Lately, my friends and family have been approaching me and asking why I removed them from my Facebook friends. Earlier this month I decided to pull the plug, drink the juice, and move on from Facebook. My reasoning was simple: I hate Facebook.
When I first joined Facebook access was still limited to students with official school email addresses; a brilliant way to ensure the network remained social and useful as a networking tool without filling it with spam and crap. But when Facebook opened to the public and introduced Facebook Apps, the service became bloated and boring like Myspace.
I hate receiving any kind of notification from Facebook.I don’t care what other people comment on an item I “Like”. I don’t care what people write on the walls of Events I’m visiting. I don’t want to join anyone’s posse in any “game”, where the lone game mechanic is inviting more friends to make your own posse.
As I sat in front of my computer one day digging through the privacy settings and turning off feature after feature, I realized that the Facebook I wanted was nothing like the Facebook everyone else was using.
What Michael Likes About Facebook:
- Contact information
- Personal messages from friends and family
- Sharing items
Beyond these three features I have no use for a Facebook, and all three of them are amply replaced by Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Reader.
I hope you don’t take personal offense to me disappearing from your friend’s list or from your Farm Mafia Posse, but I’m sorry. I have to take control of my social network.
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