So I signed up for a Facebook account because so many people asked me to be on it. And I even had a post here about how I refuse to be on Facebook. After being on it, I decided I should have stuck with my original instinct and deactivated my account. And now that I don't have an account with Facebook, has my life changed a whole lot?
Actually, it has in a way. Before, people bugged me to get an account and asked me what was wrong with me for not being on Facebook. After I announced my decision to pull out of Facebook, asked everyone to contact me if they want to keep in touch with me outside of Facebook and didn't have my contact info (which generated all of 2 inquiries out of whatever number of "friends" I was connected with), and then went off-line after multiple warnings.... the big difference is that no one is bugging me if I saw some picture that was posted on Facebook, if I saw the status of someone, and if I am on Facebook period. For some reason, the fact that I tried and decided to delete, caused people to leave me alone about not being on Facebook. Maybe people felt that it was the cool thing to do with all the privacy issues Facebook was having. Who knows? But unlike before when people thought I was just wrong not to be on Facebook, now they all seem to respect my decision.
I kinda like it. =) And I love the fact that I don't have to answer to whether I saw some random picture on the Facebook or not.
