UNFRIENDING FACEBOOK

In “Unfriending Facebook” Veronica Majerol explains why younger people don’t go on Facebook anymore and how some of them delete their account. Facebook is the largest social-network site in the world. While Facebook have been in the world for many years, “more than 50 percent of Americans said they think Facebook is a passing fad.”

Why They Quit

People quit because of the privacy issues. Some people question Facebook on how they handle the quantity of data that’s collected from the users and how much control Facebook has to delete their own content. While other people not wanting the world to know everything about them. 19 year-old sophomore, Zach Peterson deleted his account after 4 years because when he bought a new car, he posted a picture on Facebook for his friends. But everyone knew about it, even people who he didn’t know.

People deleted their Facebook because there just not interested. Mary Carney, a senior at Clemson University said it’s a waste of time and said it could be used better on studying or others things.

I had a Facebook before but I deleted it after 3 months. It was boring and I didn’t see the point of going on it every day to see the same thing. And there was drama, a lot of it. People talking about other people and fights. Who got beat up and who didn’t want to fight. People would post stupid things also. I didn’t have time and it was annoying.

Not a lot of people go on Facebook like they used to. They either go on Twitter or Instagram. But I think in a couple of years Twitter and Instagram are not going to be popular like they are now.

Sometimes I think younger people go on these websites because there bored. But I don’t think there a point. There talking to the same people they talk at school or on the phone, and when they go online there going to talk about the same thing. So it’s just silly to me.