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Re:Depression, Self-Identity and Reality: Living in a Story ... by moreorless on Sunday December 23, 2018 @10:59AM (#18746740)
It sounds good on paper, but in reality, it is not. For many people, they absolutely need to be on FB otherwise they will be excluded from all their friends. Sure those people can choose be hermits.
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Re:Depression, Self-Identity and Reality: Living in a Story ... by ericd on Sunday December 23, 2018 @11:25AM (#18746897)
I think it's mostly this mindset that keeps that being true. As soon as some of your friends defect from FB, it becomes much easier to defect yourself. Or, you could be the first person, and make it a bit more viable for your other friends to stop.

At this point, most of my friends don't really use Facebook much, we mostly stick to messaging apps and email. Maybe start by making a chat group in Telegram and telling people about it?

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