I've given up playing almost all games on Facebook, for the reason that they are so time-consuming and drag unnecessarily so much. For example, it takes ~ages~ to acquire all the necessary components via gifting from neighbours and suchlike to accomplish even the slightest thing and often to little advantage. Compare this to store-bought games and the fast pace achievable and the advantages are obvious. Facebook also keeps the FB games user on a form of tenterhooks by stick and by carrot: offering incentives for logging in regularly and disincentives for failing to do so, and I'm quite glad to be freed of that tension.
One exception remains : Gourmet Ranch. This is quite a sweet little game (it hasn't yet been contaminated by gifting, but I suppose that's just a matter of time). It's undemanding and quite rewarding, as long as you don't invest too much time in it.
I'm quite glad to be out of the whole Facebook scene now generally as it was often too emotive in terms of the uncontrollable encountering of other users' opinions, rants, drama and complaints. It was frequently detrimental to my peace of mind, and therefore more bother than it was worth. Never mind all that clicking just to access and keep on top of a few measly "gifts". So that's all gone by the way, thankfully.
The one thing it is useful for is receiving messages from a few select people I know, and I will keep my account for that almost sole reason.
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