Hmm not sure then maybe its just the timing of it. 4 years is a significant part of facebooks history. It could also be a demographic thing too although we are both Canadian not sure. Probably doesn't matter all that much.

I am glad you guys find good use out of facebook. It is clear though that its definitely not for me.

It is interesting though how big of a pain it is to ACTUALLY delete you account. You have to search through all of these things and eventually you find a thing allowing you too deactivate your account. However that doesn't actually delete it you have to look for something else. Eventually you find it and you click delete blah blah blah and then it doesn't actually delete it for 14 days... It just deactivates it for 2 weeks and if you don't log back in THEN finally it deletes your account.

Also it may be worth mentioning that there are some privacy issues that may affect some people here. It doesn't bother me but facebook has royalty free rights to literally any content (pictures videos etc) you post on facebook. I understand they couldn't really do anything with this content very publicly because it would cause a backlash in their community but it is interesting that they have that power to begin with. Anyone know why they can do this or why they do this at all?

I started using The Facebook when it was exclusive at like ... only 20 colleges or less and was not open to the public. I've had my account for ... 7 years or so now. It has changed tremendously every couple of years. But I'm still there. I still check it often but it's not as ... Something changed. It used to be easier for people to see your public posts (once they started news feeds), and now people set their feeds so only their 3-4 best friends out of the 500 they have can see their posts, and they can choose not to see my posts.

I was always unpopular at school (the nerds shunned me :tramp:), and facebook was a step up when I got to college. I spend upwards of an hour every time I get on FB reading the news feed catching up until I get back to where I left off. I comment on as much as I can, try to stay relevant, but I hardly get any notifications. I think I can relate with Loose Lips here, but I can't bring myself to delete my page. It doesn't bring me down that miuch, but I still feel bleh reading everyone having fun, seeing everyone's pictures, all that. My closest friends don't use facebook. So that's probably why.

I agree with Stijn that it's sort of like a worldwide forum. I've been considering making my posts viewable by Everyone (in the world) to get a little more commentary on articles I find interesting, but I don't want employers or anyone judging my character by my page. Because I share a lot of interesting articles, youtube videos, funny pictures and hardly ever do they get comments. That's one of the big reasons I hang out here. At least some people here care about some of the music I enjoy.

Heh. Makes me think of this Onion story I read a couple days ago.

I'm on it constantly!

Great original post. Got me thinking, it did.
I'd have to echo the sentiment, that Facebook may be the internet's biggest distraction, unless your hormones are at boiling point.

I can relate to other points Odyshape alluded to also. Being in constant interaction with those on your Facebook friends list can cause them to grow stale a lot quicker than it would in a world outwith social media.

I feel I experienced this with a girl. Ironically, I started talking to her on Facebook, snaking in there after her relationship status changed. It gave me added confidence, talking to her from the comfort of my home, whilst hiding my true emotions behind my laptop and playing it cool.
We met up a few times, and things were going great. I was intending on asking her to be my girlfriend the next time I met with her.
I haven't seen her in around two months.

We've both been busy, and whenever I'm at college, she'll be in school (She's 17 btw, I'm 18) or if she's working, I'll have a show to do, when she's free, I'm not.

anyway, our only interaction, would come over Facebook (She doesn't use the mobile much, and I always feel that I may be annoying a girl by texting/calling them out of the blue) and over time, I think we've both kind of just grown a bit bored of each other. Which is a shame, because I really do like her, but I feel that things aren't going as smoothly as the they are, so am hesitant about asking her out again. (Plus, I'm meeting with another girl)

Sorry, if this was a massive 'cool story bro' but it just kind of came out. Thanks for reading.

I feel like this about electronic communication in general. It marginalizes communication soooo much. Especially between me and people I actually know. Everything has no were to grow in a conversation like it can in a real interaction. That to me is the reason why news stories and new things on the internet grow old so quickly because everyone is trying to make up for the fact that electronic communication is so inhibiting. Like think about how quickly things on the internet get old than in real life!

Also on a side note I managed to spend 8 hours of my day today minus classes catching up on my readings and have been completely focused and not distracted... I don't know what is going on but my productivity is exponentially increasing. I am sure its not just strictly me deleting Facebook but I think it may have been a start to making me realize how much real control I have over my day. Like procrastination comes down to not having as much self control and leads to stress and leads to wanting a release which leads to facebook and kind of has a snowball effect. Doing the opposite seems to be having an opposite kind of snowball effect.

Also my niece is with me and for some reason won't stop bothering me until I insert emoticons to this message.
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24 hours in a day, 168 in a week. If you sleep 8 hours a day, that's 56 a week. Say you work 40 hours a week... Still there are 72 hours of free time (besides eating and restroom breaks). Someone broke that down for me. It seems obvious but really it helps to see it like that once.

On a similar note, sleeping 8 hours a day, every day, is literally sleeping 1/3 of your life.

If you can manage it, try just 6. Don't cold turkey or your body will try to overcompensate the next night. And you may sleep 10. It happens. But if you just take those 2 hours a day and use them, you're only sleeping 1/4 of your life, and you'll have 86 hours a week of free time!

I'm not sure if there are negative health effects of getting just 6 hours a night consistently, but some older folks that have done so say that was something they recommend as fulfilling. Same folks that tell you to pick up pennies off the ground. I think they're onto something. It's not for everyone though...

Hmm thats a real good idea! For a while I thought I needed atleast 9 hours of sleep but I have been noticing lately that it wasn't so much how much sleep but what time I went to bed and what time I got up. I almost no matter how much sleep I get feel good when I wake up around 7:30 - 8:00 after that I tend to feel quite droggy.
Ill experiment and tell ya how getting less sleep works for me.


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If you have seen the South Park episode 'Bloody Mary', Randy and his drinking problem pretty much sums up what I went through with Facebook less than a year or so ago. I've learned to control how much I go on, and using it in moderation. I know I'm in control because I'm not on there constantly and I don't have to completely eliminate it from my life. My secret was not using the games or apps. So when I go on FB, it's strictly to communicate. So if there is no one to talk to, or I've finished my conversations, I can log out and not be distracted.

Whatever floats your boat, though.

I figure this may be relevant.