[Ipg-smz] Fwd: Facebook Rapture/Stand

[Christine Hall]

I left Toronto in 1975 leaving behind both the most meaningful five 
years in my life and a whole boatload of friends, the hippie community 
at Rochdale and in Yorkville. Over the years I lost touch with all of 
them, seemingly forever. About ten years ago we began finding each other 
on Facebook, and there is now a core of about 20 or so of us who are 
back in daily contact.

The same is also true for a handful of people I knew during the time I 
lived in Monterey in the late 70s and early 80s.

I completely abhor Facebook as a company/institution and would have 
divorced myself from the site long ago if it wasn't the only venue I 
have for staying in touch with the people that I love most of all the 
people I've known.

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

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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