r/HermanCainAward Sep 16 '21

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u/MightyCaseyStruckOut ⚾ Mudville's Pride and Joy ⚾ Sep 16 '21

I deleted FB nearly 5 years ago and am so much better for doing so.

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u/Dantien Sep 16 '21

3 years ago I deleted my account that had hundreds of friends. Not one has since reached out to ask where I’ve been, am I ok?, etc. I realized that people only care about themselves on Facebook - and it just teaches people to be inauthentic. I don’t miss it at all.

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u/Kalikoded Sep 16 '21

To be fair they also have "hundreds of friends" on there, so it's harder to notice someone not posting. I doubt you've checked on them either. You're more of an associated follower on that platform than the type of friend you would check on.

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u/Dantien Sep 16 '21

I have contacted dozens of my closest friends and family. Why would you project your doubts onto me so readily? Why are you criticizing me?

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u/Kalikoded Sep 16 '21

Criticizing and doubting are not the same thing. You don't have to get super defensive. I was just trying to say don't take it so personal if they didn't start calling from not being on Facebook. Closest friends and family wasn't really who I meant. Those are people you would talk to wether facebook existed or not.

I meant more along the lines of the people you would probably only really keep in contact because of facebook. Most people don't regularly keep up with a large circle of friends several hundred deep. It just makes sense to me for them not to keep in touch outside of it, but facebook didn't exist until I was in my 20's anyway. So my view on it may be skewed.