Tired of Facebook requests, Farmville gifts,liking this and commenting on that. Facebook with its ever changing privacy rules [see here] and default ‘public’ attitude isn’t exactly everyone’s ideal social network. Plus everyone has noticed that Facebook has overtime increased the space for Ads on its website and also nowadays there are more notifications from apps that are more like adverts. Facebook feeds off your data and gets happier every time you give a status update or share a photo or ‘like’ something.So the best way to save yourself from Facebook is to get your data out of it and into other services in a more decentralized manner suggested below.  Here’s a way to disconnect from Facebook while still maintaining your digital identity. Step 1 : An Online profile : Google Profiles The newly revamped Google Profiles offers a new way to put a face on your online identity and apart from the regular ‘Write something about yourself ‘, it allows you to add links to your other web properties.Yahoo profiles is also a decent but still behind alternative. Step 2: : Sharing Photos : FlickR   FlickR is by far the undisputed champion when it comes to sharing photos.It allows you to set which photos are private and which are public.Also,you are totally in control of your photos and no one can tag you unnecessarily.  Step 3 : Status Sharing : Twitter Get away from facebook and start Tweeting. Twitter is the simplest and fastest way to give updates about whatever and whenever. Also,there are apps like Selected Tweets which allow you to post your twitter updates to Facebook so tha you dont leave your Facebook friends high and dry. Step 4 : Direct Messages : E-mail and Twitter Want to directly a person a message directly ,E-mail him of course. E-mail too formal for you? Head to twitter and send him a message in form of a tweet or a direct message. Step 5: Gaming : Kinect  Seriously stop playing Farmville and buy a Kinect or a Wii or even a PlayStation Move. Play with the next generation of motion-controlled games and lose those pounds.Video games are no more the land of gun-toting killers and ghastly monsters . Motion-based games are as socially acceptable and enjoyable as you’d want them to be.

Step 6 : Sharing Stories and Notes : Blog Want to rant out long tales of fun and frolic or write about your thrilling adventures.Get a blog. No need to use Facebook notes. Write a blog post filled with Images and even videos and tell your story in style.Blogger and Wordpress are the best places to make a blog Step 7 : Sharing Favourite Movies : IMDb IMDb allows you not only to rate the movies you watch but also to make lists out of those and share them Step 8 : Sharing Favourite Music : Like.FM Like.FM allows you to track what you play across a variety of different music players and even on sites like YouTube and Pandora,thus automatically building a list of what music you like and love.You could also try Zune Social but it works only with the Zune Media Player. The basic idea is to get your stuff out of Facebook without losing the ability to share it with whoever you like.