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<p>Facebook has been (and continues to be) useful to me professionally. Since I'm on there primarily for professional reasons, I see no reason to leave. What's more, I never share anything on Facebook or elsewhere on the Internet that I consider private. </p>
<p>BTW, very few people among my "friends" have left. </p>
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<p>On 2019/02/03 16:27, arnieswap@gmail.com wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">I am staying purely because of my family spread across India, Europe and the US. There is no way to keep them updated with what's going on with my life. Plus there are many local groups and communities (cat sitting, baby sitting and our kids school) which are on Facebook. Quitting would mean loosing all those channels. So as much as I want to quit, I can't.
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 5:10 PM Perlow, Jason <<a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com">jperlow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Wanted to get some comment from the folks here as well.<br /><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 behind".
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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 clear="all" />
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