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I don't have 4,976 Facebook friends "in real life", I have about four. My true friends are here on Steemit, and I consider this a good thing. I have deleted my Facebonk account, I give an overview of why, and blog the benefits of creating such space, here if you're interested. There is one haunting video which comes to my mind immediately, called "YOU NEED TO GET OFF FACEBOOK" and this video went viral almost 10 years ago and clocked up over 10 millions of views, until it got deleted. Who knows why? Maybe Ross, the filmmaker hadn't expected to become world-wide-web-o-vision famous, and didn't want the attention. He might prefer being an anonymous traveling english teacher. Maybe Facecrack legal department squished his idealism of deactivating accounts, before it caught on.

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Fortunately, (thank-you-internet) someone downloaded and re-uploaded it, so we can still reap the rewards of these silent insights. The song is absolutely beautiful. The message is so special because there is no speaking. The creator makes his bold statements in a busy South Korea street with hand-written signs, in one shot, one take. Yet the guy is hilarious! It's the kind of funny that also brings a tear to my eye, however many times I watch it.

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There is something about our Steemit community which is incredibly loving and supportive. I found Facebook to be draining, and complaining. As if I owe them something or need to "convince" them of my point of view, just to be heard and get some thumbs up. "Likes" that have paid me.... nothing!

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So I invite you to invite your friends to Steemit. Thanks to people like Hive account@pharsim who I've voted as a witness, Inviting People is becoming more streamlined.
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And I dare you, no, I double dare you... go to Faceplonk, top right of the screen, settings, then Deactivate. Before you turn into a dribbling turbospaz. Do it just for the thrill of it. Do it just to see what it feels like to be clean for a week, or a month, or longer. Do it just to test your own fears. What are you afraid of? And do it because when everyone asks where you've gone, you can tell them...

I challenge you to become a Steemit Evangelist who people are poking, seeking, asking, wondering, pondering, and questioning. It's much easier this way around. Curious cats will come to you, effortlessly, you wont have to "convince" them; banging your head against their Facebook wall. You wont have an account.

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