# Have you ever shut down your Facebook profile? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 2, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477 "2012-01-02T16:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/21 "2012-01-02T19:07:32Z")
I disabled it awhile ago, seems most wall posts were people trying to brag or some kind of lame drama in their life. Besides finding some lost high school friends from texas, it was useless. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/22 "2012-01-02T19:14:29Z")
if you’re an introvert and not involved in any business or activities that can be enhanced by social networking then facebook would be of no use to you. however, most people who criticize it are just stupid and wrong. facebook is a hyper-efficient personal branding tool, the best there ever was. As a case in point, i have many colleagues (including VP of HR), franchise partners of CARSTAR, passive acquaintances and bings.ca clients whom i have never met as friends on facebook. if you watch my profile you would think i was a dedicated family man with his priorities in order and good values… the truth is i’m a total arrogant douchebag… facebook is awesome 🙂 Or see how Newman uses it to make everyone else feel like shitty boring losers, which most people actually are. Without facebook it would be difficult to be that ‘in your face’ about how awesome life is… in fact, how could you do that without facebook? you cant simply walk around telling everyone around how boring and shitty they are compared to you… you’d get punched or something… FB is a passive platform for disseminating awesomeness I’ve also done a fair bit of business through FB and kept in touch with people that are not worth calling now but will be someday. It’s important for that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/23 "2012-01-02T19:36:54Z")
I love the hate Most of it seems to come from having shitty friends and bad relationships with women… LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook have been nothing but useful for me It’s also kind of funny the amount of time people spend on here ranting yet hate facebook ---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ---------- > [@Neon](#): > > If facebook is a crutch for communication, your family & friends must suck or you’re in the Military. It’s not exactly easy for people to stay in touch with extended family on a regular basis when they’re geographically disperessed and also have busy lifes ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/24 "2012-01-02T19:46:45Z")
> [@bing](#): > > if you’re an introvert and not involved in any business or activities that can be enhanced by social networking then facebook would be of no use to you. however, most people who criticize it are just stupid and wrong. > > facebook is a hyper-efficient personal branding tool, the best there ever was. > > As a case in point, i have many colleagues (including VP of HR), franchise partners of CARSTAR, passive acquaintances and bings.ca clients whom i have never met as friends on facebook. if you watch my profile you would think i was a dedicated family man with his priorities in order and good values… the truth is i’m a total arrogant douchebag… facebook is awesome 🙂 > > Or see how Newman uses it to make everyone else feel like shitty boring losers, which most people actually are. Without facebook it would be difficult to be that ‘in your face’ about how awesome life is… in fact, how could you do that without facebook? you cant simply walk around telling everyone around how boring and shitty they are compared to you… you’d get punched or something… FB is a passive platform for disseminating awesomeness > > I’ve also done a fair bit of business through FB and kept in touch with people that are not worth calling now but will be someday. It’s important for that kind of thing. Yeah what you said. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/25 "2012-01-02T20:14:45Z")
Never had one. No hate as I see why many enjoy it. Just simply not what I am interested in. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/26 "2012-01-02T20:24:51Z")
Never deleted it. Wish I could delete all of these pictures of people’s kids/pregnant stomachs though. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyballs69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donkeyballs69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/donkeyballs69)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/27 "2012-01-02T20:47:42Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Never had one. No hate as I see why many enjoy it. Just simply not what I am interested in. This ^ ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/28 "2012-01-02T20:50:34Z")
My wife facebooks for me mostly. When I travel I put pictures up… sometimes I find it useful most of the time I don’t. I really don’t care what your children look like. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/29 "2012-01-02T20:51:35Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Never had one. No hate as I see why many enjoy it. Just simply not what I am interested in. fuck you man… i want you as a friend on FB so that i can make sarcastic comments on your pictures and status updates. this is me demanding that you set up a profile. > [@ultradriver10000](#): > > I really don’t care what your children look like. > [@Joe](#): > > Never deleted it. Wish I could delete all of these pictures of people’s kids/pregnant stomachs though. My wife and I would be big culprits of this… posting everything our kids do on FB. I make no apologies. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/30 "2012-01-02T20:54:11Z")
> [@bing](#): > > fuck you man… i want you as a friend on FB so that i can make sarcastic comments on your pictures and status updates. > > this is me demanding that you set up a profile. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/31 "2012-01-02T20:56:56Z")
Fair enough…I would hide you if a good friend, or delete if an acquaintance… with no apologies. I’m watching a good portion of my female friends list go through the 4-step decline in facebook friend quality. Engaged -\> married -\> pregnant -\> kids. Those will make most facebook friends suck pretty hard in my opinion. I think the pregnant stomach pics might even be worse than the kid pics. yuck. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/32 "2012-01-02T20:58:19Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > I’m watching a good portion of my female friends list go through the 4-step decline in facebook friend quality. Engaged -\> married -\> pregnant -\> kids. Those will make most facebook friends suck pretty hard in my opinion. what about bad marriage, divorce, slutty rebound stage (with pics), second marriage 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/33 "2012-01-02T21:02:19Z")
Peaks and valleys 🙂 Gotta hit rock bottom before they can start to improve again. That’s why they’re still on my friends list, not because I want to go on double dates with them and their shitty husband lol ---
**Author:** ![BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost-hungry/32/5721_2.png) [@BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BoOsT-HuNgRy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/34 "2012-01-02T21:15:09Z")
now this thread got interesting lol Thanks Bing lol, im gunna go stock your fb and comment on robot penis’s ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/35 "2012-01-02T21:21:00Z")
‘it’s his arm, he’s reaching down’ - 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/36 "2012-01-02T21:28:27Z")
I’ve come close to deactivating it,family would bug the shit out of me though. It has its cons,the pros outweigh it though and it can be tweaked to ones liking,I may utilize it more this year for its business potential. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/37 "2012-01-02T21:35:44Z")
I am on all the social media sites. FB, Twitter, Google+, Myspace, LiveJournal, and LinkedIn. All for different purposes. I can’t deactivate my facebook cause I have a few apps that use facebooks API and I may need to modify them at some point in time. I also manage various fan pages. I just got rid of a bunch of high school friends and people whom I generally dislike. My privacy settings are set so only certain people can view certain things…I hide some people from my feed. It’s not as bad as people make it out to be. ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/38 "2012-01-02T21:55:50Z")
Bing, I tried to get Drew to sign up plenty of times as there are god knows how many pics of his car on there. He won’t budge, he’s stubborn. I do like that I can keep in contact with most of my family in Italy and my aunt and uncle in Cali. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/39 "2012-01-02T22:01:55Z")
Kinda ot but facebook seems to have alot of porn being posted lately too… To be honest I’m on the verge of deleting mine, I’m sick of seeing drama and stupid updates, all people do is bitch and whine. Also people post that they are bored all the time. If your bored go fucking do something no one cares that you are bored. Every time I post a status I get a million sacriders and people commenting and liking everything I do (family, hs friends, coworkers, etc). Another thing everyone is mentioning is keeping up with deleting people it’s too much and everyone finds their way back… On a side note it is a good way to keep in touch with people that live far away, etc ---
**Author:** ![Nismo240SX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nismo240sx/32/5755_2.png) [@Nismo240SX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nismo240SX)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477/40 "2012-01-02T22:33:39Z")
^same reasons i got rid of mine, stupid drama, and the creepers, (ex’s) causing shit on facebook. its stupid, it runs peoples lives. I dont wanna no what ur doing every ten minutes thanks. But i have lost lots of friends from deleting it as it does keep u in touch with everyone, but im glad i got rid of it. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-shut-down-your-facebook-profile/219477.md?page=3)