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<p>[Study</a> Hacks Blog Archive An Argument for Quitting Facebook](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/01/29/an-argument-for-quitting-facebook/]Study”>An Argument for Quitting Facebook - Cal Newport) </p>
<p>on study hacks. Can anyone say if this has done wonders for them/pushed them farther into the hermit life?</p>
<p>Some friends of mine don’t use Facebook. One not all, the other deactivates during the school year. Both are great students; one has a 4.0. It seems to do more harm than good. Now CC…that’s pretty distracting as well ;)</p>
<p>^I second the “Now CC…that’s pretty distracting as well” :-D</p>
<p>It’s done more harm than good for me. And this post is not categorized correctly. It should be in High School Life.</p>
<p>This should be in the HSL Forum. Why is it here?</p>
<p>I myself do not know. I meant for it to go into HSL, but I suppose I posted it in the browser tab that was in the ap forum. :/</p>
<p>You should probably repost in the HSL Forum if you want some responses though. :)</p>
<p>yeah, I deactivited FB 2 years ago. One of the most productive decisions of my life. If your friends rely on FB to communicate, then get new friends.</p>
<p>Pros for quitting Facebook
You don’t have to deal with stalking or bullying on Facebook
You’ll no longer have the urge to update your status
You won’t waste as much time
You’ll get in the habit of interacting with people in real life.
You’ll be more productive.</p>
<p>Cons
None</p>
<p>I never had a problem with it. I couldn’t care less about who’s going to the beach and chatting with most people I know sucks.</p>
<p>I’ve quit facebook for a year.</p>
<p>Once you do it, you realize that you don’t really need it. However, facebook is certainly a plus if you have long distance friends. I have friends in Asia, North America, and Europe so I require facebook to keep in touch with them. But I use it solely for communication. So I go on about one or twice every couple days or week.</p>
<p>But before I quit I was a mess. Quitting is one of the most productive things I’ve done it allowed me to return to facebook without getting all crazy about it again.</p>
<p>I don’t know…!
It’s easy to keep in touch that way with friends out of state/country.</p>
<p>I’ve read somewhere that a kid made his parents change the password, and only let him(her?) go on weekends. Maybe I’ll do that.</p>
<p>I should quit though. 
I guess its not a probably in the summer though.</p>
<p>Well, I sometimes use FB to talk to otherwise inaccessible friends about HW and whatnot…otherwise, it’s pretty much just a time-waster.</p>
<p>I don’t think Facebook has ever distracted me from anything. I don’t actually really know what people do on there that they find so interesting.</p>
<p>Oh, I, however, have never used FB chat. Maybe this is why FB doesn’t distract me? It doesn’t interest me.</p>
<p>I don’t use facebook. The whole thing is just stupid. I’d rather just meet people in everyday life, not in some virtual reality.</p>
<p>If you have any semblance of self-control, then quitting Facebook is not necessary.</p>
<p>I’ve always considered the possibility of deleting Facebook just to see how it would change my academic performance… but I’ve never been able to bring myself to actually do it. I told myself that if I chose to, I would only deactivate it and never actually permanently delete it in case I realized that it didn’t really change much. That article makes me wonder, though 
Maybe I’ll try it out for the first semester of this year to see if I get off to a better start than last year.</p>
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<p>Same here.</p>
<p>i dont think anyone below college should use facebook… its just creepy</p>
<p>well, @bagelsbagels, it’s kinda rampant in elementary school too. I was considering getting a facebook (since I never had one before) but this thread scares me.</p>