[Ipg-smz] Fwd: Facebook Rapture/Stand

[Tom Henderson]

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.

And for those that use Hootsuite/etc to update everything like a social 
Jeeves..... I understand hitcounts.

Tom


On 2/3/19 5:09 PM, Perlow, Jason wrote:
> Wanted to get some comment from the folks here as well.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Perlow, Jason* <jperlow at gmail.com <mailto:jperlow at gmail.com>>
> Date: Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 3:11 PM
> Subject: Facebook Rapture/Stand
>
>
> 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".
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
>
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