4 ms·

I've cut out Facebook without 99% of the hand wringing here. I just stop browsing the site. If someone wants to talk to me I get a popup on my Messenger app on

I've cut out Facebook without 99% of the hand wringing here. I just stop browsing the site. If someone wants to talk to me I get a popup on my Messenger app on my phone, and if I get an event invite it shows up there too. Problem solved.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
Indeed. You can have a Facebook account and just... Not use it unless you need it for something. All the benefits of the 'I deleted Facebook' crowd without the downsides.
- ikeyany 9y ago
  That requires self control and a resilience to peer pressure, things we are encouraged to devalue for the sake of "followers".
  - wutbrodo 9y ago
    FWIW, I've used Facebook for I think 11 years now and I've never once seen anyone refer to or even remotely care about friend count.
    - ikeyany 9y ago
      It's not necessarily the number of followers people obsess over, it's their validation.
- FabHK 9y ago
  Facebook will still learn which websites you visit (provided they have the "like" widget) and what articles you read on the NYT, unless you use a good tracking blocker. So, that's one downside, I think.
  - mi100hael 9y ago
    I run uBlock Origin everywhere and I rarely visit Facebook anymore. But when I do, I use a private window in a different browser.
    - krrrh 9y ago
      Additionally, on macOS you can use Fluid.app to create a Facebook-only browser with separate cookies, etc. Keeps it isolated from the general web. Do the same for google apps.
- always_good 9y ago
  Almost all of these quitting posts just read like people coming to terms with their addiction. Good for them, but they seem to mistake it as some sort of universal lifehack.
  - dsacco 9y ago
    I'm looking forward to seeing this theme worked into n-gate's coverage of the thread next week.
  - maksimum 9y ago
    > Good for them, but they seem to mistake it as some sort of universal lifehack. Does it have to be universal to be useful? Helping 0.01% of the US Facebook userbase save 1 hour every week is still huge...

ocdtrekkie 9y ago

Indeed. You can have a Facebook account and just... Not use it unless you need it for something. All the benefits of the 'I deleted Facebook' crowd without the downsides.

ikeyany 9y ago
That requires self control and a resilience to peer pressure, things we are encouraged to devalue for the sake of "followers".
- wutbrodo 9y ago
  FWIW, I've used Facebook for I think 11 years now and I've never once seen anyone refer to or even remotely care about friend count.
  - ikeyany 9y ago
    It's not necessarily the number of followers people obsess over, it's their validation.
FabHK 9y ago
Facebook will still learn which websites you visit (provided they have the "like" widget) and what articles you read on the NYT, unless you use a good tracking blocker. So, that's one downside, I think.
- mi100hael 9y ago
  I run uBlock Origin everywhere and I rarely visit Facebook anymore. But when I do, I use a private window in a different browser.
  - krrrh 9y ago
    Additionally, on macOS you can use Fluid.app to create a Facebook-only browser with separate cookies, etc. Keeps it isolated from the general web. Do the same for google apps.
always_good 9y ago
Almost all of these quitting posts just read like people coming to terms with their addiction. Good for them, but they seem to mistake it as some sort of universal lifehack.
- dsacco 9y ago
  I'm looking forward to seeing this theme worked into n-gate's coverage of the thread next week.
- maksimum 9y ago
  > Good for them, but they seem to mistake it as some sort of universal lifehack. Does it have to be universal to be useful? Helping 0.01% of the US Facebook userbase save 1 hour every week is still huge...