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I have trouble leaving Facebook because for better or worse it is how many of my friends and acquaintances communicate. I ended up finding a nice compromise: I

I have trouble leaving Facebook because for better or worse it is how many of my friends and acquaintances communicate. I ended up finding a nice compromise: I installed an extension which hides all the content on news feed but still allows FB chat. When I couple this extension with ublock, the only thing I see when I go to Facebook is the chat interface, which is perfect for how I use the service.

jackvalentine 11y ago
Facebook have done that themselves! No extensions required! www.messenger.com is literally just FB chat, nothing else.
- czzarr 11y ago
  wow thanks, I feel stupid for not knowing about that.
  - mercer 11y ago
    I only found out recently and I think it's relatively new 'feature'.
- Thriptic 11y ago
  Wow thanks!
- tjt 11y ago
  Awesome. Thank you! Can't believe I didn't know about this.
sp332 11y ago
Or just use https://www.facebook.com/messages/ https://www.facebook.com/messages/ ?
- JonCox 11y ago
  Or even just https://www.messenger.com https://www.messenger.com
  - deleted 11y ago
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- squeaky-clean 11y ago
  This still shows the notifications, the sidebar that suggests groups, new friends, etc. It's a minor detail, but I don't want to be bombarded with events, tagged photos, whatever. But I do really love Messenger as a chat platform. It's quicker and more consistent than SMS (at least for my carrier) and syncs well across all of my devices.
Turing_Machine 11y ago
Wow, that's almost the opposite of the way I use Facebook. I keep chat turned off all the time. I hate interruptions that demand (or even imply) an immediate response, and that's what live chat/text messages/IM represent to me. Yes, sometimes I do want real-time messages, but that's not how I want things to be most of the time. I'm perfectly okay with seeing "old friend had a baby" or "cousin graduated from high school" the next day, or whenever. It's not that I don't care about these things; I do care about them. I just don't want things that don't require a real-time response sent through a real-time communications medium.

jackvalentine 11y ago

Facebook have done that themselves! No extensions required! www.messenger.com is literally just FB chat, nothing else.

czzarr 11y ago
wow thanks, I feel stupid for not knowing about that.
- mercer 11y ago
  I only found out recently and I think it's relatively new 'feature'.
Thriptic 11y ago
Wow thanks!
tjt 11y ago
Awesome. Thank you! Can't believe I didn't know about this.

sp332 11y ago

Or just use https://www.facebook.com/messages/ https://www.facebook.com/messages/ ?

JonCox 11y ago
Or even just https://www.messenger.com https://www.messenger.com
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
squeaky-clean 11y ago
This still shows the notifications, the sidebar that suggests groups, new friends, etc. It's a minor detail, but I don't want to be bombarded with events, tagged photos, whatever. But I do really love Messenger as a chat platform. It's quicker and more consistent than SMS (at least for my carrier) and syncs well across all of my devices.

Turing_Machine 11y ago

Wow, that's almost the opposite of the way I use Facebook. I keep chat turned off all the time. I hate interruptions that demand (or even imply) an immediate response, and that's what live chat/text messages/IM represent to me. Yes, sometimes I do want real-time messages, but that's not how I want things to be most of the time. I'm perfectly okay with seeing "old friend had a baby" or "cousin graduated from high school" the next day, or whenever. It's not that I don't care about these things; I do care about them. I just don't want things that don't require a real-time response sent through a real-time communications medium.