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to quit Facebook?

82 replies

PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:01

I just threw my toys out of the pram and deleted myself from Facebook. Am I crazy? I also resigned from the church council after just 2 meetings. I wonder if I am on a slippery slope to quitterdom and may next resign from life and live under a log... anyone else jumped the 'book lately?!

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Divastrop · 12/06/2008 22:04

no you're not crazy,but please tell me how you delete yourself from FB?i thought it wasnt possible?

if you flounce from MN then there may be a problem though...

Cappuccino · 12/06/2008 22:05

oh no facebook is a waste of space

it makes mn look like High Art

naswm · 12/06/2008 22:05

I quit face book too as I was found by someone who shoudtn have found me

and dont worry about the pcc - they will survive!

tell me about your name its fun

MrsSprat · 12/06/2008 22:06

Never joined as I'm paranoid about FB, a haven of nosey-parkers and no good can come of it. All these stooodents will rue the day when future employer finds the bong/largin' it photos

BigBadMouse · 12/06/2008 22:06

YANBU - I have no idea what the attraction with facebook is at all will delete myself when I can be arsed get round to it.

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littleboyblue · 12/06/2008 22:06

I deleted my fb profile a while ago coz it was causing more pathetic social probs than I could handle! I actually had big rows with 1 friend over fb. Pathetic.
You're not being unreasonable at all.
Oh, I should add that I have recently re-activated it though

CoteDAzur · 12/06/2008 22:08

Edit profile >> My account >> Deactivate account.

But why?

greenelizabeth · 12/06/2008 22:10

Can you please tell me HOW!!?

I tried to deactivate my account.. It's still there, taunting me. If anybody did a search for my name (paro here!) my face still comes up beside my name, even though if I try to go into it, it says deactivated. Also I REactivated it briefly just to uplaod a picture of a cow in place of my picture, and it seems to ahve worked, but hten when i search my name to check it, the photo of my face still comes up. It's making me nervous.

There is no way of getting help from face book. Talk to the hand.

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PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:11

Wow, I feel better already. Thank you! I was a bit worried about reactivating myself (so to speak!). It's like a drug... mmm, yes rather like MN. But not so useful!
Divastrop - go to account page then delete. Tho they do say "come back anytime" which isn't really quitting is it?! Comes to something when a girl can't even quit properly! BBMouse - did you take many home comforts with you under your log? LOL!

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PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:13

Aaah!!! Since I was typing it now appears you CAN'T EVER REALLY DELETE YOURSELF?!!! I feel ill...

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Divastrop · 12/06/2008 22:15

rofl-'REactivated it briefly just to uplaod a picture of a cow in place of my picture'

aye i wanted to delete my FB account afer i got into an argument with some stooodents and they started using long words at me(which they probably made up to confuse me).

greenelizabeth · 12/06/2008 22:23

I have tried. I was getting in to a real nervous sweat about it. Because I realised that the people I went to school with will see that I ahve two prfiles and think I'm such a muppet. I feel stupid. Even though the people I went to school with are all arseholes and I have LOVELY friends in, oh, what's it called, em, REAL life!! I can understand why vulnerable teenagers get suicidal over it all. For an hour or two the other night I could almost understand it. I was trying to fix it all evening and I went to bed thinking Oh no, if anybody notices that I'll be so EMBARRASSED!

I'm 90% over it, but still 10% cringing.

Facebook, as paul calf would say "bag uh shiiite"

I was looking at my cousin's page. She is 24. She has 497 'friends'. WEll she may havethem on facebook, but when I ask her a simple question about her plans for the summer she stammers and mumbles and fiddles with her fringe.

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PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:29

I know. I accepted a friend who I didn't like that much so I didn't offend him! I don't even LIKE him!!! And I want to be sick when I see Jane [not real name, of course] has been away on holiday with her perfect life and smiley pics, even though I know the marriage is on the rocks. Getting ranty is not good for the soul. I pray I don't reactivate... though the praying not so effective after jumping PCC ship, too. Its all going to crap... having 2 profiles could be fun Diva?!

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PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:30

oops sorry Elizabeth. By they way, did you ever work in an investment bank??

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greenelizabeth · 12/06/2008 22:33

No I didn't! I should have done. I might not be so bloody poooooor if I'd got a proper job.

ANother bitch about FACEBOOK. My aunt aged 68 rang and said to me "did you know cousin is having a baby". (different older male one) I said, NO, did not know. She said, well, he anounced it on FACEBOOK.

I think a little bit of sick is in my mouth. Excuse me.

SaintGeorge · 12/06/2008 22:36

I use Facebook under my MN name, not so easy to do if your nickname is more obscure as it has to appear as a 'real' name

Means I am not searchable and I can tightly control who has access.

If you are serious about totally deleting your Facebook account it can be done. Log in to your Facebook account and then go here and fill in the form. Put DELETE ACCOUNT in the subject line and in the body of the text.

Ulysees · 12/06/2008 22:36

No I'm quitting too how do you do it?

What's with that Owned thing? some guy bought my pic and had bought loads and loads of womens pics? weird

scorpio1 · 12/06/2008 22:37

i farking hate FB.

go to my account then deactivate account, and check the no emails box too.

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PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:37

LOL
Agreed. I got annoyed when I updated my status to something, no one commented, then when I saw them in town they said, "Oooh, I saw on your status...". What's all that about? Secret Facebook voyeurism?! Arse!

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PeasForTeaAgain · 12/06/2008 22:40

SGeorge thank you. Although I reactivated to deactivate. I am going a bit crazy with activations. Maybe its time to get under that log...

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Klaw · 12/06/2008 22:44

Thought about quitting when I started getting loads of spam.... this hapened the minute I started doing all the extras, so now I refuse to do them, you know, things like Likeness and stuff. Things that are from outside Facebook.

Am still on all the Spammers hit list tho

Ulysees · 12/06/2008 22:44

I'm deactivated

Feeling a bit doctor who-ish

wannaBe · 12/06/2008 22:47

I have facebook but I really can't be doing with it.

I added a friend yesterday who has 346 friends . So I wrote him a message saying "I assume you remember me as you accepted my friend request, although given you have so many friends do you just accept requests from anyone" .

madmuggle · 12/06/2008 22:49

I love facebook because it means I can play packrat

greenelizabeth · 13/06/2008 09:01

tHANKS st george. I have tried that. If they finally delete it I can go back to just being a real person with real friends in real life again. Phew, it'll be a relief.