It’s Quit Facebook Day. Who will dare delete their profile? is an interesting story about a movement to quit Facebook. The articles quotes Sarah Braesch who encourages people not to quit,
Despite all the uproar, “people won’t quit over privacy,” she adds. “They’ll quit when something else becomes popular. Everyone is on Facebook. If you’re not, it’s weird.”
That’s the problem, Facebook is peer pressure on a whole new level. The message is, if you’re not on Facebook you’re an outcast (or you outcast yourself.) That’s why people should quit – because we shouldn’t let any social media become so important.