I recently marked 4 months with zero acces to my Facebook news feed. I used the hacker news plugin to prevent the feed from showing on my laptop, and when I rea

I recently marked 4 months with zero acces to my Facebook news feed. I used the hacker news plugin to prevent the feed from showing on my laptop, and when I realized how much I was still looking at the app on my phone, I deleted the mobile app. I can’t overstate how much of a positive change this has been for me. It was a level of life altering freedom and a return of free time and mental clarity in the ballpark of abstaining from alcohol. The number of times it has inconvenienced me is precisely once. I still have messenger for those people who like to reach out that way. I still can log on and see events and notifications. But the addictive news feed is gone from my life and I couldn’t be happier. That’s my n=1 but I will never go back.