[grungydan]

I don't get how people can let Facebook take up so much of their life/time that they have to delete it or stop using it to "get their life back." I find it ridiculous.

I use Facebook basically for two purposes. Sharing and consuming denk mems, and for scheduling gatherings of friends that use Facebook (which is mostly all of them, because this is about all they use it for too).

People need to stop acting like these things are somehow controlling anything you do and realize that they're just tools. Do what you want with them.

If that's "not use it" for whatever reason, fine. I just wish people would stop with these nonsensical "I QUIT FACEBOOK AND NOW MY LIFE IS SO MUCH BETTERER" stories.

[HenryBemis]

I think that you are missing one of the biggest points. The problem with us, "facebook haters", is not that we are incapable of managing our time, or friends. I personally quit it because they are one of the worse trackers out there. They show zero respect to privacy, and every year we learn something shady practices that overshadows the previous year's shady practices.

They started as "let's connect the world", and they ended up with "let's track the world, even if they don't want to have an account with us".

I got a massive HOSTS file, a very well catered Adblock+ list and NoScript, just to stay away from those scumbags.

[grungydan]

And you seem to be missing that that isn't what the article was about. The article was talking about the people that I find absurd: "I can't stop letting sosh meeds run my life so I have to just not use them."

The issue of trading data for service isn't new and wasn't the subject of the article.

[bitwize]

Quitting Facebook is like cutting all sugar, starch, and dairy: it's anecdotally improved so many Hackernews' lives that it's foolish not to do it at this point.

[grungydan]

Heh. Maybe I should get some detoxifying food pads and start buying the essential oils one of my coworkers peddles, too.