I had to do it. A few weeks ago I got rid of my facebook. I did this unspeakable act for a number of reasons.
1) Facebook can be a waste of time. I would spend more time checking my friend's statuses and trying to think of the perfect "about me" than doing my school work or even seeing those same friends. The only "networking" I did was posting funny videos on my friends wall.
2) The growing number of adults signing up. Though my profile is very private, or so it seems, not everything on facebook is in my control. Say I have a friend who befriends with my mom on facebook, not all that likley, perhaps it is a longtime friend and he is adding her to be nice. His profile is not set to private and he posts photos of a night out on the town.
As a disclaimer I do not live a wild secret life of beer, parties and debauchery, but there are just some things I do not want my mom to see. I could de tag these photos, but my mom would still have acess to them.
3) Facebook owns your photos! I do not want my photos used in advertisements without my permission. This is very scary!
It only took a few days for me to crack. I needed all the useless information about my friends and I needed a distraction from school. Perhaps one day I will be strong enough to let go, but not today. And also I need to find out who threw a digital snowball at me.
1) Facebook can be a waste of time. I would spend more time checking my friend's statuses and trying to think of the perfect "about me" than doing my school work or even seeing those same friends. The only "networking" I did was posting funny videos on my friends wall.
2) The growing number of adults signing up. Though my profile is very private, or so it seems, not everything on facebook is in my control. Say I have a friend who befriends with my mom on facebook, not all that likley, perhaps it is a longtime friend and he is adding her to be nice. His profile is not set to private and he posts photos of a night out on the town.
As a disclaimer I do not live a wild secret life of beer, parties and debauchery, but there are just some things I do not want my mom to see. I could de tag these photos, but my mom would still have acess to them.
3) Facebook owns your photos! I do not want my photos used in advertisements without my permission. This is very scary!
It only took a few days for me to crack. I needed all the useless information about my friends and I needed a distraction from school. Perhaps one day I will be strong enough to let go, but not today. And also I need to find out who threw a digital snowball at me.
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