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Guide on how to soft or hard quit Facebook (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I soft quitter it around…the 2025 inauguration. No regrets. I have to keep an account only because of my work.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    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.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    This is great! Will be sharing this with a few people.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Bookface theme for Friendica makes it easier for someone used to Facebook navigate through it

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