Comments on: So I’ve gone cold turkey on Facebook

By: Hectique Prognosis

Hectique Prognosis — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:04:06 +0000

Easily the biggest waste of time humans have devised. As a contact medium – great. Anything else – pathetic.

By: 5th

5th — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:18:58 +0000

Only noticed the disappearance today. I kinda like the intrusive nature of facebook. It gives my sis and I something to chat about on that odd trip to Welkom. I doubt anyone expected the facebook to grow into the current animal it is (like the internet, it was only intended for varsities etc) but it is quite an interesting gem of web 2.0. Apart from personal details being out there, there is that odd mishap of posting something dodge on a buddy’s wall (it was a status comment about being on Oprah and high 5ing milfs) and then having another buddy’s mom posting a comment on that status. Glad my folks have only recently discovered email, the joys of being heavily pigmented.

Apparently twitter has too much hype at the moment according to Gartner and I’ve only picked up on bad reviews about its usefulness, but I’ll wait and see before becoming a tweeter or is twitterer.

By: Rod MacKenzie

Rod MacKenzie — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:04:30 +0000

Facebook for me was just a wonderful tool to make contact with old buddies and connect with people. Now I have tracked them all down except one. Evan Dollar, are you out there somewhere?I will use it to promote the publication of Cracking China. But other than that for me it is a waste of time. Mind you Though Leadership has helped me make connect with really great people, David Bullard, Sarah, Llewellyn Kriel and Bert Olivier, amongst others.

By: Markoel

Markoel — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:10:19 +0000

I started out spending way too much time on FB, that has gradually changed to the point where I now spend very little time on it. The Novelty I guess has worn off. Maybe I take a trip over there quickly and remove my profile too.

By: di

di — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:21:36 +0000

I don’t think I could ever have the guts to deactivate my account – they call it FOMO (fear of missing out!). I often wonder what we did before Facebook, which has only been around for the last couple of years. I still managed to keep in contact with friends and maintain an active social life… However, it has been great coming across old friends from school on Facebook who I’ve lost touch with.

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:19:57 +0000

Bloody moany mother grundies. Use it, don’t use it but don’t judge. urgh. move with the times people. nobody is interesting, we are all equal. FB and other social networking sites prove that. the great equaliser.

By: CoCo

CoCo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:25:45 +0000

How do you give your full private or semi private details online? I use it to communicate with freinds and family and reject anything else.

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By: Kholekile Tshunungwa

Kholekile Tshunungwa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:18:19 +0000

The title sounded like a smoker weening himself / herself off the habit. Facebook can do that to some folks sometimes, especially if there is nothing else going on in one’s life. Habits and indulgences like alcohol, sex, internet gaming, etc, tend to take over the little opportune voids in our daily schedules, if not our lives in general.

However, WE are to blame, NOT the habits themselves. Facebook is what you make it, it itself doesn’t make anyone do anything.

So, I commend you, at least for not making sweeping statements from just your own unique Facebook experience. Also, it’s good to see that you are keeping an open mind to be back again for whatever reason. It’s always nice to take yourself out of any habit every now and then, to regain your centre, if the said activity feels as if it’s taking over the rest of your life. Hopefully you’ll get more socially involved in real life, so that you don’t seek the internet or other technological applications to substitute for human interactions.

I’m planning to do the same, but I won’t leave Facebook. It’s better than email. I actually keep my telephone directory there as all my contacts have cell numbers and land lines loaded on my page. I have also found it much faster to pass important messages to most of my friends there, when I have favors to request, etc.

To each his own, I guess.

By: Muzi Khathide

Muzi Khathide — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:06:39 +0000

I did the same a few months back…for the same reasons. 100 people knew too much about me…So I went over to Twitter where I can be anonymous.

I also don’t spend as much time on Twitter..less clutter.