FaceBook Tirade. Rant

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I started a FB for my study that I am looking forward to deleting in two weeks when I close data collection. I hate FB.

I deleted my original one years ago when I came to class on a Monday to find out that one of my favorite classmates had finally proposed to his girlfriend. Everyone knew about it but me. At first I was hurt, because I thought they had all gone out without me. Or texted and not included me or something. Nope. He changed his facebook status and since I hadn't looked at it over the weekend (I was doing real things) I didn't know about it. I went home and deleted it.

WrongPlanet is different because we're all here for a common reason, autism, and it has a interface similar to old Internet forums. Facebook is rooted into all kinds of things, with likes and pictures and mobile uploads. It's too similar to an actual real life world, but everyone is just sitting around, typing into their computers or phones. It's stupid. Go the hell outside, play with an animal, do a puzzle or something. Or good lord, read a book.

I guess this is age talking, but WrongPlanet is one of the only Internet sites I can even stand anymore. Facebook and Facebook like things are ruining it for me.

I Know use it as my Reddit account with for all the news orgs I follow. I like it more than reddit. its more organized for me on facebook. Really that is what Facebook is turning into, Reddit.

To the OP I think you did the right thing or what was best for you, something I still don't have the courage to do. It started out great especially getting to be with some friends but eventually after so many groups created within the place by some members, it got out of hand. I got on there not much but started noticing that whenever I posted anything, it was rarely replied or noticed. So after dealing with personal problems of my own, I stayed away for over a year and nobody except a few people remembered me. Before I know it I'm unfriending some people who have treated me like a stranger and find out that some are mad at me. I re-friended some but still felt left out only to find out most had little clubs they created and excluded me from. Anyway I feel like I made a terrible mistake. A couple of them will not even acknowledge me even though keep taking everyone else including my close friends. I ask if they're angry and get a no even though their tone and the way they have treated me tells otherwise. I wish I hadn't gotten carried away and been smart like some of you guys. I originally wanted just to stay in touch with the friends that treated me like a friend once upon a time but now it just feels like interacting with a bunch of clubs and if you disagree or are silent on certain view points you disagree to, you're a biggot or for lack of a better word not worthy to associate with despite the fact that I'm still on their friend list. Any way it's gotten all crazy and while I'm pretty vocal about some of my views that tend to be progressive, I'm usually pretty tolerant about opposing views as well but I now I feel like I better be careful very careful. It makes me sick to my stomach and yet there are some wonderful people from here who I would hate to part so it's been an issue as well with me.