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Could you give up Facebook for a week? would your family like it if you did?
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October 17, 2009 05:15 AM
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I actually have given up Facebook before. For three months to be exact! It was very addicting when I first joined. I found myself checking the site every ten minutes to see what my friends were up to, even during class time at my college :S As lecture was going on, I would see others on Facebook, which would drive me to checking my profile, comments, and games.
"Oh man! I wonder if something just happened or someone left me a comment!" This thought would just race through my mind, and I would have to check!
I just couldn't stop! Facebook is just another way for people to keep track of others, and snoop into others lives. You have to admit, snooping is fun and entertaining. Don't say no! You know it's true! lol. Although, sad to say, yet not sad at the same time, I have returned to Facebook. If I wasn't so bored and tired after work, I would give it up again, but I love to sit down and go online. Going online means having to check for comments. Oh well, I guess! :)
"Oh man! I wonder if something just happened or someone left me a comment!" This thought would just race through my mind, and I would have to check!
I just couldn't stop! Facebook is just another way for people to keep track of others, and snoop into others lives. You have to admit, snooping is fun and entertaining. Don't say no! You know it's true! lol. Although, sad to say, yet not sad at the same time, I have returned to Facebook. If I wasn't so bored and tired after work, I would give it up again, but I love to sit down and go online. Going online means having to check for comments. Oh well, I guess! :)
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• Thats the thing... its really hard to be addicted to things that aren't fun.
And facebook is fun... but its getting the balance thats the trick.
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October 16, 2009 10:04 PM
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Yes I could give up Facebook, not really into it that much. I don't share as much stuff as the person in the article and basically go on when I'm bored.
I prefer Twitter but I could give that up also. The only person that would care whether I quit Facebook or Twitter was the guy I was dating that really wanted me to delete my accounts on FB, Twitter and MySpace. Wasn't a big deal, I probably would've because I'm not dependent upon social media for anything. We just aren't together anymore so I don't see any reason to delete the accounts ;).
On the other hand, I could not live without internet access for a week. My laptop went down earlier this week because I needed an adaptor and I almost had a heart attack...
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I prefer Twitter but I could give that up also. The only person that would care whether I quit Facebook or Twitter was the guy I was dating that really wanted me to delete my accounts on FB, Twitter and MySpace. Wasn't a big deal, I probably would've because I'm not dependent upon social media for anything. We just aren't together anymore so I don't see any reason to delete the accounts ;).
On the other hand, I could not live without internet access for a week. My laptop went down earlier this week because I needed an adaptor and I almost had a heart attack...
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October 16, 2009 10:31 PM
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I could give it up as long as I didn't see anyone going onto the site. Absence makes the heart grow fonder so I am afraid at the end of the week, I would be on there more than ever.
I think my family would miss me as they all live on the other side of the US from me. I know I would miss talking to them.
It is something how addictive facebook Mahalo and online games are. In fact there has to be some psychological draw to them. I know I find myself waking up wanting to check all three places in the morning.
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I think my family would miss me as they all live on the other side of the US from me. I know I would miss talking to them.
It is something how addictive facebook Mahalo and online games are. In fact there has to be some psychological draw to them. I know I find myself waking up wanting to check all three places in the morning.
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October 17, 2009 04:52 AM
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Yes I could give up Face Book for a week.
My family would miss me but they would not be upset if I did not post anything for a week.
FaceBook is not a VITAL form of communication for me.
It is nice to share "updates" with family and friends, but one week away from Face Book is DEFINITELY do-able.
A week away from internet and email is a whole different issue. I absolutley MUST communicate many people in various organizations and businesses.
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My family would miss me but they would not be upset if I did not post anything for a week.
FaceBook is not a VITAL form of communication for me.
It is nice to share "updates" with family and friends, but one week away from Face Book is DEFINITELY do-able.
A week away from internet and email is a whole different issue. I absolutley MUST communicate many people in various organizations and businesses.
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October 17, 2009 12:26 PM
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Well, I did recently when we went on vacation. Personally, I spend very little time online when my family is home. Since I work from home, I'm home alone all day and I have plenty of time to interact online without my family suffering. It wouldn't make a whit of difference to them either way.
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October 17, 2009 11:23 PM
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If I really wanted to, I could probably give up Facebook for a week. I'd have to find some other way to waste time, but realistically speaking, it's less than 30 minutes a day. I'm good enough at wasting time that filling that time should be no problem at all.
My family probably wouldn't mind at all. I call my mother at least a few times a week, after all, and I'd probably have more to talk about since she wouldn't have read about it on Facebook first! Our conversations would be longer, and that'd be a good thing. This is actually starting to sound tempting.
But I agree with a few other posters. While I could technically live without Internet access for a week, it'd be a very miserable week. Let alone the fact that I couldn't do any of my work -- most of it requires online research. Or my classwork -- same reason.
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My family probably wouldn't mind at all. I call my mother at least a few times a week, after all, and I'd probably have more to talk about since she wouldn't have read about it on Facebook first! Our conversations would be longer, and that'd be a good thing. This is actually starting to sound tempting.
But I agree with a few other posters. While I could technically live without Internet access for a week, it'd be a very miserable week. Let alone the fact that I couldn't do any of my work -- most of it requires online research. Or my classwork -- same reason.
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October 20, 2009 04:28 PM
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Recently I gave up facebook. I felt that the premise was nice but the format was taking the place of real friendships. I began to wonder about the individuals who posted eight or more times a day, and it got me thinking; these people are either bored, or they truly want to connect with friends but are accepting a bad substitute. The artificial atmosphere of facebook was keeping me from reaching out to them. At first, my family did not understand why I chose to shut facebook off, but after I explained that the need for real connection can not be summarized in a ten second update and that I wanted to pursue real relationships, they understood.
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