- Change your password to something random, store it in 1Password - Don't remember password in your web browser - Log out, only login if you really need to -

- Change your password to something random, store it in 1Password - Don't remember password in your web browser - Log out, only login if you really need to - Delete mobile app. Being bored on the bus is a great excuse to check Facebook. Also, you won't have to face their idiotic ads - Keep the Messenger app, enable push notifications. "I have to read my messages" won't be an excuse anymore, because you would have gotten a notification. - Email people at their.name@facebook.com. You will get the response back in your inbox. (If you're using Mountain Lion, you can set up contacts sync and have Facebook emails of your friends in your Contacts.) - If you need IM, use Jabber protocol. Log in with your.name@chat.facebook.com - If you're a member of some important groups, create an account with no friends with only purpose to be member of those groups I have this acquaintance that only uses Facebook for messaging. She never posts anything, never comments, she is just somehow resilient to its charm. I admire her endlessly for that, and I wish I had never succumbed to that notifications icon. Good luck.