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I've told this to a lot of people around me... unfollow everyone on Facebook. This does two things: 1. No more facebook feed 2. No more facebook ads You still

I've told this to a lot of people around me... unfollow everyone on Facebook. This does two things: 1. No more facebook feed 2. No more facebook ads You still get to keep messenger as an extended contact book, people can still tag you in stupid things and pictures, you don't have to have that awkward conversation telling people you're no longer on facebook. I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I've quit facebook twice and they didn't last. But I've had no feed for months now and I don't see myself going back.

EADGBE 9y ago
Interesting idea. Funny that it removes ads, too. > I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I just have messenger on my phone, right now. It's a nice solution to most of these problems for me. But most of my facebook tags happen directly in Messenger vs. someone's post that I have to go look at.
sideshowb 9y ago
I tried this once and I think the algorithm just readjusted weights or something because I still see friends on my news feed. For desktop I have used the social fixer plugin though no longer do Still haven't found the answer tbh My most recent approach is to start blogging. If I like writing about interesting stuff I might as well do it properly.
Balero 9y ago
I too have done this. It's great, you still have access to everything, I use the events quite a lot. But the easy mindless discovery is gone, I spend much less time (1/100th) on it as i used too, I also don't have the app on my phone (just messenger)
rdruxn 9y ago
Why not just get a browser extension to hide your newsfeed? Seems like a much simpler solution than unfollowing your entire friend list.
- ckosidows 9y ago
  Because that doesn't work on chrome for mobile, as far as I know.
matte_black 9y ago
The good news is after having no feed for well over a year I can now imagine just deleting Facebook and never coming back. Only reason I don’t is because it’s a decent way to reach people, but once that’s no longer the case, it’s gone.

EADGBE 9y ago

Interesting idea. Funny that it removes ads, too. > I guarantee you'll never feel like you miss your feed. Nobody even has to know you've unfollowed them. I just have messenger on my phone, right now. It's a nice solution to most of these problems for me. But most of my facebook tags happen directly in Messenger vs. someone's post that I have to go look at.

sideshowb 9y ago

I tried this once and I think the algorithm just readjusted weights or something because I still see friends on my news feed. For desktop I have used the social fixer plugin though no longer do Still haven't found the answer tbh My most recent approach is to start blogging. If I like writing about interesting stuff I might as well do it properly.

Balero 9y ago

I too have done this. It's great, you still have access to everything, I use the events quite a lot. But the easy mindless discovery is gone, I spend much less time (1/100th) on it as i used too, I also don't have the app on my phone (just messenger)

rdruxn 9y ago

Why not just get a browser extension to hide your newsfeed? Seems like a much simpler solution than unfollowing your entire friend list.

ckosidows 9y ago
Because that doesn't work on chrome for mobile, as far as I know.

matte_black 9y ago

The good news is after having no feed for well over a year I can now imagine just deleting Facebook and never coming back. Only reason I don’t is because it’s a decent way to reach people, but once that’s no longer the case, it’s gone.