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"   \u2026And, I made it! My Facebook diet is over\u2014and I survived. Let me back up: Last week I wrote about a study that showed people feel more socially connected when they post frequent status updates. Intrigued, I decided to test that theory by going on my own diet\u2014i.e. I stopped posting status updates for a week. I thought it&amp;#039;d be a breeze, but it wasn&amp;#039;t\u2014at least at first. I did feel sort of &amp;quot;left out&amp;quot; by not engaging my friends with my witty status updates (they&amp;#039;re witty to me, k?) I even came close to posting a few times, but stopped myself from indulging like a celebrity fresh out of rehab. And then a weird thing happened: I stopped caring\u2014and actually got stuff done during the times I&amp;#039;d normally be Facebooking away. But, then I started getting messages from a few friends asking if I was okay since they hadn&amp;#039;t &amp;quot;seen&amp;quot; me on Mark Zuckerberg&amp;#039;s creation for a few day. Then, my mom called and asked why I wasn&amp;#039;t posting.  Apparently people are paying attention to me\u2014or, at least paying enough attention to notice my absence. That, in turn, made me feel super loved and not at all lonely. Go figure. Tell us: Do you think Facebook is now the way many people communicate? Want more from Meagan? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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