Daniel Sieberg: My Declaration of Disconnection →
In my opinion:
While I think its good to disconnect from social networking every once and a while (even for a few months or perhaps an entire year), disconnecting forever is a tad extreme— and quite unnecessary.
The solution isn’t to abandon Facebook or Twitter or whatever. I’d start by thinking about why you want to leave in the first place. What are the benefits of leaving? What are the benefits of staying? What are the consequences? What drew you to these sites in the first place? What’s changed since then? What needs to change? Etc.
Instead, try simplifying. Do you really need hundreds of friends or followers? How many is too many? Do you even keep up with them, and how often? Do they even keep up with you, and how often?
It’s also way too easy to get overwhelmed by endless tweets and perpetual news feeds and annoying application invites and excessive friend requests and other trivial shit. Just focus on the nitty-gritty, and forget about the rest.
So, if you are going to disconnect, disconnect from the excess, not the essence. Be an efficient social networker and eliminate the distracting or pointless aspects. In other words, disconnect from what doesn’t really matter.
