Monday, March 30, 2009

Good Riddance Facebook

I am proud to say that after 4 years, I have finally cut the cord with one of the most popular websites ever invented. For every good thing that facebook ever did for me, it did a handful of things that were detrimental to my well-being. So I'm saying goodbye.

Too much drama, too many hours wasted, too much internet communication with other individuals over actual facetime. I fell right into this online phase for a good portion of my formative years. I am eager to see what I can accomplish as a writer, musician, neighbor, brother and son after breaking away from the facebook ball and chain. The hours put to something better than scrolling through pictures or reading people's wall posts or profiles will be plentiful, and I plan to capitalize on them. I'm not saying everyone who has a facebook account is a louse and is wasting their life. I'm just making the point that I was, and had to take action.

Facebook was so absurdly addicting, just like the internet as a whole. Mark Zuckerberg knows this, and therefore made it difficult to quit. You can't actually click a button and delete your account. It's a process. You "deactivate" it for 14 days before it's actually gone. (For this reason, it may still look like I am part of the facebook community for the next half month, but don't be fooled I am absolutely not) This gives someone like me 2 weeks to be tempted to go on, falling into the trap and getting instantly hooked right in. And for what? Sure, there are good features about the site, but I survived 19 years without it and plan to go back to those good old days before I got sucked in.

1 comment:

D said...

i call i don't have to setup the event and send out invites for your next open house.

also, i'm going to go out of my way to make sure i call/text/and see your face much, much less.