
Cutting Oneself Loose of the Spiderweb
or
Why I got rid of my Facebook
A month ago I deactivated my Facebook account. I went from having 694 friends to about eight. I lost the possibility of contacting estranged relatives, cool tangential acquaintances and nearly the entirety of my graduating class. Nobody has invited me to any parties since then and the only people who remembered my birthday were my parents and my girlfriend. At best, I’ve become a social cripple and at worst, some sort of ghost. Of course, all this is voluntary. If I wanted to, I could call upon the angels of the internet to restore me to glory, and I’d be back to my relative popularity instantly. Instead, I’ve decided to stay in the desert….