Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety

Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by bob33212 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @03:32PM (#22321174)

Facebook doesn't care about enjoyment. They want to maximize eyes on the screen time and sell that for maximum ad revenue. If you are someone who would like to spend 5 minutes a week on Facebook catching up with friends they do not care about you.

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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by graeme on Thursday February 13, 2020 @04:32PM (#22321638)

Possible. But I used facebook a lot more when I enjoyed it. I enjoy instagram now for example and use it a lot.

Facebook showed me stuff I didn’t care about it that aggravated me, so I stopped using it. now I’m in thE 5 min a week category. But I’d rather follow more people, but only the important stuff

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Re:Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less dep... by hkmurakami on Thursday February 13, 2020 @05:04PM (#22321886)

They may not care about you, but that doesn't mean we can't mold it to meet our needs.

I try to behave on Facebook like it's 2005 again, before the outrage or glamour.

That being said I think it's totally reasonable that the difficulty each of us experiences in trying to exert such control will vary.

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