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“Entertainment  was  my  initial  draw”;  “[When]  I  first  joined”;  and  “[I  use]
Facebook  because”:  drawn  from  comments  sections  of  the  following  two  blog
posts I wrote in the fall of 2013:
• “Why I’m (Still) Not Going to Join Facebook: Four Arguments That Failed to
Convince Me.” http://calnewport.com/blog/2013/10/03/why-im-still-not-going-
to-join-facebook-four-arguments-that-failed-to-convince-me/.
• “Why I Never Joined Facebook.” http://calnewport.com/blog/2013/09/18/why-i-
never-joined-facebook/.
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