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I actually did this a few months ago. Today I realized I had gone 7 days without logging into Facebook or even thinking about it. The good thing about unfollowi

I actually did this a few months ago. Today I realized I had gone 7 days without logging into Facebook or even thinking about it. The good thing about unfollowing everyone is that I can still participate in Facebook Events and Groups, both of which many of us still need to coordinate meatspace activity.

JoshMnem 9y ago
I think that most people don't really need Facebook Events and Groups. If people tell you to join an event of group, tell them you don't use Facebook (for ethical and personal reasons) and that they should provide another method for people to participate so that it doesn't lock out non-Facebook users. I block all of their sites in my hosts file so can't even view a Facebook event page or group. It has only provided benefits, and I haven't missed out on anything. Productivity is up. Social life is better.
- amelius 9y ago
  Sadly, as I'm not that popular, that would make me miss all the events except for the regularly recurring ones.
  - JoshMnem 9y ago
    It can take a while (years) to transfer one's social life out of Facebook, but I think it's worth the effort of doing it in small steps.
- dingaling 9y ago
  > and that they should provide another method for people to participate Ideally that would be perfect. Realistically, the people running the groups and events have 99% of their time dedicated to non-communication activities and standing-up a mailing list or website is outside their time-capacity AND experience. As an example here in Ireland we have a group called Airliner Experiences that organise enthusiast flights on rare and interesting aircraft. They exist only on Facebook, I have asked why and it's because they "don't have time" to run a website for the few non-Facebook oddballs. So I've missed many potentially-interesting experiences but they haven't missed my money because there is such a huge audience in Facebook.
jsemrau 9y ago
What do you think if event discovery tools like drop!in (http://www.idrop.in http://www.idrop.in) would this solve your problem with events?
- matte_black 9y ago
  No. This is undesirable for people looking to break the habit of joining platforms to go to events.

JoshMnem 9y ago

I think that most people don't really need Facebook Events and Groups. If people tell you to join an event of group, tell them you don't use Facebook (for ethical and personal reasons) and that they should provide another method for people to participate so that it doesn't lock out non-Facebook users. I block all of their sites in my hosts file so can't even view a Facebook event page or group. It has only provided benefits, and I haven't missed out on anything. Productivity is up. Social life is better.

amelius 9y ago
Sadly, as I'm not that popular, that would make me miss all the events except for the regularly recurring ones.
- JoshMnem 9y ago
  It can take a while (years) to transfer one's social life out of Facebook, but I think it's worth the effort of doing it in small steps.
dingaling 9y ago
> and that they should provide another method for people to participate Ideally that would be perfect. Realistically, the people running the groups and events have 99% of their time dedicated to non-communication activities and standing-up a mailing list or website is outside their time-capacity AND experience. As an example here in Ireland we have a group called Airliner Experiences that organise enthusiast flights on rare and interesting aircraft. They exist only on Facebook, I have asked why and it's because they "don't have time" to run a website for the few non-Facebook oddballs. So I've missed many potentially-interesting experiences but they haven't missed my money because there is such a huge audience in Facebook.

jsemrau 9y ago

What do you think if event discovery tools like drop!in (http://www.idrop.in http://www.idrop.in) would this solve your problem with events?

matte_black 9y ago
No. This is undesirable for people looking to break the habit of joining platforms to go to events.