Re:The opt-out illusion: how we have acquiesced to losing ou...
by Iv on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @12:01AM
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I know very well why I am still using FB: there is a single group that I am working with that uses it as its main channel of communication. And I don't want to invest the effort to make them switch right now.
What I did was an alternate plan that can work for many:
- Don't install the Facebook app, but the FB Messenger lite app. No access to the walls.
- Mute channels you don't want to be pinged about (most of them except two in my case)
- Logging out of FB on the desktop is a good idea but I really type faster on a keyboard so often when pinged I'll just open up FF (with all the fencing in place) for a quick answer.
What I did was an alternate plan that can work for many:
- Don't install the Facebook app, but the FB Messenger lite app. No access to the walls.
- Mute channels you don't want to be pinged about (most of them except two in my case)
- Logging out of FB on the desktop is a good idea but I really type faster on a keyboard so often when pinged I'll just open up FF (with all the fencing in place) for a quick answer.