Same here. I used FB before news feed, when it was still restricted to colleges.
I was afraid to quit, because was worried of losing some information, and contact with friends.
The crazy things is that once the account was gone I realized that it was addiction. I don’t feel like I lost anything. Also the friends that I cared about an able to communicate with them using alternatives, and the others I never really talked to, so that also was a false fear.
It is definitely an addiction. Every so often, I go into my profile and just delete stuff. I also cull the “friends” periodically. And no matter how much I have to use it for work I do not have any of their garage apps installed.
Same here. My wife uses it for reels though. Don't understand why she doesn't just use YouTube shorts or something instead. Same stuff is posted both places.
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I soft quitter it around…the 2025 inauguration. No regrets. I have to keep an account only because of my work.
Same here. I used FB before news feed, when it was still restricted to colleges.
I was afraid to quit, because was worried of losing some information, and contact with friends.
The crazy things is that once the account was gone I realized that it was addiction. I don’t feel like I lost anything. Also the friends that I cared about an able to communicate with them using alternatives, and the others I never really talked to, so that also was a false fear.
It is definitely an addiction. Every so often, I go into my profile and just delete stuff. I also cull the “friends” periodically. And no matter how much I have to use it for work I do not have any of their garage apps installed.
This is great! Will be sharing this with a few people.
I stopped actively posting or engaging on fb around covid.
I would love to fully delete my account, but marketplace is the only thing people use to post things for sale where I live.
Same here. My wife uses it for reels though. Don't understand why she doesn't just use YouTube shorts or something instead. Same stuff is posted both places.
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