Facebook was a huge factor in some of my depression bouts.
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Did anyone bust out laughing upon finding out the OP JUST deactivated his FB? I thought with the title there was a deactivation followed by time of insight, self-reflection, and discovery to reach said conclusion but nah.
Let's see how your depression is 6 months from now and whether or not FB is the force you're making it out to be.
Let's see how your depression is 6 months from now and whether or not FB is the force you're making it out to be.
Cameron122
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I haven't been depressed since I moved back. Have you read the other posts? It was merely a factor. Albeit a relevant one.
The Atlantic touched on this earlier in the year, some good points were made.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/
ClassyPenguin
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Pretty much. Actually, for me it's quite the opposite. Facebook has kept me in touch with people that I wouldn't have otherwise.
Cameron122
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We try to see who weeps harder IN A CAGE
out0v0rder
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i only add people that are even shittier than me. Lol this one guy has to move back in with his mom.
YoYo Switch
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just deleted my facebook account permanently. do it. it feels great.
I uninstalled facebook app on my phone. Its such a piece of garbage app. Whenever I get a message, I get email notification. And then I check it on touch.facebook.com, it's actually much better than the native app.
I don't login facebook.com on my main browser either. Facebook has so muc hcookie tracking shit going on.
I don't login facebook.com on my main browser either. Facebook has so muc hcookie tracking shit going on.
YoYo Switch
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i think i'll go have a wank now.
el retorno
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I've had this problem too, though I still love facebook to chat and connect with people.
It sucks when you see what everyone else is doing and you're sitting home bored or something. but I also realize there are nights when other people have that same problem and I'm out having fun.
It just magnifies the perceived "missing out"
It sucks when you see what everyone else is doing and you're sitting home bored or something. but I also realize there are nights when other people have that same problem and I'm out having fun.
It just magnifies the perceived "missing out"
Grimm Fandango
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I'm glad I don't use it. Causes way too much drama for its own good.
xxjuicesxx
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I see people getting married, having kids, I'm just getting more awesome.
Cameron122
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Well, that's your problem right there.
How many did you actually know?
Holy shit, why that many?
one day you will have a family and all your friends will have families and instead of posting drunk pictures from parties they're all gonna post corny little pictures of their kids and their dogs and their gardens and whatnot.
this is what facebook is betting on.
I can easily understand how it amplified feelings if loneliness and "missing out."
I use it almost daily, but I'm not active; I rarely post or comment on things. What I've found helped me actually enjoy it was to unfriendly people regularly. I keep the list to around 150 (which is still crazy to me) and even then there are some people who I do like, but decide to hide their posts. It really limits the affect it has on me. I've also taken it off my phone so that I don't idly check it several times a day. Checking it a few times a week is about perfect. That way I still get some of the benefits of staying connected without all of the negatives.
I use it almost daily, but I'm not active; I rarely post or comment on things. What I've found helped me actually enjoy it was to unfriendly people regularly. I keep the list to around 150 (which is still crazy to me) and even then there are some people who I do like, but decide to hide their posts. It really limits the affect it has on me. I've also taken it off my phone so that I don't idly check it several times a day. Checking it a few times a week is about perfect. That way I still get some of the benefits of staying connected without all of the negatives.
Cameron122
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Well in highschool everyone 'knew me' and it just kinda escalated from there.
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If it wasn't social networking it would have been something else. The world is full of things that can make you depressed if you look at them in a certain light. Obviously it wasn't inherently a problem of Facebook because millions of others are using it and not feeling the same way. But if this is your solution to find a greater happiness, then I respect that decision.
I guess but damn dude. I find it hard enough to keep track of 250 people. A news feed of 2000 must be overwhelming. No wonder you ditched the service.
hey man, i can understand the feeling.
I deactivated Facebook a few weeks ago, as I realized that Facebook is kinda like a casino:
casual fun for some people, destructively addictive for others.
(There's other parallels too - rich owners. engineering that ensures maximum entertainment and engagement.)
take care.
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Here are some good articles about social media:
Caterina Fake: FOMO and Social Media
In Mark Zuckerberg's world, lying is the only way to be yourself
Twitter is a machine for continual self-reinvention 
I deactivated Facebook a few weeks ago, as I realized that Facebook is kinda like a casino:
casual fun for some people, destructively addictive for others.
(There's other parallels too - rich owners. engineering that ensures maximum entertainment and engagement.)
take care.
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Here are some good articles about social media:
Caterina Fake: FOMO and Social Media
In Mark Zuckerberg's world, lying is the only way to be yourself
Twitter is a machine for continual self-reinvention 
FrostuTheNinja
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Facebook is weird. It's like a place where people can gaze at themselves and it's ultimately rewarded. I think it was Carlin who said modern society was nothing but a bunch of narcissists. Dude was onto something.
Cameron122
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More of a philosopher than just a comedian I'd say! One of my idols.
dehydratedbabies
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That's... Really fucking apt.
I perma-deleted my Facebook about a year ago and I felt noticeably happier without it, but then I became tried of not being able to utilize deals that required Facebook so I made a new account (foolishly using my real name). Then one person somehow found me and added me, and then another, and now I have like 20 friends and sometimes get tagged in photos and shit which leads to me checking it way more often than I should. I should probably delete it again, but that'd be another public admission of my addiction to red notifications.
Vigilant Walrus
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I think it's like anything else really. Communication makes it easier to avoid the pain of real life confrontation.
People stalking their exes of facebook. "ohh she got fat, hahaa. good" or "fuckk. im depressed. she is dating a 6'8 african american NFL star".
But in either case, FB is just "grass is greener on the other side". It's so easy to look at peoples profiles and how their best photos are up and how all their accomplishments and friends acknowledgements and fun activities are shared. Sure some people make negative status updates about stuff, but you will see lots of people who cherry pick what they want others to see.
But at the end of the day, most of us, probably have more in common as far as pain, guilt, depressive bouts, anexiety, failures, fear, jealousy and all that other stuff, than we realize.
We just naturally go to some on our friends list and you see their hot girlfriend, were they took their awesome degree, their awesome workout pictures, how their status updates got over 50 comments and people posting on their walls.
If you think like that it becomes easy to compare yourself. And then you feel shitty. Even if you know FB doesn't matter and even if everyone knows that FB friends dont compare to RL socialization it somehow seems to rub off on us.
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