

I do, however, like the article, and agree with the underlying premise.

also, I am about to eat.

I am not in a relationship.

See my profile for pics of my Christian toplessness.

You have 12 points, sign up now to get more points.

I need a muppet for my Muppet Kingdom.

Puppies are cute.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:49:00 +0000

So true. I just deleted my profile last month–I just couldn’t be a part of it any more. Facebook is mindless group-think at its worst, The funny thing is, and this is evident even by looking at the comments on this page, that everyone knows how terrible facebook is and yet very few people actually have the balls to just leave. You always hear the excuses too – “Oh, I only use it for staying in touch with people I don’t see.” or “I hate facebook, but all my friends are on it.” Bullshit. If you’re actually friends with any of these people, you’ll stay in touch with them through other, less mind-numbing means. In my opinion, If you have a facebook profile, you are absolutely part of the problem. It saddens me to think that this is the direction social interaction is going.

By: Jutta

Jutta — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:48:47 +0000

Ha, I can relate! I committed Facebook Suicide last week … and I was only 6 months old. FB’s latest proposed privacy “enhancements” were the final straw.

Wake up Sheeple! FB isn’t free — they have 40,000 servers to maintain, who do you think pays for all of that. You do, by giving up your privacy!

Strangely, I wasn’t connected to any REAL friends through FB, although some have FB accounts. It’s as if we knew deep down it would cheapen our REAL friendship.

By: Melodie.

Melodie. — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:13:02 +0000

This is so true and made me laugh! I was looking thru FB now feeling a little empty, mindlessly going thru the whole [Mark became a fan of..] [Thomas and Jamie have joined the group..] Now there’s even [Josh's Picture Of The Day] ! I can’t keep looking at these! I was sitting here feeling hurt someone told me they’d add me but they haven’t yet, then I think, what does it matter? I saw them the other day and will see them again soon, why am I going emotional over the fact they didn’t click ‘add’ on my profile so I can sit at my computer and click ‘Accept’ so I have a new person to watch add groups and become a fan of, say, Back Massages? WHY! It doesn’t make sense…. I’m a teenager by the way, and I couldn’t bear to delete FB, but I can’t bear to continue stalking people for their gossip all the time either, it is unconscious stalking, you don’t realise you’re doing it, and you feel all of these stupid, pointless emotions attached to every little thing you pointlessly view on your newsfeed, I don’t understand! It literally is GOSSIPBOOK. It’s unhealthy I think. You find so much out on there, pointless and the opposite. You become accustomed to following other peoples’ life stories, like an electronic stalker! How creepy is that. Stupid site:) I’ll use it less.

By: Pilot111

Pilot111 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:18:08 +0000

Love ur blog! My hubby wants me to leave the social networking site! He said i’ll get Facebook Disease.Lol.

By: Nu Nu

Nu Nu — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:36:58 +0000

I totally agree with what Molly said. Facebook is too superficial and stupid thing that people pose their own photos that had from all over the world or some pics in bikini to brag their bodies or what they have been up to. You don’t really miss anything by not joining facebook. What you learn and read from facebook does not really say what you are really doing in your real life. People are just crazy to believe so just by looking those selective photos. I am going to leave facebook as well. I feel like I could have spent my time more meaningfully than spending time on facebook, having people telling me too much details about their lives. Why should I care? It’s totally crazy. I would rather be called as a social weirdo or outcast than stuck in the craziness of the facebook.

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:05:22 +0000

Brilliant