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How many on here either have decided to abandon major social media platforms (FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, etc) or never joined them to begin with? If so, what were your reasons for doing so - privacy concerns? Too much narcissism in those environments?

HockeyGuy 6 Apr 30
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I quit Facebook on Dec 31st 2018 as a New Years resolution.

The reason was due to my family members being idiots. Jesus this and that. Obama is a muslim. God sent Trump.

Yea, I am related to idiots.

I know a lot of folks also who won't get off the belief that Obama is a Muslim and despite his provided birth certificate, not a US citizen. You'd thing several years post presidency they could've at least finally moved on from such perpetuated delusions.

Totally sympathize.

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I once had a Facebook account... Privacy concerns won out after they started implementing changes without informing anyone until they went live (sound familiar, anyone?)... The rest I never trusted enough to bother, and after a small bit of research, I discovered the narcissism was far exceeding my tolerance levels.

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I've been rediscovering them lately. They are useful for interaction due to being both opinionated and socially isolated. I appreciate the fact that they exist and remain aware of the downfalls. Not worried about targetted advertising, trolls are assholes. Fact check before sharing.

MsAl Level 8 Apr 30, 2019
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Too many people I never heard of wanting to be my “friend”. Too much mail to deal with.

Sexy young woman in Africa trying to get close. I ain’t that young. (or stupid)

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I don't care about privacy if I'm online im expecting everything is exposed. That's why i decided to do what i want and not worry about anything else. However i use Facebook as a form to either annoy people or help enlighten them.. I'm mainly focused on the youth as i believe they are more open to change and help children their peers.

Neenz Level 7 Apr 30, 2019
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The junky post and the advertisements are out of control. If I post on F/B less than 2℅ of the time someone responds. The amount of scammers is way out of control. The reference about deities and demigod is way more than any gullible could handle.

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How else am I supposed to keep up with the petty drama of my outspoken Facebook friends? How can I revel in their failures and feel superior without an account? Jeez.

i hear that a lot so i definitely believe you, but that just doesn't happen to me. i am mostly political on facebook. squabbles do indeed occur but they're political.

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Been off Facebook for a year. Too toxic with little intellectualism behind many postings.

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I'm an introvert. I tried LinkedIn and Facebook a couple times each but found the requests to connect from people I didn't know well (and didn't want to know well) annoying and awkward. I email or text my family and friends.

This is the only social media site I participate in.

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I was on Facebook until 8 yrs ago. People can't handle the kind of truth I throw at them and so I just stopped. It's too frustrating trying to talk to a bunch of dumbass believers who mostly care about keeping up with the Joneses. As for the other social sites, never tried. My ex was obsessed with Facebook; she would be on it for hours. Classic narcicist that took pix of herself all the damn time! I mean, really, don't you think the first 10,000 shots were enough? The answer is no! I'm thinking about starting back on facebook but only for selling the chairs I'm building or looking for work. But I'm afraid some asshole from my past will find me and piss me off! Someone will undoubtedly ask me to go to their church and then yada yada yada! Or I can just maintain the status quo! 😵

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I’m on Facebook (good way to keep in touch with my family/friends out of state) and Instagram (someone created an account in my name and I found out about it years later and took it over. Don’t really do much with it, though), but I never got the point of Twitter. Why bother?

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I see what you did there ^ haha

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I am only on two social media platforms.
This site, and Facebook.
I spend more time here, than there.

In another life, I was on MySpace. I often wonder how Tom is doing?

I've never had any interest in any of the others.

MySpace... oh those were the days...

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Seems like a huge sticking point to me, better off avoided.

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In the abstract, I would like to give up all other social media, but LinkedIn is helpful for work, and I use Facebook and Instagram to keep in touch with family and friends, particularly the long-distance ones. I try to keep it loving, respectful,and private.

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Limited FB involvement just for my nonprofit and family and close friends.
I use IG and Twitter to watch my kids mostly. Occasionally troll the tangerine tornado on Twitter.

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Facebook and here more often here

bobwjr Level 10 Apr 30, 2019

Did stop Twitter

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How would anyone have discovered agnostic.com , without some kind of social media platform ?

You make an excellent point.

As I recall, I got a very funny meme from somewhere, and it led back to Agnostic.com, I didn't make a conscious effort to get here a few months ago. But once I did, I found it to be a great place to have a fairly high intelligence level conversation with someone.

Randy

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I have a Facebook account but use it only for family, friends and instant messaging with family. I don't post what I'm doing or politics or religion and very, very little else. I check it a time or two a week.

gearl Level 8 Apr 30, 2019
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I have a FB account that I used a lot, but I hardly visit lately because of Agnostic. I just keep it for the photos that I put and erase from the computer, and to keep in touch with some family. A lot of undesired commercials and excessive photos of children put by obsessive mothers daily and too many photos of food are pushing me to close it. I joined Linkedln but never used it, never twitter.

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I reluctantly joined FB after my husband died in 2010. Being something of a technophobe, it took time for me to adapt and learn how to use it. I gradually collected some friends, but refuse to friend people I have never met. I seldom visit their sites---I couldn't care less about most of what they post. I'm more interested in visiting the home page because I get a lot of progressive political postings and news, as well as occasionally interesting stuff from a few groups I've joined. My favorite is the Game of Thrones site. I also enjoy Classical music humor vids and memes from some contemporary Zen people. My laptop has become my window to the world, and I waste hours a day staring at the screen. Over all, I find social media to be extremely unfulfilling for the most part and I miss the days when I had a real social life.

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Limited Facebook in attempt to keep connected to a few family and friends.

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I had a Farcebook account for about 6 months, went on it about 4 or 5 times, didn't really like it. When I found out that it's just a way to keep tabs on people and sell their private information, I quit it. Hardly anything would make me happier than to see it fade away into oblivion and Schmuckerburg have to take a job working at McDonald's to pay his bills.

i'd like revenge

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thought about FB b/c my son-in-law is a sociopath who has a alienated me from my daughter & grand daughters. if i had a FB account at least i could tell my side of the story. also thought of youtube. but then, i wonder what the fck is the point.

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There’s nothing on there that interests me. So I left.

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