The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

But see, if you have to hide them from your feed - what's the point in having that connection at all? I'm only asking rhetorically, but it's a practive I lived by. Hiding someone just says you're ashamed or embarrased of them, for whatever reason. I unfriended my own grandmother over a political argument. I certainly wasn't just going to hide her posts. It seems...well, terribly fake.

I'm not entirely sure how you figure that. I am still afforded the ability to see what I want to from them on Facebook, and easily contact them when I have the inclination, which I sometimes do. It just limits involuntary overexposure to certain people. Facebook offers me that level of control, so why not use it?

The rest of your post makes perfect sense, and it sounds like you are probably making a wise choice. Honestly, I do not share you experiences. I'm 26, almost all of my friends have been on Facebook since I met them, and we see each other and go out for drinks and meals often. It seems to work for us, but you're right that it doesn't work for everyone. Don't let people bully you into going back to something that you really feel isn't working in your life. I find it troubling that people here are having to deal with being "pushed into" signing up to Facebook. That seems insanely stupid and annoying. On behalf of Facebook users, I apologise.