A few days ago I took the plunge, launched myself into the dark unknown, the abyss, an uncertain update-less life, disconnected from the matrix that is Facebook. The morning after the big switch-off I feared the terrible withdrawal symptoms that were sure to follow - horrid headaches, tremors, insatiable cravings, loss of appetite ... and yet, amazingly, none of them materialised. (Well, apart from the loss of appetite, but that was from the Malagasy chicken that seriously disagreed with me).But I digress ... Some have asked me why I did it? Why? But why, Robin?!?!
Surely, with me stuck on this social-wilderness-of-an-island, it was the perfect tool with which to keep in touch with my friends on the outside? But it wasn't. It didn't help to build deeper friendships. It just stole my time and showed me how superficial and self absorbed we've become with our inane, oft-manipulative word bites. I miss carefully-constructed, love-filled letters. I'd rather chat on the phone than tweet or comment ... or "like" something I forget about two minutes later.
And so, my friends, hopefully we'll be in touch. So long, Facebook, twas nice knowing you.
Good for you... A significantly better reason I've heard for leaving facebook than the standard security reason that everybody hashes up. People post their whole lives for the world to see without any regard for "security settings", and then are all shocked and amazed when they find out that facebook has changed these settings without their knowledge or consent...
ReplyDeleteSo now we will no longer comment on each other's facebook posts, but rather on each other's blogs... hehe...
Talk to you soon. BTW... Are you on Skype
Fuzzman
atta go Robin! :-D
ReplyDeletei was showing ur blog and pics to Rina, and read this. whats ur skype id?
I was also a Facebook for all of 2 minutes and found it exhausting - also a firm believer in the good old email and phone call.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog photos!