Is Facebook there because we use it, or do we use it because it's there?
This is the question I find myself asking today after 4 days without Facebook
Now this might not seem like much of an achievement, but there were times, certainly in my old job, when I could probably refresh Facebook every minute or maybe even less....I was bored
Now I've started my new job, I just don't have the time in the day to sit on Facebook, reading, posting, sharing, boasting....hey, I'm a poet and...
To be honest I've not really missed it.
Now don't misunderstand me, it's a great tool for keeping in touch with people you'd otherwise have no contact with, it provides amusement, provides useful information....sometimes, can make you laugh and make you cry
But can you live without it?
Have you become so engrossed in the network that you forgot to be social
When I closed my account on Monday, it asked me for a reason for the closure. I could say I'd been harassed, it took up too much time...to be honest I forget all the options. The one I chose was 'this is temporary, I'll be back', because I know I'll use it again, but as to when that will be, I'm not sure
I'm not on a crusade. I'm not trying to prove a point. I just don't feel like it was drastically improving my life.
The fact that no one has noticed my absence, no one that has my number, tells me that I was not important to any of my 'friends'. I was as important to them, as most of them are to me, and this is why I've not missed Facebook
I don't see enough of my real friends, in fact Facebook meant I probably knew more about the recent life of someone I knew 15 years ago (when I was 7) than that of someone I regard as a true friend...and that makes me a little sad
So, for the time being at least, I'm breaking free from the shackles of Facebook, no more shall I be confined to expressing my thoughts and experiences in a tiny white box, under the title of 'Ben Cummins is'
From now on it's all about socialising, not publicising
*now what was my twitter password :-/
**the irony of all this, is without Facebook I can't promote my blog, so this probably won't even be read by anyone :-)
