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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have deactivated my FB account numerous times and I always go back. A lot of people in my industry use it for shameless self-promotion.

I loathe the company but I feel like people won't remember me if they don't see me on social media. After typing that sentence, I realize how pathetic it sounds (and is).[/quote]

I very much relate to this and I don't think it's pathetic. In fact, after quitting Facebook a couple years ago, I've realized it's true -- there are absolutely people who will just kind of forget about you if they no longer see you on Facebook.

I also had several friends who said something like "Oh, I didn't realize you weren't on Facebook anymore," but then I realized this was something at least some people say to make it look like they are on FB less than they are (they are looking at everyone's profiles all the time and realized I wasn't on FB almost immediately, but then embarrassed to admit it because that would mean admitting that they were looking for me...). Finding that out really reaffirmed my decision to quit because that's the kind of think I used to do and it is such a dumb time suck.

And regarding the people who forgot about me: eventually I realized that if FB was the only think keeping them in my life, they weren't actually my friends. I have a lot fewer "friends" without FB, but am also happier and more confident in my actual friends.[/quote]

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