Looking back it looked meaningless
@allknowing (130067)
India
July 14, 2018 9:55pm CST
Looking at the Face Book friends list and having the aim to increase the number used to be something I always paid attention to. However, being wiser in my ways over a period of time I have realised what goes on there is hypocrisy. The likes one receives with accolades and praises I realised do not seem genuine. Also there is the tendency for real life contacts getting transformed in to virtual Family members I now notice prefer to be there but not in one's real life.
I have now stopped going to Face Book and so it shall be.
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@wolfgirl569 (94779)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Jul 18
I like fb for the ease of long distance connections. But some are there too much.
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@wolfgirl569 (94779)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Jul 18
@allknowing I have family even out of country. But thanks to fb I know what her kids look like. The same with a few out of state. We are able to keep up more by sharing pictures and chatting.
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@marguicha (215182)
• Chile
15 Jul 18
I discovered that a long time ago. My only relations out of my close offline circle of friends are you, mylotters.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
15 Jul 18
What disturbed me the most was family members preferred to be there and hardly interacted in the real world. 
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
15 Jul 18
@allknowing This is the case now. When the family gets together, they are not talking to each other, but everyone is playing with their mobile phone.
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@much2say (53918)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jul 18
I used to be hooked on FB and was very active there a few years back. I was obsessed with finding everyone from my life, past and present. It was fun catching up for a while, but eventually I came to the same conclusion as you . . . FB was a fake world. However with the family thing, if it weren't for FB, we probably would have never kept in touch . . . so for us, better to a virtual relationship than none at all.
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@much2say (53918)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jul 18
@allknowing I suppose what little we do on FB still - that IS the contact. Though it's not the most personable way.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
21 Jul 18
@much2say FB is definitely a platform to keep in touch with those who are not in our life but it is not nice when real people get there and only interact there
@allknowing (130067)
• India
15 Jul 18
I did the same and posted feverishly. Then suddenly I realised most of my family got into my friends' list and that was it. No other contact.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
15 Jul 18
I rarely use my Facebook account.. but I admit I was very addicted to it. I only use my Facebook messenger to communicate with my love ones and friends
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
15 Jul 18
I was very active there but when I saw family was using that platform to keep in touch I stopped.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
16 Jul 18
@Jessabuma Family preferred to go virtual
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jul 18
@allknowing What do you mean?
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