Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable

Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by AlexMuir on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:47PM (#14282170)

I'm not sure where I read this suggestion, but a couple of months ago I unfollowed everyone on FB. Now my newsfeed is basically empty - and my Facebook experience is much improved.

I highly recommend it.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by rublev on Saturday May 06, 2017 @06:19PM (#14282574)

I did that before as well. Then Facebook re-followed most of my list. I then manually unfollowed them again, and slowly every day posts pop up and people get re-followed. Fuck Facebook.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by julioneander on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:08AM (#14292141)

I also noticed that behavior with my account. I would unfollow all my friends, so my news feed was only posts of the pages I liked. After a couple of days, posts of my friends would start creeping up again in the news feed.

That was when I decided to deactivate my account, and it's been the best thing so far. The account deactivation form is scary, Facebook practically begs for you to stay. I don't miss it at all.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by wutbrodo on Saturday May 06, 2017 @09:11PM (#14283280)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...

This works pretty well for me (though only on desktop, unfortunately).

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by mpwoz on Monday May 08, 2017 @02:26PM (#14294221)

Second this, it gets rid of the most toxic/addictive part of facebook (the feed) and leaves all the good stuff. Great extension!

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by trevyn on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:56PM (#14282213)

What is your Facebook experience now? Just Messenger?

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by jpttsn on Saturday May 06, 2017 @05:23PM (#14282335)

I did the same thing. Still have Messenger, but without push notifications.

It works beautifully. The immediate FOMO fades quickly.

Nothing of value is lost. Real friends and important info finds a way to get through.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by martalist on Sunday May 07, 2017 @02:04AM (#14284107)

> Nothing of value is lost. Real friends and important info finds a way to get through.

I've also found this to be true.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by tnecniv on Saturday May 06, 2017 @11:34PM (#14283705)

This is my Facebook experience.

I didn't unfollow everyone like the grandparent, but I have no desire to go to the main sight. I, however, use messenger constantly (via messenger.com) because it's a unified service that all my friends are on. I've been pretty satisfied with it, but Facebook keeps adding more and more features that I have no interest in and clutter the UI.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by msutherl on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:08AM (#14283963)

Just Messenger, Events when I'm invited to them, occasionally being tagged in a post, and a couple of groups.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by joshjje on Saturday May 06, 2017 @10:29PM (#14283525)

I just rarely use it. I somewhat maintain it a couple times a year, maybe go on once a month or every other month to clear out messages and maybe poke around a few friends profiles. Dont think ive ever posted a status or post or anything. But im just a little anti-social by nature so guess thats why :D.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by msutherl on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:06AM (#14283958)

I did this a few years ago and haven't looked back.

I had the issue where I was suddenly following everyone again on one occasion (years ago), but since I've unfollowed everyone again, I haven't had any issues.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by aethos on Saturday May 06, 2017 @10:30PM (#14283526)

Facebook Newsfeed Eradicator performs a similar function, but with inspirational quotes!

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by trhaynes on Saturday May 06, 2017 @11:14PM (#14283652)

I did the same and came to the comments section to recommend as well.

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Re:Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable by soneca on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:54PM (#14282203)

Interesting idea!

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