Have you ever noticed how your Facebook friend count tends to increase and decrease throughout the day?
I have been logged on to Facebook for the majority of the day and my friend count goes from 1598 to 1602 without adding or accepting new friend requests.
It’s a result of the super paranoid Facebook users. Instead of logging off by signing out, like the rest of us, these ultra-private, hacker fearing people deactivate their Facebook account every time they sign off. When they want to log on again, they reactivate their account. During the period of deactivation, none of the deactivated’s information is accessible, basically a deactivator does not exist on Facebook: all relevant tags, wall posts, profile views, likes, photos, prophetic statuses VANISH until reactivation. I don’t believe in deactivation because social media is about constant conversation, whether your present or not. As far as I’m concerned, if you deactivate, you’re basically a Facebook ghost haunting your virtual friends!
