Facebook Suicide

I find the suggestion to commit “facebook suicide” to be an interesting topic. While I am not the kind of person who obsessively checks facebook, I definitely feel that I am rather attached to facebook. However, that does not mean that I entirely support the concept of facebook. It seems like the more individuals use facebook, the harder the time they have to communicate in person, as it is vastly easier to communicate via “comments on the wall” or using “facebook chat.” Considering the idea of shutting down my online profile is a rather daunting idea, as it would mean to cut off an easy means of communicating with individuals. However, I feel that if the population continues down this path of obsessive self promotion and making online friends, there could be serious ramifications for the generations ahead. To close my facebook account would have its pros and cons. Positively, I would in some way, feel that I have been freed from the barrage of friend requests and status updates, as well as having the compulsion to check the website every once in a while. Yet on the other hand, I feel like committing facebook suicide would in some ways, cut me off from the world. There is just something very stigmatizing about shutting down a facebook account, perhaps because of the threat of not feeling connected to the community, and by extension, the world.