Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

Re:Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018? by atemerev on Sunday December 23, 2018 @05:19PM (#18748731)

I just unfollowed all my friends (back in 2015). They still see me as a friend, I can read their posts individually, I can use FB to communicate with my family — but there is nothing interesting now in my feed, so I am free from addiction. Highly recommended.

I don't care much about ethics, Facebook is free to topple governments or play with the very fabric or democracy or whatever — cool stuff to do, I'd join them in a heartbeat. I don't want to be addicted, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018? by gibatronic on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @12:19PM (#18807891)

Same, the very problem with Facebook is people themselves.

I was on Orkut for years, then everyone migrated to Facebook, guess what... different tool + same people = poop³.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018? by nickwalton00 on Sunday December 23, 2018 @05:55PM (#18748947)

I did the same thing. Unfollowed everyone but super close family and friends. It does wonders to clear addiction. Now I check it for maybe 5-10 minutes once a week and that's it.

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