No Facebook February

[shazza]

Anyone wishing to join me in going digital cold turkey? I am notoriously addicted, both in the active (status updating, commenting) and passive (stalking) senses, so this will be quite a test of will power for myself. It is uncanny how crucial Facebook has become in socialising, being in the knowhow and whatnot.
Most of you, from what I’ve observed, have been pretty diminutive in their Facebook usage in comparison to myself, however if you still wish to join in what is to be an exciting month, then please do so!

[Cammy White]

I don't think I could do it! I like the idea of it, but I don't think I could.

I'd just end up using twitter twice as much.

[Drago]

No dice, big fella. I use it as a method of keeping in contact with folks and organising shit. So much cheaper and cleaner than texting everyone, y'know?

[Blademaster]

Facebook is useless to me. I think I'm fine.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

I check it everday. Atleast 5 times.

Addicted. Yes, probably.

[Lady Vulpix]

I check it almost everyday, but only for a few minutes. TPM is the site where I spend most of my online time.

Good luck with your excercise in self control, shazza!

[Knight of Time]

I'm on Facebook at least once just about every day, so I don't think this concept is going to work for me, either.

But still, good luck with your endeavour, shazza.

[Bear]

my fiance and I tried a vow of abstinence from New Years until our wedding in June.

We failed after 2 weeks.

Needless to say a Facebook abstinence for a month isn't even feasible.

[Heald]

I hate Facebook.

And I hate it because I rely on it far more than I should.

So I won't be giving it up.

[ChobiChibi]

my fiance and I tried a vow of abstinence from New Years until our wedding in June.

We failed after 2 weeks.

Becki Hudd likes this.

On topic... Nah, I won't be going without Facebook. There's loads of stuff going on at Uni very soon, I won't be able to keep up with it.

[Little_Pikachu]

Good luck with it. I don't really care about Facebook and seeing people post "OMG I just had a cake lolololololol", but sadly I will be unable to join as I am too obsessed with Bejewlled Blitz.

[Zak]

Ever since the chat came about, I've always kept a FB window open on my computer separate from the others, and left it open to idle always (as long as my computer wasn't in danger of being hijacked and having someone change my status to "i love penis", or "i can't stop pooping in my pants"), but yeah I think for me this is a lost cause.

[Telume]

I can't, I talk to some family members on it.

[JaySee]

I only use it to keep in touch with all my friends, and to see if there are delays in the morning, so I don't think I need to part with it Best of luck with your FB fasting though.

[Magmar]

I don't go to the website very often. I could probably go a month without visiting Facebook. But my phone has a convenient integrated system where I can update Facebook, browse updates and such all from the contacts menu, and the system actually pulled all the contacts from Facebook to fill the phone book. So, Facebook is pretty integrated into my mobile, and this is the first time I've ever owned a smart phone (I have the Windows HTC 7 phone) so... not giving up when I just spent an arm and a leg on this gadget

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Why to pick February, the shortest of all months? Good luck shazza with your campaign. I myself might try this too, I could attain way more time free time I currently have with it.

*opens his Facebook*

Now, I have about 40 friends there who that have never been TPMers. If I only inform them that I won't be on Facebook the whole February, they'll probably understand.

OK, I don't know if I'll do it, but we'll see. And probably I'll just log in Facebook on the 1st of February and then 'Hey what the heck, I didn't remember I wasn't supposed to be here!'

[Deadwood_Zen]

I'm surprised there isn't a Facebook event for this...

And I'd join, but I know I wouldn't make it a day :[

[abunaidesu]

facebook sucks

lumines 4 life

[Andrew]

I won't give facebook up easily.

[Roy Karrde]

I'll give up Facebook for a month. Cityville on the other hand....

[Heald]

I'll give up talking to my friends on Facebook for a month. I quite like it though as a means to find out who's banging who though.

[Crystal Mew]

I think I'm too addicted to quit facebook...

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Hm, are we in danger to get in trouble with the Facebook administration? I'm posting a message regarding this in Finnish to Facebook right now!

[shazza]

I'm worse than all of you. You can communicate with others rather easily; those that you cannot don't count. And while extremely addictive, you don't need to know about the trivial lives of others. Use that time productively, focussing on the awesomeness that is you. Fuck Facebook!

[Master Rudy]

Facebook is a cesspool and blight on the internet that seriously needs to go away. I've never used the website and will never use it. In fact I'd be willing to bet money on some of you without virus protection to have picked up some kind of virus/keylogger from FB.

http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/siterep...n=facebook.com

As of this post AVG has found 373 compromised webpages on FB in the past month and it still tracking 26 threats. 66% of the threats come from various apps/games you can use/play on FB. In the past month there has no been a single day that the website has been scanned and found to be virus free. In the last year there have been 239 days where FB had active threats on it.

No Facebook February? That's simple enough for me......I'm not going near the place with a 100 foot pole. One of my friends had a landlord that owned a custom computer shop that did repairs/virus cleanup on the side. A good portion of the things he'd clean out were traced back to Facebook.

The moral of the story? Don't go to Facebook kids......it's like having unprotected sex with a hooker in a third world country. Do it enough times and you may get something nasty

[DarkestLight]

:/ Rusy..yeah the same can be said for any site that has ads, so I fear not by your third world hookers and will order two from Singapore right now.

Hellz no, Im a damn psychotic force on FB.

[Deadwood_Zen]

So now that /b/ is dead, you turn on Facebook?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I systematically kill all the forums I visit.

Here's my message on Facebook:

Mikachun australialainen kaveri kertoi haasteesta olla käymättä Facebookissa kuukauteen. Tämä paasto ajoittuisi seuraavaan kuukauteen, eli helmikuuhun. Mikachu yrittää tällä hetkellä miettiä pitäisikö itse pitää samanlainen paussi. Myös muut lienevät tervetulleita kokeilemaan miltä tuntuu kuukausi ilman Facebookia!

In my English, it reads:
Mikachu's Australian friend told about a challenge to not visit Facebook for a month. This fast would take place next month, being February. Mikachu is trying to figure out if he should keep a similar pause. Also others are probably welcome to try what it feels like to be a month without Facebook!

I already got three Finnish friends to like it! So add Finland to list, this is world-wide now!

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Actually, according to my book you can't judge it if you never used it, Rudy. That is all.

[Bear]

373 compromised webpages out of the what, 500 million facebook users? Come on now Rudy, this is the internet. Any website is a potential gateway for malicious content, so you can't single out Facebook saying it's a "cesspool" and "blight on the internet". Your gross exaggerations are even less believable because you've never used it. How can you judge something you've never even used? Hell, TPM has been hacked before. Several times. If someone was smart enough, they could spread malicious content through this website if they wanted to.

My point is, don't bash facebook simply because you don't like it.

[Katie]

But who would take care of my FarmVille?

[Gavin Luper]

Shazza, mate, I'll be joining you but not in Feb.

Although I'm not really religious, I still like to give things up for Lent; it's a challenge in self-control each year. But this year, since I've already given up alcohol, smoking and fast food, one of the few 'addictions' I have left is Facebook.

So I'll be giving up the FB from 9th March until Easter! Gonna be a pain in the arse initially, but I really do need to wean myself off it - it's a gigantic waste of time, to be honest.

[Leon-IH]

Happy to say that I am participating without having to make any changes in lifestyle..

The hell with social networking on Facebook, real nerds use IRC.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I think I have made up my mind and I'll join this Internet Ramadan! I wouldn't care less about getting in trouble with Facebook organization, come to think of it. Perhaps I'll get more TPM time then, too. And I'll inform my friends on my Facebook wall at least once more before the event, so I won't get a Facebook version of THIS, as much as I liked it here at TPM!

[Deadwood_Zen]

Facebook is my only connection with the outside world, aside from school. My only hobbies are RPGs?TCGs, of which there are none to participate with, and music. I have no band of the moment, and no tools to make it all myself.

In short, I have no life or girlfriend(single AND disease-free), and Facebook fills in that gap of time for me

[Blademaster]

Never been to juvie, uses Facebook, has no girlfriend... You bring shame to your people, 'Nevadan.'

[Deadwood_Zen]

Nevada is the state of shame. Um, Vegas?

[Blademaster]

Exactly! So cut it out!

You're giving Nevadans a good name!

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Facebook is my only connection with the outside world, aside from school.

Back in my teenage days, school was my only connection with the outside world. Facebook didn't exist and I posted at TPM in computer classes.

[Master Rudy]

Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts

Ok....folks may not agree with my views on FB and may even dismiss them since I don't use FB. I have however used other sites like My Space before and frankly if you've used one you've used them all. In any case thoughts on that news story?