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Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by jaybee488(m): 2:15pm On Jan 02, 2014
not bad..after all
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by NadiaSA1(f): 2:26pm On Jan 02, 2014
I Quit!! angry angry
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 2:31pm On Jan 02, 2014
Someone wanna infuriate Mark Zuckerberg cheesy
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by kalufelix(m): 2:40pm On Jan 02, 2014
been looking for a reason to do that...just deactivated mine now
social networks as a whole to some extent i consider useless
peeps just come there to make up for their "real life" deficiencies which is very NEGATIVE
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by anitank(f): 2:50pm On Jan 02, 2014
The fact that Facebook has become really boring is enough reason for anyone to stop. However I do post a lot of pictures there because it's the best backup I have
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Sike(m): 3:12pm On Jan 02, 2014
Twitter rocks!

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Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by SenatorJames(m): 3:18pm On Jan 02, 2014
What piss me is the various lies some people tell about themselves on Facebook just to catch attention.

You will read on a jobbless graduate profile "Project manager at MTN Nigeria"
someone living in Igboho will be living in New York on facebook.

Anyway all na packaging
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Abeos(m): 3:18pm On Jan 02, 2014
omusiliyu: The reasons arent genuine enough to quit facebook the OP must be a deeper lifer
what has deeper life got to do with facebook
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 3:26pm On Jan 02, 2014
True Talk
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by eluquenson(m): 4:01pm On Jan 02, 2014
Nairaland pays me more than fb cos I learn a lot here, fb is just a flaunt media & exposes you to the public but here, I can say what's on my mind.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 4:02pm On Jan 02, 2014
kalufelix: been looking for a reason to do that...just deactivated mine now
social networks as a whole to some extent i consider useless
peeps just come there to make up for their "real life" deficiencies which is very NEGATIVE


I am right behind you
I will deactivate mine before the day is over
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by ChiSun27(m): 4:02pm On Jan 02, 2014
double post.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by ChiSun27(m): 4:05pm On Jan 02, 2014
pxjosh: i'd prefer to come to nairaland and become more enlighthened than to go to facebook. facebook is becoming boring nowadays

It depends on how u socialize....to me FB is not boring at all...but I still and will ever prefer to sleep on d land called Naira.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 4:12pm On Jan 02, 2014
Hogwash.

FB is a great tool.

For those with no self control, life and not only Facebook will be a challenge.

I've been on FB since the beginning, I'm over 40 years old and yet I have less thsn 50 friends on it because I prune.

I use it to find old contacts and once we have email or phone then no need to keep them on except for a few.

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Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by ChiSun27(m): 4:27pm On Jan 02, 2014
anitank: The fact that Facebook has become really boring is enough reason for anyone to stop. However I do post a lot of pictures there because it's the best backup I have

r u sure that u r nt frm my village cus u reasoned lyk me hia
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by BrightestLight(m): 4:39pm On Jan 02, 2014
pxjosh: i'd prefer to come to nairaland and become more enlighthened than to go to facebook. facebook is becoming boring nowadays
I cant stress enough how true this is.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by anitank(f): 4:44pm On Jan 02, 2014
ChiSun27:

r u sure that u r nt frm my village cus u reasoned lyk me hia
I am not from Nnewi tongue
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by mondob2k(m): 4:56pm On Jan 02, 2014
click2cbn: I only go to facebook to wish my friends "HBD"

same here o
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Princessgold(f): 5:02pm On Jan 02, 2014
Kill Moves: Quick question who cares?
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 5:39pm On Jan 02, 2014
I do have a facebook page, but only check at night, so as the see and read measages that might have being sent intoy inbox.i really feel sorry for people that post pictures of tjinga that should be left private. The worst people are the one's that post pictures of everymeal they eat on facebook. Why would anyone in the right mind, find it okay to post what he or she ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner?.
SMH
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 6:01pm On Jan 02, 2014
I see nothing wrong with Facebook, the only thing i post on facebook are links to developer articles but my dev friends read them and share their reviews on them, facebook i use it alot to stay in touch with multiple people from different groups here is my facebook groups.

Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Anvaller: 6:08pm On Jan 02, 2014
Guys, the reason why some of u are feeling a need to deactivate ur FB account is because u over engrossed urselves in FB in the 1st place. U plunged into it like plunging into the depth of a sea and of course, u might drown if care is not taken.

These are my tips for using FB

1) Don't be an attention seeker on FB: U mustn always post ur beautiful pictures. (E.G in my own case, I only put pictures of beautiful scenery and nature from the places I have been. I don't post pictures showing my self) Although some ppl can't do these, they just like to be seen, they love the attention but for me its easy, I love my privacy a lot.

2) Stop seeking for likes and compliments for every post. I have seen friendships hitting the rock just because one did not say happy birthday to the other. Or because one like the friend's post and the other doesn't like back.. and I am talking about grown up ppl, not teenagers.

3) Spend less time on FB a total of 30 mins in 24hrs is enough

4) Use FB mainly as a source of giving and accessing info e.g sharing links.

5) Keep ur private information to urself: Infos under "about" such as engaged, married, single, complicated relationship, where u live, where u have lived, ur education etc are not necessary. I always wonder why ppl feel the need to live those information on FB.

If u use this approach, u wont feel any serious need to close ur FB account. because there is little or no info or drama to be found there anyway.

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Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by thiefnubu(m): 7:18pm On Jan 02, 2014
Emilliw3m: ok no more facebook follow me @ www.twitter.com/emilliw3m @emilliw3m follow me ama follow back
please check your mail
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by dozymars(m): 7:22pm On Jan 02, 2014
olempe: "Facebook is so annoying." How many times have you heard that sentiment this past year? We bet a lot, because more and more people seem to be getting tired of the social media platform, especially young people.
We've noticed a nationwide annoyance with Facebook over 2013. The company even admitted in October that younger teens were using the network less frequently on a daily basis. Here are 11 reasons that might convince you to let your Facebook account go in 2014.

1. Nobody actually wants to just read about what you're doing anymore.

Think about it: What sounds more appealing (and believable)? Reading a status that says, "I'm currently hanging out with Will Smith!" or a picture of that person actually posing with Smith? A photo is definitely more engaging. Here's the most-liked Instagram picture of 2013: Justin Bieber's snap with Smith. When TIME interviewed teenagers about their social media use in March, 16-year-old Hamp Briley explained that kids these days don't have time for Facebook: "Twitter’s all statuses, Instagram’s all pictures. People like to do more specific things like that instead of being on just Facebook.”


2. Facebook makes it impossible for you to stay "private."

For many valid reasons (think stalker exes or potential employers), some people don't like having their name come up when it's typed into the Facebook search bar. However, most users this year found problems with changes to privacy settings. For one, Facebook removed the option to keep your name hidden when people search you. They also forced people to control their privacy settings on a cumbersome item-by-item basis. Today, the only way to make sure certain people can't access your profile is to block them. Or alter your name so it doesn't appear when people search your real one. Or, of course, quit Facebook entirely.

3. Your parents (and even grandparents) are now watching your every move.
This year seemed to be the year everyone's mom, dad, grandmother and great aunt got hooked on Facebook. And that meant every time you posted a status about something innocuous, these Facebook novices started breathing down your neck the minute you hit "post." We get enough scolding from our parents "IRL" -- no need to let it trickle onto a social media site where our friends can laugh at our familial bickering.

4. Or they're posting photos of you that you would never want anyone to see

What's worse than getting no "likes" on an Instagram photo you posted? Checking your Facebook and realizing that a horribly embarrassing photo of you that your mom posted is getting over 50 "likes," along with some pretty serious mockery in the comments section.

5. Facebook is even keeping track of what you don't say.

You may have been happy you didn't post that one over-share about your extended trip to the bathroom the other day, but Facebook may have a record of exactly what you typed and what time you were about to publish it. This month, Facebook released a study revealing that they were undergoing a new type of data collection in which they were tracking when people typed content out and then removed it without publishing. Their mission is to understand why users "self-censor" themselves in updates. According to Facebook data scientist Sauvik Das, a "self-censored update" is "an entry into either [a status update or comment box] of more than five characters that was typed out but not submitted for at least the next 10 minutes."


6. Facebook makes you feel less positive about your life.

Even though the purpose of Facebook is effectively to reveal details about everything and anything you do, access to this knowledge could take a toll on your mental well-being. A recent study done by the Department of Behavioral Science at the Utah Valley University discovered that heavy Facebook users aren't the happiest people out there. The researchers found that just using Facebook makes you view your life more negatively. Of 400 students questioned, "those who have used Facebook longer agreed more that others were happier, and agreed less that life is fair, and those spending more time on Facebook each week agreed more that others were happier and had better lives."

7. The "friend suggestions" tell you to befriend people you don't even know.

Facebook's "friend suggestions" algorithm needs some work, because these days we're discovering that your potential "friends" are people we only know through someone else, or someone we haven't even met at all. If you want people to stop using a platform that is supposed to connect them and bring them together with the people they care about, you should definitely adopt Facebook's strategy of trying to get you to care about the lives of complete strangers.

8. You realize you only know and care about only 20 people out of your 1,000 friends.

It starts to get kind of weird when you check the birthdays for the day and don't remember who any of the five people are. How do you know them? Are they some random person you met at a bar in college one night, and in a drunken stupor decided to "add on Facebook"? Probably. Do you need to know that this person is moving to California this week? More importantly, do you care? Nope. It could be time to overhaul your friends list. Or maybe it's time to realize that your Facebook account is being used pretty much entirely to keep tabs on these kinds of strangers.


9. Your friends keep announcing their engagements.

There's nothing more obnoxious than being a busy twentysomething and starting to see all of your friends post statuses about getting engaged. While you are happy for them and wish them the best in their prospects for a lasting marriage, the bombardment of status updates is starting to make you feel like something is wrong with your love life. Why aren't you getting married? What is wrong with you? Why the hell do you need to be thinking about marriage right now?! Once that anxiety subsides, you realize you have to endure continued updates on their wedding preparation. You could unsubscribe to this friend, but you know more are coming.

10. The excessive ads are about to ruin the whole experience.

--> If the regular sponsored ads hadn't already destroyed Facebook for you -- seriously, why the hell do you think you're obsessed with guitars and horses -- the upcoming launch of video ads will definitely do the trick. Facebook started testing these annoying ads out in December. They'll soon be coming to a newsfeed near you, automatically playing a video as you scroll through. However, the sound will only play if you click or tap on it. The good news? There is a way to block these ads from automatically playing. You just have to use a Flash blocker.

11. It makes getting over a breakup really hard.

Back in the days before social media, people broke up and never called the person again. It was relatively simple to move on (providing you weren't forced to physically see the person on a day-to-day basis). But today, being able to have constant access to your ex's timeline can easily cause serious obsessive tendencies and behavior. Samuel Axon at Mashable accurately summed up how Facebook makes breakups harder, because the platform makes your change in relationship status public and it allows you to see all the action your ex is getting.

Source: http://myoddnews..com/2014/01/11-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook-in.html


POINTLESS POINTS.
Points not good enough reason to quit facebook.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by segnys007(m): 8:04pm On Jan 02, 2014
dozymars:


POINTLESS POINTS.
Points not good enough reason to quit facebook.
seconded.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 8:29pm On Jan 02, 2014
zaynab lar: Hmmm Nice points.i actually got tired of Fbook nd decided to deactivate my account on the 24th of Dec.Nairaland,LIB nd Stella is ok for me.expecially for som of us who r temperamental,Fbook isn't gudd enuf cos of privacy...

I have never see any meaningful reason why any person that dont tell lies, brag and fakes life should quit facebook. many social network on earth took their ideas from facebook yet they are yet to beat or add any value more than what facebook has given us.
I can prove all the 11 reasons wrong.
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Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by christaddicted: 8:40pm On Jan 02, 2014
Reserved
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Nobody: 9:34pm On Jan 02, 2014
Danhumprey: @bolded,I agree with you. I wonder what the girls are feeling like sef! With all the flattery being directed at them in the name of compliments,they feel they are on top of the world. It's so annoying! angry
na jeluci dey worri two of una
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by titusodem: 10:20pm On Jan 02, 2014
That is why I enjoy NL pass FB.
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by Djmantana: 11:40pm On Jan 02, 2014
Afta ah finish candy crush saga,ah ll hav a rethink
Re: 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 by GentleFrank(m): 6:40am On Jan 03, 2014
Lolz ...

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