Quitting Facebook and Signing Back Up to Life

ohrohin:

I noticed that most people were failing in having basic conversations so I deactivated my Facebook profile sometime earlier this year, in March. Conversations about the weather, about the indiscretions of vague acquaintances had all become preceded by the qualifier, “Did you see on Facebook that…?” My best friends and I suddenly had nothing to talk about, no reason to meet for a coffee, no reason to host dinner parties. I mean, if we were already witnessing each others’ thoughts crystallizing in real-time, then what use was it to meet for coffee? A physical presence amounted to awkward silences. Facebook was stunting actual interpersonal communication.

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    haven’t missed...it. with my newly found boundless free time, I found a new job

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    Prose; pop!: Quitting

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