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I miss parties my friends throw because I'm not on FB.

I miss neighborhood activities such as coordinated yard sales because I'm not on FB.

I miss out on events from my local Hackerspace because they often forget to post on anything but FB.

I miss out on family reunions because I'm not on FB.

I miss announcements from my kid's fucking school because I'm not on FB.

These are all things that have happened to me, personally. Sure, I'm a single data point, but if the above isn't society enough for you than I'd be interesting in what your definition is.



Two data points. I briefly caved and created a FB account, and I'm grateful for some of the life events that occurred as a result, but I couldn't handle it any longer and closed it.

And now I'm missing out on virtually everything related to my family, my hobbies, the club I helped found.




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