I’ve had Facebook since 2009, I decided to deactivate it today. I was spending way too much time and have just grown tired of it. Anyone else cut the cord ? Is your life better without it ?

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I want to except here is why I stay: 1) I actually learned most if what I now know about systemic racism, real history, and all that from friends commenting on threads and linking sources. I grew up very conservative where emotions and “common sense” drove outlook and decisions. I swear I found actual facts, evidence, and a brand new world when I saw neighborhood posts and backs and forths about local issues with links to facts. Opened me up to so much stuff I never even knew. One of the neighborhood posts led to someone hosting brunch to discuss racism in the area, inviting people with strong views either way, and I met new friends there that I’m very close to now. 2) I connect deeply with people from college or other parts of life more than I did when we lived life together back in the pre-internet day. 3) I’ve learned so much about shared life experiences and feel so much less like an imposter. Although, Fishbowl does this for me too. I feel seen here.

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Yep I quit 2 years ago and never looked back. I do mindlessly scroll on fishbowl still, but Facebook was bad for my emotional state so it still made a huge difference being off.

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KPMG1 how long have you been off of FB?

Never had a Facebook account 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Booo! What do you even talk to people about?

Left it 6 years ago and haven’t looked back. So much better off.

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Replace the app with Duolingo and learn another language. That's what I've done and makes me feel so much better to spend free time learning something useful.

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Yes. 3 weeks ago. Loving it

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I removed it from my phone and found that made a massive difference immediately in cutting down mindless scrolling / procrastination. I prioritized family and friend posts that I most care about as it’s sometimes the best place to keep up with my own sister. I also read other posts without engaging now, just to see if it would mess with my timeline and reorganize it. It did. But I’m on it so infrequently now, I just go to the profiles of people I’m curious about and then close the tab. Making me open it on my laptop means I’m making more of a conscious choice.

Unfortunately, my profile is connect to too many biz accounts to be deleted so it’s here to stay for me.

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I stopped posting/scrolling “the feed” two years ago.
I do use FB though - I am a member of 4 private groups that relate to some special topics of interest to me. ( one related to a medical condition, one related to a niche hobby, etc) and ONLY post/read those private groups. My friends/family haven’t seen or heard peep from me though so they all think I’m off it.

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Yes. Quit Instagram and Facebook a few months ago. Screen time is way down, don’t miss them.

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The private support group for a medical condition has been a godsend. Otherwise I don’t use it much any more except to let old friends know when I’ll be in town.

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Because I teach Facebook to lawyers as a way of getting new clients, I cannot delete it entirely. However, I have been staying off of my feed more and more since it has become so divisive. I found that it was "raising my blood pressure (figuratively)" and decided to try and remain zen about things.

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2 years off. I didn’t delete it completely cause my town’s most influential mom’s group is there.

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Got rid of it pre Cambridge Analytica. No regrets!

I am on fb since 2007 I didn't cut the cord but practiced self control.. fb is good to connect with people all over without sharing ph nos and other details

Also I get to know a lot of what's going around

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