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Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook dying? by alistproducer2 on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:20PM (#13970283)
I, personally, closed my account in January. I became wary of my personal outrage echo chamber. Every time I logged in my feed was just things or links to things pissed about or people's opinions on what they were pissed about. I felt like the good of feeling connected to folks that were, in reality, now strangers was being far outweighed by the pervasive negativity I was being subjected to.

I don't know how universal my experience is, but I walked away from FB feeling like I was part of a massive experiment gone wrong.

Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook dying? by tutufan on Monday March 27, 2017 @06:33PM (#13972427)
After several temporary deactivations over the years, I finally deleted my account as well in February. My reasons were similar. The constant flow of outrage seemed to be decreasing my quality of life, and indeed, I feel happier without it.