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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by UniverseHacker on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:31PM (#41371078)
After being fed up with political ragebait I deleted my facebook account, and created a new one where I have no friends, and make no posts, and only "friends of friends" (i.e. nobody) can friend request me. I have a fake name, and a blank image for an avatar.

There is no feed, but I can still join discussion groups related to my interests, and use the marketplace to buy and sell. Overall, it is a pretty good experience and I actually enjoy using facebook again.

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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by graemep on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:40PM (#41371190)
I admin two FB groups, and a lot of people in those groups now know me which makes it a lot harder.

They are the main reason I am still on FB. Occasional posts from friends, and I do post (three psots this mont, and that is pretty typical)

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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by UniverseHacker on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:09PM (#41371595)
People in the groups I'm in also know me in real life and know who I am, but cannot send me a friend request, so they don't. It works fine.
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