[cindygirl]

No, you aren't the only one. I'm against facebook as well, my friends mention it once in a while, I just tell them I hate the concept of it. If I want to know, I'll ask.

I hate getting friend requests on FB from people who I don't know, except through a friend. I don't visit it anymore, and i have its emails pointed towards a black hole address I use for spam related stuff. I log in when I want to check something. But thats it.

Didn't they make fun of FB in Scott Pilgrim vs the World at one point? I'll have to watch the movie again.

Saying you hate something you haven't tried is a terrible character trait to have. I can't tell if you haven't tried it or if you deleted it?

[soitlyobserty]

Saying you hate something you haven't tried is a terrible character trait to have. I can't tell if you haven't tried it or if you deleted it?

I have tried it. I don't like seeing everyone's dirty laundry nor do I care that they checked in at baskin Robins for two scoops of whatever.

I opened an account because I was doing some digital art for the car club. And that's all I ever used it for. The deluge of friend requests from random people that I don't care to talk to was enough to make me delete the account.

[qilmuz6v]

I use Facebook to simply stay in touch with family spread across the country. A few close friends but thats it. All in all I have about 30 'friends' on my FB and it is a valuable tool that keeps me in contact with people close to me. Having said that, I could never see myself using a 'social network' like some use FB and the like.

[Prealiitellg]

I really find it strange how people moan about what is posted on it.... when you are totally in control of what ends up on your own feed, if people post banal crap you aren't interested in then delete them.... or at the very least hide their posts from the newsfeed.

I use it mostly for staying in contact with people I met when I was studying abroad, there was a large group of us from all over Europe and beyond... No way I'd have the time to keep in contact with them all otherwise, especially as a lot of them are still travelling so its used to organise reunions and shout out where they are going which has led to quite a few impromptu meetups.

Facebook is definitely what you make of it - if its full of crap then thats pretty much your own fault.

[Wymdqcvb]

Facebook is only what you make out of it.

I do not get spammed with emails. I do not read about stupid peoples post. I do not get bombarded with all the games people play. Yet, I am not a grown up for using it. I guess that rules out my parents as well.

Like most things in life, the way you use something is entirely up to you. I think everyone who hates facebook is doing it wrong.

[TeksPaisimi]

Anyone else noticing a trend in deleting social networking sites?

[markoiutrfffdsa]

47 yrs old and never have had any of these accounts.

[Trissinas]

Anyone else noticing a trend in deleting social networking sites?

I did delete google+, but that was only because almost nobody I know actually uses it

[retyopj]

I don't get the hate. you can easily change some settings. I like seeing some pics of my friends now and then and it's a great way to follow up with someone. Also it helps me remember birthdays and it's a good tool to organize events.I do have people on my facebook who're not my friends, but I couldn't care less. Plus sometimes you can find the girl you met somewhere when you forgot to ask the number... sooo it's definitely not all bad.

[Hlennisal]

Luddite that can't figure out interactive websites.

Fixed that for you

[Quality4Qty]

Never had facebook or google+ and never will. Seeing the gf use it is enough to put me off thanks.

[G8whlTAe]

To be frank, I think that people that are totally against it just aren't very sociable people in the first place. it is a social networking tool. If you like you're peace and quiet then you're not going to like facebook and the ilk.

I'm not TOTALLY against them and I'm not totally anti-social - I think they have a place if used wisely, for maintaining contact, etc. However, many users seem to fall into the 'look at me' catagory and I've less than zero interest in that sort of person.
I suppose I'll have to sign up at some stage, some businesses seem to have piss poor web sites that do little more than refer to their FB page (perhaps a reason to avoid them?) and my niece posted her 21st pictures on FB.
Most of my friends are members of various forums here (NZ) and meetings, social events, etc, are organised through them and if I need to get hold of them in a hurry, there's the phone.

Not that sure about their 'social' benefits, either, it brings to mind those groups of people you sometimes see in cafes, where they're all sitting at the table and texting or phoning other people rather than interacting with the people physically there.

[Qrhzbadu]

However, many users seem to fall into the 'look at me' catagory and I've less than zero interest in that sort of person.

Then don't accept them or add them as a friend? Or if you find out afterwards, hide or delete them? I really don't see why this is a such a big thing for people to grasp.

Not that sure about their 'social' benefits, either, it brings to mind those groups of people you sometimes see in cafes, where they're all sitting at the table and texting or phoning other people rather than interacting with the people physically there.

As with everything some people take it too far, but not just with facebook. At my ex-girlfriends house her and her friends all used to sit together with their individual laptops in the living room on a regular basis using MSN Messenger, myspace, facebook etc with the TV on and hardly saying a word for hours on end. Do I think that's a good thing? No....

But that doesn't mean that using a laptop or IM or facebook is inherently bad, that was their own fault, as is this. The fact is most of the whining in this thread is from people who could solve all there issues with a few notification settings and removing a few/some/a lot of people from their friends list or hiding their feed, but they would rather just whine about how facebook is rubbish because they accepted so many idiots as friends and now 'have' to read about them. And the spam complaints... just lol, really? Tech forum guys don't know how to set notifications? It's like 2 or 3 clicks....

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Anyone else noticing a trend in deleting social networking sites?

I think the global numbers are still rising? As for here, seems to be a divergence of those who evolve and streamline their use of social networking tools and those that get all pissy when the 500 non-friends they added to feel popular are now annoying them and then say say that it s all facebook's fault.

[StoyaFanst]

Anyone else noticing a trend in deleting social networking sites?

I'm part of this trend. Deleted my Facebook 5 weeks ago and don't regret it a bit. I was a heavy user and found myself checking it on my phone every hour or so. I was addicted to it for sure.

I think there's such a thing as too much communication. Trying to maintain a social networking profile in between the 50 or so emails I need to reply to every day resulted in almost of my time in front of a computer messaging people. Totally unhealthy if you ask me. Since deleting it I am seeing more of my friends in real life and doing more things, including reading books which I found I stopped doing after spending a great deal of my life spending my reading energy on finding out what my friends had for their dinner.

[9enackivegliva]

I think the global numbers are still rising? As for here, seems to be a divergence of those who evolve and streamline their use of social networking tools and those that get all pissy when the 500 non-friends they added to feel popular are now annoying them and then say say that it s all facebook's fault.

If China ever allows Facebook the numbers will potentially pretty much double overnight. They'd have to prise users from whatever they were already using though.

[ForumMasta]

Not surprising a lot of people here are hating on Facebook, typical nerd rage. Used right it's still a good tool. If I didnt have a Facebook account I would miss out on a lot of parties and fun events which I won't do. I am the same way. I do a FB invitation and if they don't have FB - too bad for them. There are a few annoyances, but these people can be shut down easily.

I'd say about 98% of my friends have FB.