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Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by fnovd »

lamby wrote: post #33
taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

> Less Facebook == more happy More productive, less distracted, etc., sure but was FB really getting you down that much? Am I just using Facebook "wrong" in that it's not upsetting me the same way it upsets others?

Think about Facebook the way you might think about alcohol. For many (if not most) people, even the occasional overindulgence isn't going to cause too much harm. But for some, it has an insidious effect and sometimes the best strategy is to simply swear it off completely.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by basicplus2 »

I have an old phone with only the facebook app installed on it so i dont have to log in.

Facebook is permanently quarantined

It sits on a desk closed up and never comes with me when i am out.

i look at once week at most to see if i need to respond to anything.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by XCSme »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

I actually uninstalled it because I was out of storage (8GB iPhone), so it was the first app I removed. I feel like it's so much better not to have fb with you all the time to scroll-wasting your time.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by vira28 »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

haha !! That's why I never installed messenger or their app. They forced me in different ways to install, but I never did :)

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by jdietrich »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

> Less Facebook == more happy.

There appears to be a significant negative correlation between Facebook activity and wellbeing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28093386

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by betenoire »

lamby wrote: post #33
taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

> Less Facebook == more happy More productive, less distracted, etc., sure but was FB really getting you down that much? Am I just using Facebook "wrong" in that it's not upsetting me the same way it upsets others?

having spare moments to think through your day/mood/plans, etc., makes a huge difference to someone who otherwise will ceaselessly distract themselves to avoid said thoughts.

Facebook, per se, maybe not. It could be anything that fills in the holes

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by newman8r »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

I got rid of my phone ~2 years ago and I feel the same way about that decision

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by proee »

Perhaps the growth of the platform or certain internal user-based metrics are not being met, so whoever is in charge of making sure they "hit their numbers" is pushing like mad to find ways to grow product. I can see some very aggressive people sitting around a table coming up with ideas to force engagement. Then after a month, they sit back and figure out all the A/B testing that drives the machine.

This reminds me of the quote, “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by bg4 »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

For me: The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook.
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