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In reply to the discussion: All the Cool Kids Are Quitting Facebook [View all]tinymontgomery
(2,858 posts)85. I'm a geo bachelor
I'm a geo bachelor right now and my wife and me have a blast going back and forth each night on FB and driving our friends crazy trying to figure us out. Lots of fun.
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Do you think that OWS cares? FB and Twitter are tools to publicize actions...
Luminous Animal
Dec 2011
#28
I have never been, nor have I ever wished to be, what amounts to "cool" these days...
ScreamingMeemie
Dec 2011
#14
I do words with friends from my smartphone app... no FB account required.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2011
#27
Umm growth is still growth.. It may simply be that the US market is saturated..
ddeclue
Dec 2011
#13
I never joined under my real name - but even my fake name quit Facebook a few months ago
slay
Dec 2011
#19
You're like the people who never went to church before Jesus raptured off all the good Christians.
Bucky
Dec 2011
#82
Wait...LOL...does this mean I quit Facebook before quitting Facebook was cool? Hahahaha...
iris27
Dec 2011
#33
Facebook is like any other community website..what you get out of it is what you put into it.
AnOhioan
Dec 2011
#37
With "innovation" like Facebook, no wonder this country is losing so much ground.
Romulox
Dec 2011
#45
That sounds like anything but a waste. That's not how 99.999999% of people use it, though. nt
Romulox
Dec 2011
#109
I love FB - and one great reason to read it: George Takei's posts :)
The Straight Story
Dec 2011
#46
Facebook is the most revolutionary mode of communication since the radio and telephone.
RadiationTherapy
Dec 2011
#52
You know what I think is cool? Hating that people make decisions based on whatever is 'cool'.
redqueen
Dec 2011
#56
Pstt. I'm re-joining Facebook. You know why? Because it's pretty well agreed that quitting is cool.
tranche
Dec 2011
#62
If all the cool kids quit, then those remaining will by default become cool.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#63
I'm not quitting Facebook, but I don't really use it in the same way that most people do I guess.
iscooterliberally
Dec 2011
#74
Facebook and Google, the largest spam advertisers and personal info sellers in the world...
onehandle
Dec 2011
#76
Well, I guess there's one demographic who will be using two soup cans and a string...
LanternWaste
Dec 2011
#86