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Originally Posted by tompe
Or use it on the phone so you get notifications when something relevant happens.
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You are assuming that I have a phone that can get notifications.
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Originally Posted by tompe
Facebook is extremely useful for certain things like events and communication about events. It is also very useful to keep in some kind of contacts with hundreds of acquaintances.
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Yes, it is useful if you are planning events, and keeping contact, and playing games, and checking on people without having to say hello, and logging in on websites where you don't want to remember another password. But if you are doing all of that it makes it more difficult to deactivate the account.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Huh? 
So let me get this straight: "users" are those who make daily--almost habitual--use of it ... non-users are those people who either don't have accounts, or who only use their accounts in a casual--sometimes infrequent--manner? I did not know that. That's a pretty handy (re)definition.  |
Actually I wasn't commenting so much on the frequency of your use, I was commenting on how little of the possibilities of social networking you are using. Not all of the aspects of social networking are addictive, and if you are only using it to occasionally check on a few friends, it's easy to quit.
I was under the impression that your post was commenting on what I wrote in post #72. I had said "I think that social networks can create dependency. Obviously this isn't a problem if you're not using your account, but if Facebook is at the core of you social life then you can't just quit it." and you made a sarcastic comment that occasionally checking if any of your "twelve "friends" had anything to say lately" has you hooked.
Also I think that there is a difference between being a user (i.e. having an account) and using (i.e. making use of your account) when it comes to social networks, emails, forums, etc.
The thing about the frequency of use has to do with my habit of checking my phone and email accounts on a less than daily basis.