A couple of days ago, I woke up feeling no interest whatsoever with all of the social sites out there. So I took out a “machete” and cut off all of the sites. Not just cut off, but deleted my accounts. For good.
Gone were Twitter, Facebook, Multiply, and Friendster in several ruthless clicks. Plurk claims to have a delete account option but since they tweak everyday, the devs seem to have misplaced the option. So I did the next best thing by erasing my profile picture and info (which promptly deleted me from the stats page in a few minutes).
I’m back to the good ol’ days.
And it feels good!
On Micro-blogging | Guro 6:46 AM on July 7, 2008 Permalink
[...] Not too long ago, a friend of mine, jsuplido, left the social network arena. This prompted me to re-evaluate my reasons as to why I am active in various social networking sites and also thought of quitting with Joel. However, I find it counter-productive, in a way. Why? [...]
Chris 10:49 AM on July 7, 2008 Permalink
Wow Joel, you went all 1.0 on us! Seriously though, I completely see where you’re coming from. While I haven’t ‘cut the cord’ completely, I have gone back and deleted a few accounts. I do this every now and then, trying to trim the fat off of my virtual footprint.
I’m glad you’re keeping the blog! :-)
Joel 12:06 PM on July 7, 2008 Permalink
Hi Chris. Yup, I’m keeping the blog. It feels so much like home for me. :)
Thanks for still being around here.