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I quit Facebook September 2017. I felt myself being drawn into a permanent 'fight' mode, and didn't like it. I originally did it as a 'let us silence this for a
by PeterStuer 4y ago
I quit Facebook September 2017. I felt myself being drawn into a permanent 'fight' mode, and didn't like it. I originally did it as a 'let us silence this for a month and see what gives. After the month, I did not want to come back.
I briefly tried to re-engage in 2020, but that lasted about a week as polarized toxicity on the platform seemed to have gotten a lot worse than even before.
I didn't delete my account as I still use Messenger.
If you feel even 10% bad about your FB habits, take a 1 month brake and see. Don't worry about missing something. I look at my 2017 posts and shares, after all I just need to scroll down through a few years of "happy birthday' wishes, and they're still no different than what I would have shared last week if I was still on there. Just give it a try.
- mod 4y agoI took a similar approach, but I need messenger and I often use marketplace. So I unfollowed every human in my feed. I doubt I've got them all yet, a few months in, but some old friends the algorithm just never shows. I replaced it with some groups about hobbies like fishing and motorcycling, but I'm finding even that is just all arguments, gear reviews, spam, and rule reminders. So I'm gonna phase that out, too. Anyway it definitely keeps me from scrolling. If there's any posts I want to see, I'll never know it and I expect I'll be the better for it.