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<p>I left a 13months ago. I asked before I left: Anyone wanna stay
in touch? DM me your email addreses. Those who did, have. Those
who didn't? Some are on Twitter. My life is nicer without FB. It's
a time sink and a rabbit hole, and into the weeds. I feel sorry
for those left, honestly.</p>
<p>And for those that use Hootsuite/etc to update everything like a
social Jeeves..... I understand hitcounts. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/19 5:09 PM, Perlow, Jason wrote:<br>
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Date: Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 3:11 PM<br>
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<div dir="ltr">So many folks have written about deleting
facebook. I don't think people have written so much about
watching friends delete facebook, and being the folks "left
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<div>I have watched several friends delete recently. I had a
few days notice from most of them. But when you have zero
notice, it is very strange, because what immediately goes
through your mind is you have been defriended, that you
did something horribly wrong, that you crossed a boundary
you should not have. I was sick with the flu for about 4
days, didn't really touch facebook, and noticed when I
came back I missed updates from this writer
friend/colleague. Turns out, this very active guy (lots of
politics and wall street/investor focused stuff) and
decided he had enough. Deleted all his data.</div>
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<div>The only reason why I am sticking with Facebook is I
have groups that I run for support purposes (Bariatric
Surgery) and local food reviews for South Florida and
dinner meetups and such. But if those benefits did not
exist the constant contentiousness and inability to really
connect with a lot of people meaningfully due to the
polarizing environment is a total turnoff.</div>
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<div>I want to do this piece but I would like to hear some
additional anecdotes from folks that have become the "Left
Behind on Facebook". Why are you staying, who has left,
did you have notice, what did it feel like when the people
disappeared? And if you left, how much notice did you
give? Did you do a full data download and delete or did
you just put the page on hold?<br>
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