“People were posting what they had for dinner.”

• “I was tired of stupid comments.” 
• “[I had] crazy friends. I did not want to be contacted.”
• “I took a break when it got boring.”
• “It was not getting me anywhere.”
• “Too much drama.”
• “You get burned out on it after a while.”
• “I gave it up for Lent.”
• “I was fasting.”
• “People were [posting] what they had for dinner.”
•  “I didn’t like being monitored.”
• “I got harassed by someone from my past who looked me up.”
•  “I don’t like their privacy policy.”
• “It caused problems in my [romantic] relationship.

— Verbatim reasons for taking extended breaks from Facebook, as per our latest Pew Internet study, Coming and Going on Facebook.