I'm thinking of deleting my facebook account. - Page 3 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Phanuthier · 10-12-2009, 04:38 PM

Why do you have a facebook account?

Well I use Facebook for 3 primary reasons,
1. to get back in touch with old high school friends and see what they are up to.
2. photos, I've found a lot of great rock climbing routes since most of the people I add to my facebook are via rock climbing
3. post links, read interesting links, similar to that of CP

I don't post on other people's walls or status's, I don't really give useless status updates like "I'm going to do laundry now" ... I do check FB pretty frequently, but I never comment on anything or really post anything. I don't have any drama queens on my FB, so I don't get all the soap opera stuff most people here get.

My friends that I see every day, and my best friends back at home that I talk to all the time, I don't facebook them. Usually short FB "what are you up to" are with old friends that I don't talk to very often, but at times and catch up, but it doesn't really make sense to catch up over coffee or lunch since I spent 4 weeks a year back at home, and all of that I want to spend with my close friends or family.

What benefits does it bring to your life?

Well, as above, I find awsome rock climbing routes and get back in touch with old friends.

What harm does it being to your life?

None really. I don't use it frequently enough to be an addict. I'd rather break off CP (and I did for a month earlier) and I really would like to stop posting so much here, nothing against CP, its just a waste of time... sort of like now.

How much time do you spend on facebook?

20 sec a day x 5 = 100 sec, so under 2 minutes.

How much would your life be impacted if you deleted your account today?

None

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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

What's unique about Facebook that warrants it to such scrutiny as opposed to, say, Calgarypuck? Or any other forum/website?

Why do you have a Calgarypuck account?

What benefits does it bring to your life?

What harm does it being to your life?

How much time do you spend on Calgarypuck?

How much would your life be impacted if you deleted your account today?

Well, the OT forum especially is a form of social networking.

The main reason I'm here is to talk Flames hockey, but I found especially since 2005 that all topics end up coming to the same point. If you have a minority opinion, some CPer will freak out, and go whine in the OT forum about it and probably try to be like fotze or 4x4 and go to an overused "punch you in the face" comment (which is really funny, I bet most of the people here who say it haven't punched someone since kindergarten)... when I first moved out of California, I was leaving a lot of friends and a girlfriend I dated for 2.5 years so CP was an awsome get away and I met a lot of people, but I don't know if I have enough reasons to stay at the moment.

Harm - lots, how much time depends on the day. If I deleted my account on CP... I probably wouldn't follow the Flames as much, but I'd be more efficient in getting work done.

Dion · 10-12-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Anyone who can't be bothered to pick up the phone or send an email, preferring only to invite people to events via facebook is someone far too shallow for me to bother with.

Exactly! It's a reason I never created an account. Then again none of my friends use that social network.

flip · 10-12-2009, 05:01 PM

I actually don't have a Facebook account but I just promised my cousin's wife that I'd sign up. They live in Regina and I don't get a lot of opportunities to hang out with them. She wants me to sign up so we can stay in touch, which I like to do, because I'm close with my cousins and we aren't exactly in the habbit of calling each other to talk.

missdpuck · 10-12-2009, 05:03 PM

If I ever get a website going I would use it to promote that, but otherwise it's just something else to keep up with.

burn_this_city · 10-12-2009, 05:19 PM

Havent been on mine in a couple months.. It keeps sending me emails telling me to come back. Its almost forcing me to delete it so I dont have to sift through the pointless emails it sends out.

Resolute 14 · 10-12-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Berger_4_

How is someone creating an event on Facebook more shallow then a person who sends out an email invitation?

Where did I say that?

I said someone who only creates facebook invites is too shallow.

It comes down to the problem doozwimp stated: a lot of people assume that a facebook invite is good enough. It's basically like tossing a bunch of party invites to the wind, and hoping they get to their recipient. Sometimes that wont happen. And if I found I was missing out on interacting with a person because I wasn't getting their facebook invites, and they couldn't be bothered to contact me to find out why I wasn't coming, then that argues strongly to me that the relationship with that person has little value to them.

HelloHockeyFans · 10-12-2009, 06:04 PM

I joined originally to catch up with old friends, but within a year, after doing that, I deleted my account. A great way for everyone to see your life and know what you're doing at any time, but that's just not my thing as I tend to be a pretty private person.

ken0042 · 10-12-2009, 06:13 PM

The funny thing is- I originally signed up 4 years ago or so because somebody was setting up a CP group.

It's a good way to throw info out to friends that isn't quite worthy of sending out an email; and I also use it to see "where are they now?"

Cowperson · 10-12-2009, 06:33 PM

I'm the anonymous relative, having gone to only one family reunion on each side of the family through 20 years or more. Generally, the only times I've really interacted with relatives is at the necessity of funerals or an occasional other special event of some kind and consequently know little about aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins etc while they, in turn, have an encyclopedic knowledge of everyone else.

Apparently these kids who were the same age as me have grown up, had kids and even grandkids. This is all very amazing.

So . . . . . Facebook is kind of interesting because there is some interaction now as they gradually appear and ask to be friends. That affords me the chance to leer voyeuristically into their lives and apparently they into mine.

An Aunt and niece actually came to have supper with us a few weeks ago through the renewed frequency of contact of Facebook which caused me to joke that now that one of them knew where I lived, there would be no end to the madness.

You're right. It's time to end this craziness.

Cowperson

Ice · 10-12-2009, 08:09 PM

I have facebook. Its set to private so nobody can search for me and see anything on it. It started as a way to be in touch with what I call "hockey people." Its mainly people I've met through the years at Staples Center who are season ticket holders. We use it to swap our tickets around and make plans before games and stuff like that. Some of those people have turned into actual friends who I will socialize with outside of hockey. My friends and family that have nothing to do with hockey aren't on my facebook. I prefer to keep those relationships on a more real level, with real live experiences, lunch dates, tennis games, mall trips, hanging out, etc.

Rathji · 10-12-2009, 08:33 PM

I only use Facebook to play a couple addictive games. I never even see my news feed page at all unless it logs me out randomly.

I have removed all access and private information from my profile though, well most at least, soI am not worried about it sitting there unattended.

Yeah_Baby · 10-12-2009, 09:15 PM

Personally I think half the issues that arise from Facebook are because people don't have their privacy settings set properly.

RW99 · 10-12-2009, 09:18 PM

Having lived in Banff for so long, half my friends are either Aussie or doing other travelling around the world. I have almost ZERO local friends on it. It's great for what I need. I keep no photos or important details about me on there, just a way to keep up with people out of province.

3 Justin 3 · 10-12-2009, 10:31 PM

I have one but don't use it. It was great when I was in Europe, and I can still talk to them since they are in Barcelona, and I am not. But other than that, I find it stupid and useless.

Berger_4_ · 10-13-2009, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Where did I say that?

I said someone who only creates facebook invites is too shallow.

It comes down to the problem doozwimp stated: a lot of people assume that a facebook invite is good enough. It's basically like tossing a bunch of party invites to the wind, and hoping they get to their recipient. Sometimes that wont happen. And if I found I was missing out on interacting with a person because I wasn't getting their facebook invites, and they couldn't be bothered to contact me to find out why I wasn't coming, then that argues strongly to me that the relationship with that person has little value to them.

I'll admit I misread it a bit haha. I guess I just have never had that occur to me. I get a facebook message and generally a text or a phone call if something is going down haha.

Muta · 10-13-2009, 01:14 AM

I just use it for checking out pictures and laughing at other people.

kyuusei · 10-13-2009, 01:22 AM

I never really go on fb unless I get a PM or event invite. Reading (or editing) my news feed is too much work because I'd try and filter out so much crap. I swear I log in something like twice a week.

Twitter, however...

Mad Mel · 10-13-2009, 02:16 AM

Like others have said, it's good for me since I live overseas and nearly all friends and family are back in Canada. It lets you see a lot of the day-to-day stuff that you'd normally never find out about, because you don't have the opportunity to get together or talk on the phone regularly.

But I can't see ever using it the way some people do, as a primary social interaction with people that you can easily hang out with.

Redliner · 10-13-2009, 03:27 AM

Facebook is great. You can cyber-stalk pretty much anyone you have ever known. Of course, it goes without saying that some of them are probably doing the same thing to you. Beware of ex-girlfriends bearing free gifts.

shane_c · 10-13-2009, 06:14 AM

I used to be on it quite a bit but about 3 months ago decided the whole thing was stupid and deleted my account. About 2 weeks ago I set up another account just for keeping in touch with family and changed the settings so nobody could find me. That way I'm not getting stupid requests from people I didn't like from elementary school, etc. Even with the new account set up I may have gone on twice in the last 2 weeks.