Why I deleted Facebook, and why it's been a great decision

[SteelPearlParticipant 40]

I am 26 years old. When I was 21 I moved out of my hometown in my home state to California to start anew. My core group of friends and I all talked about doing this when we were growing up, getting the hell out of Nowhereville, WV. We all made good on this, but homesickness ended up kicking in for all of us, and we all went on vacation last month from our new homes to our old home. While there, it became extremely evident to me that old friends who have made no progress in life and who are still 16 years old in mind and in ambition are people I didn’t want to be around. I had several old friends who have done nothing with their lives, people who still live at home with their parents with no jobs, no car, and no plan… they wanted to hang out with me. I didn’t do it, and I permanently burned a few bridges to people I used to care for. My core group of friends who have always been most like-minded are all making it through life similarly. We have careers we enjoy, we set goals and achieve them, we have a track record of dating cool girls who fit in to the group, and don’t make a fuss if and when things end, we’ve found healthy and fun hobbies we enjoy and excell in. Evolving the same way with the same philosophy and same sense of humor. These are my friends.

I deleted Facebook after vacation was over. I’m done with the Facebook-era paradigm that makes people feel like they should stay in contact and be “friends” just because you knew them for some period of time or went to school with them. There is no need for this. The people that matter in life will never be far from touch. Cutting losses and maturing into something greater than what we were is my mission, and I surround myself with people who feel the same way. While I was in town, I was getting messages endlessly from people who I’d all but forgotten. People I graduated with but was never friends with, old girlfriends, old “friends” who are now raising 6 kids with pill whores… they all wanted to hang out with me and they were angry with me when I didn’t get to see them. I couldn’t stop asking myself why these people wanted to see me. I had no desire to see them, and yet they seemed so emotionally effected by the fact that I chose not to respond to them or see them. Is it because they’re trying to get some vicarious experience of what living life is all about? Is it because they’re so obsessed with Facebook that they really believe that everyone on their friends list are actually their friends? I think it’s both.

Even after I cut my friends list down to ~250 people who I thought I may like or could stand to be around, I was still inundated with things people had shared or liked that I had no interest in. Friend requests from people I never wanted to think about again. I had enough. I no longer needed this anchor to my past. There are elements of my past I will always hold dear, and things about my home I will always miss, but Facebook was baggage of my old life that I was trying to shed still hanging on for dear life, clinging to remain relevant. I can store photos on my flash drives or dropbox for myself to enjoy without needing likes and shares and approval from people I do not give a s~~~ about anymore. I said goodbye and it’s been great. Aside from being less distracted at work, I’ve found great new websites to browse! This very site, Art of Manliness, /r/Redpill, and others. The internet doesn’t feel stale and boring to me anymore. It feels new and exciting again, and it feels great to post with people that though I don’t know, are more like-minded to me than all of the people I left behind to rot on Facebook. Goodbye, social media, I don’t miss you at all.

[RoyDalParticipant]

Great post!

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[Binary LogicParticipant 2351]

I can definitely understand that. I kind of underwent the same epiphany when I first joined the military. After 6 months of grueling work, I found that much could be accomplished when you set aside the day to day fukery and learn to live your life and strive for tangible, and very real goals.

Validation from those we could care less about is a waste of time. Perhaps they did want the brief instance of living vicariously through you. Or perhaps they wanted something more sinister, as in to cipher resources from you over the long haul. The beauty of your decision is that you will never know, and never have to deal with it, or succumb to the treachery.

I dropped facebook along time ago. I just didn’t need it. It served no purpose, and was utterly invasive. I even took it a step further and ditched the TV and put a bookshelf in it’s place. Albeit it may seem a little extreme, but I tell you, a plethora of time has been freed up to learn many new things, traits, and timing for opportunities that would have not presented themselves otherwise. That’s time that would of been spent learning absolutely nothing and being fed lies through media and entertainment.

Long story short. Good choice Bro. You’ve got my vote.

 

Funny, isn't it? How women thrive on a mans time, attention and resources, while simultaneously telling him he isn't enough...

[kizellParticipant 368]

I deleted Facebook 4 years ago.  Then 1 year later, I got rid of television

I don’t miss either.  I realized how much I was missing by keeping them in my life.  Both of them made me a dumber person anyway

[SteelPearlParticipant 40]

Damn I love you guys already.

[FrankyParticipant 2338]

I deleted facebook half an year ago ,don’t regret it one bit.

[22DeeboiParticipant 259]

Congrats brother, besides social media hurts more than helps. I’m 21 turning 22 and I don’t have any social media. People my age are astonished and look at me like I’m weird. I’ve had dumb broads ask me, “how do live?” I reply I just go my own way and don’t care what anyone thinks

[ILiveAgainParticipant]

FaceF~~~ and TV will turn your mind to jello.

One guy here a while ago likened it to having a sewer pipe running to your living room.

There is no way to unplug if you still have these things.

1984 is already happening.

[Elgos_GrimParticipant 254]

Deleted facebook about 4-5 years ago, unfortunatetly I can’t not pay for tv, because in germany you HAVE TO pay. Its like the gynocentric corporate tax, even though the only thing my tv is connected to is my dvd player…

[chirParticipant]

F~~~.. I never even had a facebook account, or a myspace account, or a twitter account.   Stay in touch with friends via (GASP) a phone!!!  I recently branched out into texting.

Luddite?  Nope.  I’ve been in the IT field for 25 years.  Don’t feel like being a slave to technology.  Always know where the power button is.

It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, it is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning; it is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

[Just a ManParticipant 934]

I deleted facebook over a year ago as well, never really used it anyway, never been in the trendy crowd, too dumb for me. I cut the chord 13 years ago to never look back, my “TV” is hooked up to a computer and has programs I like running, with no commercials I might add. I especially like documentary series like….the universe, through the wormhole, BBC Life, how the universe works, cosmos, national parks, etc. If anyone has other good programs like this they like please share, always looking for more to add. 😀

Philosophy, the female repellent

[Oaken1Participant 67]

Honestly you sound like an asshole and a s~~~ excuse for s friend…judgmental prick much?. So those guys don’t live life by your rules,..so you just gotta burn that bridge… you date “cool chicks” and so do your friends…. those guys don’t….

F~~~ you, f~~~ your friends, f~~~ your cool chicks, and f~~~ your rules….those fellas are better off to have an asshat like you out of their lives

 

facebook??…it helps me keep in touch with my kids and mother….no need to delete it because I grew up in a generation where the all powerful internet did not dictate my life….f~~~ing poser. white knight in disguise….cool chicks, no fuss on breakup,….yeah…………. f~~~ing 2na

 

[MyselfParticipant 353]

chir wrote:

F~~~.. I never even had a facebook account, or a myspace account, or a twitter account. Stay in touch with friends via (GASP) a phone!!! I recently branched out into texting. Luddite? Nope. I’ve been in the IT field for 25 years. Don’t feel like being a slave to technology. Always know where the power button is.

Basically same story here. I’m a programmer and have been online since I was a kid, back when they had the BBS systems.  When myspace and Facebook came out I had zero interest in them. For the longest time the internet was just a tool for learning, and a means to communicate with people for educational or professional purposes.

This site is probably the first real introduction I had to “social media”.  In particular, it exposed me to the craziness that takes place on Facebook and twitter and youtube. Previously I never really gave a s~~~ about it, just because the overall content is so “lowest common denominator” and seemed somehow at odds with how I thought the internet should be used (as a tool to accomplish s~~~). Now I take a slight interest in it only because it has gotten to a point where it can actually affect me (a twitter campaign, for example) and cannot really be totally ignored.

[SteelPearlParticipant 40]

Well Oaken, I’m not going to argue with you in order to defend myself, all I’ll say is you sound a lot like the people who I didn’t see and it is in and of itself why I didn’t see them. I had other friends who I wanted to see, and didn’t get to, and they offered the mature and understanding response of, “It’s ok man, life is complicated and you gotta do what you gotta do, come see us next time.” I have nothing against deciding to remain stagnant in life and not DO anything, per se, and as I mentioned I know many people in that situation and they are in good company with one another I suppose, but If I have changed by should I cater to them? Why should I make them think I enjoy their company when I no longer do? It’s ok to let people go, man.

[DoinMyOwnThing40Participant 1000]

I wish I would delete my Facebook account. It has become an addiction for me. One day hopefully I will delete it. It really does keep you from actually doing things in life.

Women are parasites. Each and every last one of them.

[RennieParticipant]

Myself wrote:

chir wrote:

F~~~.. I never even had a facebook account, or a myspace account, or a twitter account. Stay in touch with friends via (GASP) a phone!!! I recently branched out into texting. Luddite? Nope. I’ve been in the IT field for 25 years. Don’t feel like being a slave to technology. Always know where the power button is.

Basically same story here. I’m a programmer and have been online since I was a kid, back when they had the BBS systems. When myspace and Facebook came out I had zero interest in them. For the longest time the internet was just a tool for learning, and a means to communicate with people for educational or professional purposes. This site is probably the first real introduction I had to “social media”. In particular, it exposed me to the craziness that takes place on Facebook and twitter and youtube. Previously I never really gave a s~~~ about it, just because the overall content is so “lowest common denominator” and seemed somehow at odds with how I thought the internet should be used (as a tool to accomplish s~~~). Now I take a slight interest in it only because it has gotten to a point where it can actually affect me (a twitter campaign, for example) and cannot really be totally ignored.

Also online since I was about 11 or 12 and I enjoyed the internet before the social media stuff enveloped it. People ran their own sites, created and hosted their own projects, some people had really good game concepts too. I guess you could say the internet got t~~~ified.

[TheOneWhoBeholdsWisdomParticipant 58]

I have no clue what made me delete my Facebook, it was just a feeling of tiredness and seeing nothing of intelligence being posted. Just the regular picture showing off this & that. Waste of time and annoying.

[BufordParticipant 935]

Nice intro fella.

I lasted about 3 weeks on Facebook, couldn’t stand being contacted by people from school I didn’t even f~~~ing like when I was there, who acted like we were long lost siblings.

Welcome to the fresh air.

 

"This happens every time one of these floozies starts poontangin' around with those show folk fags. - Sheriff Buford T. Justice"

[Omega 3 Snake OilParticipant 29]

I just got a friend request from a girl I haven’t talked to since tenth grade. And we weren’t even really friends. F~~~ me, what a waste of time…

if it weren’t requisite for Tinder I’d have deleted it a long time ago 😉

[mrpropmechParticipant 216]

Just got rid of mine recently as well. If you google “delete facebook permanently” you can find the link. They purposely make it hard to find. I went from 300 or so on mine a few years back and it slowly dwindled down to 90 when I just deleted it. My main reason was I was sick of seeing all the drama that facebook attracts, everyone has an opinion but is unwilling to hear anyone elses, then there are the people that reveal way too much about their personal lives. Its just a cesspool of s~~~.

DoinMyOwnThing40 wrote:

I wish I would delete my Facebook account. It has become an addiction for me. One day hopefully I will delete it. It really does keep you from actually doing things in life.

Thats how it was getting with me… Id actually tried deleting mine a few times before but always came back to it. The permanent delete feature gives you 14 days to come back, before they delete it for good. I changed my password to something totally random that I put in Word, copy pasted it as my new pw and then promptly deleted my account so even if I wanted to get back on I couldn’t.

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