"What a cruel joke to others it could be to showcase the best things that happen in your life and hide the boring and bad stuff"
that was on a 4 panel comic strip a few month back... Still trying to find it.
I've quit it for stretches. But here's the thing, we often live in really very remote locations. It maintains some simulacra of connection with friends and family. Which I suppose is also it's function for lots of other folks in more densely populated, but socially cocooned urban/suburban lifestyles. As much as I hate to say it, it's tough to get along without it. It's unfortunately the most reliable means of contact for a lot of people I know. Where is the more authentic and privacy enhanced fork of Facebook that I can talk my friends/colleagues into?
I dropped facebook almost two years ago, and haven't missed it at all. I recently deleted my twitter and tumblr as well. I've found them to be unproductive time sucks. I'm aiming for everything I do in my life to be productive in some way (this is subjective of course).