The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I have to take a break from Facebook about once a year. I just get so very sick of people's constant BS, and the never ending stories about how Facebook is selling our information, etc. So I'll deactivate Facebook for a few weeks, and I'm in utter bliss. In the end, I invariably reactivate my account, because people start giving me crap about it. Plus, it's the only way I keep in contact with some relatives & old friends. I *REALLY* hate being a slave to this very abusive app.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I have 90% of my friends "hidden" from my feed, because people do annoy me like crazy.

The "Facebook selling our information" stories don't bother me in and of themselves. I honestly didn't really ever expect my information to be kept private on a free internet website. I simply don't put much personal information on it. Those "check in at x location" things, for example, are ones I take issue with. Not a good idea. I don't even use my real name on Facebook. I'm of the age where dangers of the internet were vigorously beaten into us at school. "Don't use your real name" was rule 1. Then here comes Facebook saying "You MUST use your real name". No, Facebook, I think you'll find I don't. But most of my peers take no issue with it so maybe I'm a bit of a tinfoil-hat type.