To try something new, your favorite staff of writers here at HerCampus Towson decided to create a blog of articles dedicated to dares. Everyone who wanted to participate wrote down a dare, we put them in a bowl and then picked one out.
My dare was to deactivate my Facebook page for five days. When you first hear that you’re like “Oh! That’s so easy!” and believe me I thought the same thing. Besides, who uses Facebook anymore right? It’s all about Twitter and Tumblr. But what happens when no one is online on one of those? That’s what I was going to find out.
I used to be in LOVE with Facebook. But then my family decided, “Hey even though I’m in my 40s, lets join the hip, hot, new trend and make a Facebook like the young kids!” * note sarcasm here* Even my grandma has a Facebook! Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind it now, but in high school I was so annoyed. That’s when I slowly, but surely weaned myself off of Facebook and on to Twitter. It was hard to get the hang of at first, but I did it. Twitter gave me the freedom that I wanted. I could use those 140 characters to say what I want without someone commenting on EVERYTHING!
I love my family and I have nothing to hide, but not everyone needs to know everything. My mom is the type of parent you can share anything with. My other family members are so conservative that sometimes it can be a pain. In fact, until I was 18 my family could only see my pictures. To them, my wall did not exist. They could only see what I shared with them, but once I turned 18 I figured what could they say? The answer: EVERYTHING! No status was left untouched. No photo was left unseen (except my tagged ones. Lets face it…they don’t need to see everything!) My Facebook page had become a “Free-For-All.”
To complete this dare, I made Facebook inaccessible for me. I deactivated my page, delete the app off of my phone and removed the link from the bookmarks bar on my computer. I had to go completely cold turkey for this to work and it did. My friends couldn’t believe I actually went the whole 5 days without giving in. I’m very proud of myself because I don’t think some people would be able to complete the task successfully.
It wasn’t until I deactivated my page that I realized how much it actually meant to me. My family and friends thought I was trying to get rid of them and I felt disconnected. I didn’t know whose birthday it was and I couldn’t check up on how things were going with extended family members. I couldn’t even laugh at any of the new memes posted on the “Towson University Memes” page.
A meme is an image, video, etc. that is passed electronically from one Internet user to another. Find more about Towson Memes on their Facebook Page.