- What was the hardest part about not going on facebook for 3 days?
- After completing, or attempting to complete, the experiment, did you opinion change regarding any of the pre experiment questions? If so, please explain.
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Like I said last post, not going on Facebook was unsurprisingly easy. I had no trouble at all completing the three days. Actually, none of my opinions changed after this experiment, mainly because I've gone longer than three days without facebook and thought nothing of it.
As expected, not going on Facebook for three days was easily accomplished. This period of three days fitted into my usual schedule of "Facebooking" as I normally go on every 3 days or so.
Having already disengaged myself from Facebook long ago, my opinions regarding the previous questions remain unchanged.
1. I actually had no problem not going on facebook at all!
I accidently typed in www.facebook.com but that doesn't count because my computer was being extra slow and I remembered on time to change it to google. Then, maybe the hardest part is not automatically pressing in that website.
2. At first, I thought that facebook could be both gesellshaft and gemeinshaft. But now I see that, for me anyways, facebook is gemeinshaft. During those three days of facebook-less weekend, I like completely neglected communicating with anyone other than my family members. Instead of doing facebook, I watched movies and slept. So without facebook, I basically don't communicate.
I don't think it was that hard for me about not going on facebook. In fact, I didn't even think of facebook at all during these 3 days. I think my opinion stays the same on the pre experiment questions.
1. What was the hardest part about not going on facebook for 3 days?
I do not see any difficulty in this experiment. I still remain communication with people and friends. And I am still able to find jokes somewhere else online other than going onto facebook. In fact, I can now see how littler do I rely on facebook for communications despite the fact that many people rely on it a lot.
2. After completing, or attempting to complete, the experiment, did you opinion change regarding any of the pre experiment questions? If so, please explain.
After completing this experiment, I looked at different parts of my facebook profile carefully. Before the experiment, I do not see any way facebook is for relationships that are long term or meaningful. However, after seeing my profile in greater detail, I found these private gifts and other things that people draw/give/send to my facebook are signs of a more meaningful relationship than short term ones. I can see that facebook can also be used to express feelings when words fail to and I guess this is another role on facebook that I did not see earlier.
1. Easy, not going on facebook is nothing like quitting crack, like mr K mentioned. 3 days went by and I logged on couple minutes ago, and to my surprise...I still had no wallposts, perhaps this tells me I don't rely on facebook whatsoever.
2. My opinions remain the same, I didn't think it would be hard, and it wasn't hard.
1. It was no problem for me of not going into Facebook for 3 days. I usually go to Facebook when I am bored. If I have either work or a plan to do, then I usually put my Facebook aside and concentrate on either of those.
2. I believe none of my opinion changed even after the experiment is done. But what I can mention again is that Facebook did help me regain back the friendship that I lost with my friends back at Michigan. It has made our bond strong again and now me my best friend back at the state are able to communicate with one another easily. So again, none of the opinion that I previously answered changed at all.
1. i came into this experiment thinking that not being able to go on facebook would be a really hard challenge for me since whenever im on the internet i find myself signing into my facebook. but having had this experiment i didn't feel any real urge to go onto it nor did i try cheating. i came to realize that i really don't need facebook and that i am not as dependent on it as i thought. these three days i barely went on the internet and did work or watch movies instead.
2. my opinion of facebook has changed in the sence that once i got onto my facebook i started looking at my page and i was thinking in my head what made me think that i was addicted to this? yes, its a way for me to communicate with friends and see photos but at the same time i knew that i would see my friends at school and say what i wanted to say to them in person.
The hardest thing for me was to not automatically type in the facebook url and checked my friends\' wall message to me or their updates. But it wasn\'t that hard because i\'m no longer addicted to facebook like before. My opinions didn\'t really change since I don\'t use it as much anymore. I usually contact with my frineds through e-mail, texting or calling.
Soomi: youre so antisocial! :P haha
1) The hardest part about not going on facebook for three days is that I felt like i had nothing to do to pass time when i was at home.
2) My opinions about facebook have not changed regarding any of the pre experiment questions.
1. It is not hard to not going on facebook for 3 days. I haven’t check my facebook account for months, like I said before in the questions that the only attempt for me to check my facebook is if I have friends who wrote on my wall. No one had post any message on my wall for a long time, so it is very easy for me to not use facebook for 3 days.
2. My answers for the question is exactly how I felt, I won’t change my opinion on those questions. I still think that not going on facebook is easy because there are other communication tools which we can use to replace the use of facebook.
1. Since I did not experience the Facebook fast, I did not have a hard time not being on Facebook.
2. My opinion did not change regarding any of the pre-experiment questions, because I don't have Facebook and thus no experience.
1.I must admit, staying off facebook was a bit annoying
I did not long for the social interaction promised by facebook, but the hours of boredom that it filled.
I also found it a bit tempting when friends want to show you things on facebook. I never realised how much facebook is referenced in everyday conversation
2. I did find staying off facebook a bit harder than i expected for the first two days
but by the third day it was no problem
1. The hardest part about not going on Facebook stems from the fact that it was a reinforced habit throughout my daily life prior to the 3 days of disengagement from activity such as updating, replying to posts, etc. Facebook became a daily ritual for me and it was hard to find alternatives to replace this activity. However, i was able to solve this problem of not going on Facebook through means of working on college applications, watching TV, and having more concentration in terms of completing my assignments for class.
2. My opinions about Facebook are generally the same. The fact that i solely use Facebook as a source for personal branding, expressing individuality, and ultimately keeping in touch with the people around me have not changed. I still hold true to the belief that Facebook is Gesellshaft simply because it emphasizes secondary relationships rather than familial or community ties.
I found that not going on facebook was relativly easy, the only problem was that whenever i was bored or just sat down at a computer i would always sign into facebook, the only obsticle was breaking that habbit.
My opinions on facebook havn't changed, i still feel that it creates friendships that are impersonal and cold. I would much rather hear news over a phone call than on the wall of my facebook account
1) three days is really not a challenge, i even forgot about the experiment and by chance didn't go on for three days.
2) none of my opinions changed, facebook is not a "necessity" to me.. if it were MSN on the other hand... things would be different.
1. I didn't do the experiment because i don't have a facebook, but if i did it wouldn't be difficult at all.
2. My opinion stayed the same from the pre experiment questions since i couldn't participate in the experiment.
The hardest part about not going on facebook was finding something else to fulfill my addiction of procrastination. I wandered around deviantart instead. My opinion has not changed.
Three days was irritating. I think a longer experiment for extra credit would be well worth it. :)
I think I agree with Bram, three days off facebook is not hard at all. I think thats because I am used to it, I dont use facebook that much. And also, my opinions about facebook stays the same regarding any of the pre-experiment questions.
I thought the hardest part about not going on facebook were the relentless emails I received from facebook. I so badly wanted to see what people wrote on this one photo i commented on and also i wanted to see pictured from over the weekend.
My opinion regarding the pre experiments questions remain as it was.
Just like in my previous post, i thought the hardest part about not going on facebook for three days was not getting updated on things from the home page. i normally go on once a day and check the home page to see whats going on with my friends, what pictures and videos have been posted, whose in a relationship, what statuses people have up, etc. it was weird not going on and getting that update for a few days, but only when i thought about it. The rest of the time it didn't bother me at all. i was just interested in seeing any pictures i might have been tagged in from a friday birthday party. None of my opinions changed since the experiment has been over. im still a little confused about the gemeinshaft and geselleshaft question, it seems like it could possibly be argued both ways. sorry about the late post btw, tonight was a relatively stressful night cause i had a lot of work and also soccer practice for a few hours.
Great Comments overall ! I'm reading that it wasn't "hard" for ya'll but what was difficult was breaking the habit of just killing time looking into what your friends are up to...
Some of you said that this illustrates its geimenshaft function, whereas others still argued that the browsing of what friends are up to is simple impersonal and doesn't truly facilitate "relationships" or "solidarity"
1) the hardest part about not going on facebook for 3 days was trying to figure out what to do in the mean time. i managed to go through a day without facebook BUT i forgot about the experiment due to the habit of signing on facebook daily. Another habit is the temptation of checking facebook when a friend mentions it to you or if you recieve an email from facebook and the pop up pops out when you're on msn.
2) no my opinion still remained the same about the pre experiment questions.
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