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I feel a need to apologize for something erratic I've done. I closed my Facebook account yesterday. I don't know what the problem was, I was posting to real-life friends and lately getting no responses, also making friend requests of others. The site disallowed my friend requests, the help section implied that I may have been making a nuisance of myself, though I don't know how, so I gave up and closed it. One friend request was someone on here who indicated they were looking for Facebook friends. I apologize if they try to accept the request, it is not in any way personal, but I made the request only minutes before deciding to close my account. Apparently there are things about Facebook I don't get. Thank you all so much for your patience, I appreciate these forums very much, and everyone on them.

I just closed my facebook account in favor of Google+. I just like it better. It's been easier for me to use and I've really been enjoying it. It allows me to connect to people I'm really close to AND people I barely know on the levels that I know them. There's controversy about pseudonym use but G+ is still in trial mode and Google has needed to address these problems for years (so hopefully these policies might get updated now).

Leaving facebook wasn't without drama. Someone I barely knew took it upon herself to act like I was walking out on a marriage with her. It was very weird. You should never feel bad about doing what you feel is best for you.

Thanks, Wefunction. I feel better, but I think I'll stay off social networking at least for now, a little too much like real life lol

I closed my original FB account a few months back and made one with a descriptive last name instead of my real one I felt more private that way. I also wanted to disconnect from my old set of friends who were friends with my ex.
FB accounts can be reivived if you regret closing it just sign in with your username and password.
I find myself using FB less and less. May be the most over rated site online.

It's not that easy to fully extract yourself from Facebook. You have to find a certain link on Google if you want to fully delete your account.

Otherwise the account should be very easy to reactivate if you do regret this action.

I shut mine down over a year ago and it was easier to walk away from then I thought it would be.

I do kind of relate to the OP with this to. I didn't feel like I was really in touch with people on Facebook. Like there was a failure to connect with people in a meaningful way. So much of the activity was what people had for lunch or their progress in Mafia Wars. Basically idle chitchat.

Funny thing is, I just opened my fb account in March...decided to let my 2 teenagers get accts & I want to be able to monitor them (THAT'S a different story). Anyway, at first I was all into friend requesting to catch up w/old friends etc...after 4 days, I realized MOST of my friends there (NT irl) acted TOTALLY Aspergerian on fb...talk about lacking social grace (& I'm talking about adults in their 30's & 40's here!) So now I just go to make sure my kids aren't posting pictures they shouldn't (caught daughter doing that 2 weeks ago) or posting our address (son did that aboaut 6 weeks ago)....

My mother told me in June 2010, that I have another brother. (I was 39 at the time), that she's never spoken about and she put up for adoption when I was 14 months old.

Shortly thereafter, she demanded that I close my facebook account. She said my new 'brother' and his family would have access to it and it would embarass her. I had very little on facebook other than a couple of pictures, a few lines of text on the homepage and a link to my diary. My mother said my diary, which I've kept since 1985 was a major embarrasment for her, she couldn't allow my new brother 'Jeff' to see it, it would destroy her reputation.

I relented, and I closed the facebook account in August of last year. Now when people ask me 'Why don't you have a facebook page' what should I say to them?

Why apologise? I personally think you should be congratulated, to many individuals are hopelessly addicted to it and many could not do what you did. I had my fb account less then 2 months years ago and left it telling individuals they had my email and land-line, if they wanted to contact me, they could do it one of those ways. Since that time too much research had been done and there is no way I would ever return to it. Even if it means that I will not get some updates from my uni, since so many places use it, instead of BCC email.

This and a couple other articles were used in one of my psychology modules this year to help stimulate debate. Before starting it the prof asked how many were on fb and who wasn't. Over 140 students and there was only 2 of us that were not on fb.

Sounds like she doesn't entirely understand how facebook works. You could put all of your privacy settings up high. That way the general public can't access what you are up to on facebook (that includes half-brothers or any other vague relatives).

However, if this is still unacceptable to your mother, then you can just tell people facebook turned out to be a major hassle, which it did. You don't need to explain why is was a hassle, it just didn't work out for you and you find that your life is easier without it.

You're 40.

I'm sorry, hold on a moment...

You're 40 and you're letting your mother call the shots on your legal activity as an adult?

Your facebook account is only deactivated. Reopen it if you want to. Or skip Facebook entirely and open a Google+. I'll send you an invite if you need one. Just PM me the email addy you'd like to use for it.

I wasn't getting along with facebook very well either. I closed my account for awhile last year. Then my sister called and asked where I went. I felt guilty and reopened it. I don't get very many responses either, and it does resemble real life. Sad really.

WELL DONE FOR QUITTING FOR FACEBOOK! *shakes your hand*

I love this thread! I quit going on FB a few days ago - I agree 100% with the above about not really feeling like I was in touch with people. Instead of texting or calling me (like they did before I was on FB) they just messaged the website. How is that real? There is one girl who would comment of photos of herself repeatedly with things like "OMG! That is *SUCH* a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD pic! loooooooooooooooooooooooool! xxxx " 1) Last time I checked there was only one "o" in "lol". 2) This is clearly an attention-seeking act, she wants people to go "aw babe, you look lovely, you're so pretty" (she's orange and not pretty) blah blah sychophantic s**t etcetera.
I'd had enough and announced as such on my status - I had two posts, one asking "but why?" and one from someone being witty about "now I won't be black and blue from you poking me" (nice considering my family just gave her and her family an african pygmy hedgehog worth over £150 for free, but never mind about manners eh?). I also had a call from one friend, who is the biggest gossip I know, acting all concerned and was I alright?! Pffft.
Real friends will stay in touch whether you are on Fb or not, the rest are just there for the popularity contest of having 50million friends on their account and are dead weight you will be glad to lose anyway.
I haven't deleted my FB as there are a few genuine friends on there who live far away and a few family members I have recently reconnected with. So I have linked Pidgin with my FB account so I can still chat to people without having to look at (lol) what people had for lunch etc. My mental health and self-esteem has been much better since - I doubt this is coincidence.

I´ve read people here saying they feel more lonely when with other people than they do when they are actually alone. I think facebook always makes me feel like that. My wife is the only person I interact with there, no one else mostly never likes or comments on anything I post and the fact that I have so many "friends" yet there´s no one that I could truly connect with, I think just makes me feel more isolated. I think I should quit using FB too, only reason I haven´t is that I like to post something nice on my wife´s profile every now and then.

I go on it every day and look at the statuses. I never make them myself as I am not sure if I will get many replies. It is good for keeping in contact with friends but in many ways it is like being in a crowded room trying to shout over the noise. It is not my kind of medium.

I don't got facebook, I had a twitter and like, abandoned it now, I just talk to all my friends individually in emails, text messaging, aim, skype, etc.