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AnSionnachRua  ·  4431 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Quitters Never Win: The Costs of Leaving Social Media

    I don't buy it
I don't really either, but it's here to inspire us to discuss! :)

    I wouldn't do any of those things if I could stay functional without them. But the benefits of using a credit card outweigh the costs of being another row in a database collecting statistics on my life. And the difference is that I am perfectly happy living in a world sans Facebook.
Yeah, I think their rebuttal is fairly reasonable but immediately leads to a rebuttal of its own - the one you describe: a proper weighing of merits and demerits.

I have been toying with the idea of dropping Facebook, and ultimately I think I'll keep it. It has its demerits - wasted time and an atmosphere of pantomime - but my peer group uses it heavily for socialisation - and, in very real terms, not being on Facebook means not getting invited to parties.