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Did you know there have been laws written about FB? Me neither.

mrsconn23mrsconn23 member
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Dear Prudence,
I would like to delete my Facebook account. I do not check it regularly, do not post things and no longer find it useful for staying in contact with people. My question is: Am I obliged to send out a message to advise my Facebook friends that I am leaving it? I do not typically keep in contact with many of them, although many are my husband’s relatives. I am concerned they may interpret it as an act of distancing myself. My husband said that it does not matter, does not bother him and I can do either (message or no message). Anyone who truly wants to contact me can easily text or send an email. What is your opinion?

—Ready to Ghost

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Re: Did you know there have been laws written about FB? Me neither.

  • MissKittyDangerMissKittyDanger member
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    I've seen people advising their fb friends that the account is being closed and if anyone would like to keep contact, to msg them for email/number. At least this way if people want to keep in touch they can, but don't feel obliged to.
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  • bleve0821bleve0821 member
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    I'd delete it, tell no one, and not feel badly about it.  If people really want to reach out, they know how.


    "And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they won’t just be able to take one, they’ll have to take two, one of you and one of me..."
    --Philip Pullman

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  • DrillSergeantCatDrillSergeantCat member
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    More than likely if they're close enough to want to keep in touch, they probably already have the methods to do that. If there's someone YOU want to keep in touch with whose contact info you don't have, contact them and ask. Then deactivate your account.
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  • thefanciestbecklerthefanciestbeckler member
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    The "I need to announce my exit" theory is such a weird one to me. I have several Facebook friends who regularly say they are getting off FB/deleting their account/deactivating it/whatever, and I always side-eye it. First of all, it's usually the same people who say it at least once a month. Second of all, it never sticks with them. They're off for a day or maybe a week, and then right back at it.

    LW seems like she genuinely doesn't even use FB. There's no reason to message people. More than likely nobody will even notice if she deletes it, and as she said, they know how to contact her if they do notice.


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  • short+sassyshort+sassy member
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    This is me.  I have a FB account, but rarely log in.  My peeps know better than to try and contact me via that method because it's obvious I'm usually not on it.  If I were to delete my account, I might mention it in passing to people I talk to anyway, but it would be superfluous to make some big announcement like,

    "Hear ye, hear ye.  I, Ms. Short+Sassy, have determined I no longer enjoy my totally rare communiques of FB and will be deleting my account.  I know this will be hard for my friends...NAY, THE WORLD...but it is what I must do.  Please carry on as best you can."

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  • ei34ei34 member
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    Not necessary to do a big farewell.  Those fb friends LW is close to IRL should know how to contact him/her.  In addition to unecessary, I always find those "I'm deleting my page!" kind of AWish.
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    bitch, please. she just wants the attention if "ZOMG, DON'T GOOOOOO!!!!" 

    I'm betting pretty much nobody will notice or care. 
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  • Ro041Ro041 member
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    My advice: It's NOT that serious.  Just do you.

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  • drunkenwitchdrunkenwitch member
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    Oh Lords of Light.  A good friend of mine recently deleted her Facebook for various reasons.  She did not make an announcement, or a GBCFB post.  She simply deleted the account and went on with her day.  If people ask she tells them the reasons but she doesn't make a huge deal out of it. 

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