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Stopped using Facebook in July in 2016 because the election had turned it into a terrible place. Never found a reason to go back, so just deactivated my account
by gfodor 8y ago
Stopped using Facebook in July in 2016 because the election had turned it into a terrible place. Never found a reason to go back, so just deactivated my account earlier this year.
I can understand why some people can't do it, but for me it was a minor upside vs major downside situation. I found that my overall level of happiness increased after I stopped using it (and Twitter.)
I still log onto Twitter occasionally but my rules are:
- Always log in with a specific goal in mind, like DMing someone or making a tweet
- When not performing that goal, log out
- Prefer direct navigation/bookmarking of interesting people and reading their feeds vs looking at logged in timeline
It works a lot better but if you want to tweet something you still need to wade into it.