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Deactivating Facebook

Facebook 'Friends,' Not Friends

Michael Shammas | Posted 01.19.2013 | College
Read More: Facebook Privacy, Facebook Friends, Facebook Deactivation, College and Facebook, Deactivating Facebook, Deleting-Facebook, College News
Michael Shammas

What snapped? I don't know. What I do know is that my mouse clicked the "deactivate" button, and for a moment I thought I'd finally mustered up the courage to delete my pixelated existence forever.

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Why I Never Activated My Facebook Account Again

Paniz Khosroshahy | Posted 09.24.2012 | Teen
Read More: Deactivating Facebook, Deleting Facebook, Facebook, Teen News
Paniz Khosroshahy

I had allowed Facebook to create a huge sea of publicized, wasted emotions all tangling in each other, to change the meaning of words and make them all more superficial.

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Not FBO (Facebook Official) Anymore

Elizabeth Krupka | Posted 09.17.2012 | College
Read More: Facebook Deactivation, Technology Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Facebook Stalking, Deactivating Facebook, Facebook Breakup, Quarter-Life-Crisis, College News
Elizabeth Krupka

About eight weeks ago I had one of the roughest breakups I thought I would ever have to go through. Tears were shed, memories felt lost, and I felt so lonely. The worst part? Clicking deactivate.

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I Don't Know What You Did Last Summer

Mary K. Moore | Posted 12.12.2011 | Technology
Read More: Facebook Privacy, Social Media, Leaving Facebook, Social Media Networks, Deactivating Facebook, Facebook, Quitting Facebook, Technology News
Mary K. Moore

Forget relationship status updates or enviable vacation photos. If you really want to create a buzz on Facebook, deactivate your account. That's what happened to me this summer when I pulled the plug.

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