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NervousNell
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by SusiBee
Posted by Sparrow
I use it to keep in contact with close friends and family who live far away. Why not block the people who are annoying you?
I don't post a lot of stuff about me. My life is private and I want to keep it that way. I've had arguments with DH about posting every little detail about what we were doing, where we were going, etc. If I want to tell someone, then fine, but the whole flucking world does not need to know about us.
....but the whole world isn't seeing it, only the people you are friends with on FB. I keep my FB friends pool VERY small. I'm only friends with people I'm actually friends with. People that I don't mind sharing my life with. I know some people are friend collectors have thousands of them...I have like less than 100!
That is true, but if your friend let's say likes or comments on something you post- now all of their friends can see it too. I see pictures and status updates from tons of people I never met- because a friend of mine liked it- so it shows up in my feed, kwim?
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BargainMama
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by BargainMama
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Posted by Sparrow
I use it to keep in contact with close friends and family who live far away. Why not block the people who are annoying you?
I don't post a lot of stuff about me. My life is private and I want to keep it that way. I've had arguments with DH about posting every little detail about what we were doing, where we were going, etc. If I want to tell someone, then fine, but the whole flucking world does not need to know about us.
....but the whole world isn't seeing it, only the people you are friends with on FB. I keep my FB friends pool VERY small. I'm only friends with people I'm actually friends with. People that I don't mind sharing my life with. I know some people are friend collectors have thousands of them...I have like less than 100!
That is true, but if your friend let's say likes or comments on something you post- now all of their friends can see it too. I see pictures and status updates from tons of people I never met- because a friend of mine liked it- so it shows up in my feed, kwim?
That's not true, your friends friends can only see it if YOUR stuff was set to public or set to "friends of friends". Next time you see your friends friends posts in your feed, look to see if their stuff is set to public or friends of friends (you can tell by the icons next to their post). So many people are set to public...which is so weird to me!
Also, if you are tagging your friends in pictures, their friends will see them unless you uncheck the box when posting the picture that says something like "share with friends of those tagged". My FB is like Fort Knox, and people I'm not friends with definitely cannot see what I post on FB even when my own friends comment on it. And I definitely can't see what my friends comment on when a person I'm not friends with has a non public profile/post.
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frosty
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
I haven't left FB, but in the past year, the political stuff has gotten so out of hand. I have friends on both sides (left and right) that are relentless with their political postings. I have unfollowed them and it helps. I unfriended one guy last week because he was purposefully spreading misinformation (and I called him out on it). I have some groups I'm active in and I don't want to lose that connection by leaving FB altogether. Plus, my family is spread up and down the east coast, and FB is the best way for us to stay in touch.
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| Posted 10/10/17 9:26 AM |
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LInMI
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DELETE the app. Don't even waste your time blocking people at this point. Your health and well being is more important. Find something else to occupy you during your down time. It will be a lot easier to stay offline if you are busy.
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| Posted 10/10/17 9:37 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by SusiBee
Posted by Sparrow
I use it to keep in contact with close friends and family who live far away. Why not block the people who are annoying you?
I don't post a lot of stuff about me. My life is private and I want to keep it that way. I've had arguments with DH about posting every little detail about what we were doing, where we were going, etc. If I want to tell someone, then fine, but the whole flucking world does not need to know about us.
....but the whole world isn't seeing it, only the people you are friends with on FB. I keep my FB friends pool VERY small. I'm only friends with people I'm actually friends with. People that I don't mind sharing my life with. I know some people are friend collectors have thousands of them...I have like less than 100!
That is true, but if your friend let's say likes or comments on something you post- now all of their friends can see it too. I see pictures and status updates from tons of people I never met- because a friend of mine liked it- so it shows up in my feed, kwim?
That's not true, your friends friends can only see it if YOUR stuff was set to public or set to "friends of friends". Next time you see your friends friends posts in your feed, look to see if their stuff is set to public or friends of friends (you can tell by the icons next to their post). So many people are set to public...which is so weird to me!
Also, if you are tagging your friends in pictures, their friends will see them unless you uncheck the box when posting the picture that says something like "share with friends of those tagged". My FB is like Fort Knox, and people I'm not friends with definitely cannot see what I post on FB even when my own friends comment on it. And I definitely can't see what my friends comment on when a person I'm not friends with has a non public profile/post.
This is interesting! I need to check this out.
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JME78
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I go on FB once every few months or so. I just never made it a part of my daily routine. I also have zero tolerance for people with their ridiculous updates. If people are important to me I make it a point to keep in touch with them IRL.
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PitterPatter11
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
I don't follow people who annoy me so they never pop up on my feed. I use it for the FB groups and to see how people are doing. I like looking at pictures of people's kids and what not. The only drama people I see are my DH's second cousins and I just laugh as I am not involved in any of it.
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mnmsoinlove
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
I deleted the ap from my phone for a few months. I did go on my laptop on occasion but not seeing it daily helped me. I was so sick of it. I agree it starts to make you think differently of people. I added it back to my phone in September when kids went to school because of the fb school pages and that is where I get a lot of school information from but I do hate FB. Life was way better before we knew everything everyone was doing all the freakin time.
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| Posted 10/10/17 10:42 AM |
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JennZ
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
I hate fb. Only use it for school and ds karate. they both exclusively use fb. ive been distancing myself aside from a few groups for months.
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NervousNell
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
I'm glad it's not just me being a negative witch.
And when I say it changes my opinion of people- it's not just the political or controversial stuff. That goes without saying. But it's more the people who I have known for years who are constantly posting selfies, 400 pictures a month, constantly "going live" like they are some kind of newscaster who needs to be updating us minute by minute on the Coldplay concert they are at, using their status as their diary, posting long diatribes about their opinions on current events.... like who CARES what YOUR personal opinion on the Vegas shooting is? We all have opinions.
I don't know... that is what makes me look at people in a different light. The abuse of Facebook. They start getting on my nerves...and yet I haven't seen them in months so how is that they are getting on my nerves?
I think a break is probably in order!
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Nik09
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I was feeling the same way and deactivated my account and deleted the app on my iphone. I think that was the necessary first step in the "detox" process. Since then I have logged in to facebook to look at a vendor's site and look around here and there. I don't have the app on my phone which has helped with the mindless browsing. Once I detoxed from it I don't find myself getting sucked in anymore. It's a pretty nice feeling!
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
I've never left because others have said there are certain things/groups that use FB exclusively and if you're not on you're out of the loop, plus I love the motivation of certain fitness groups I'm in. BUT...with that said - I have a LOT of people blocked. Specifically the ones constantly pushing either their agenda (politics) or products down everyone's throats. It's one thing to have a specific page for the crap you're selling - it's another to then post it on your personal page where I just want to keep up-to-date on your kids - not your mascara!
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Tulip9
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
Deactivate it Nell- I did it back in April I think... honestly it's great - I don't see all the crap all the time and I am not so attached to my phone. I do have instagram to sort of keep in touch - truthfully I go on that mostly at work to kill time.
I do have a fake FB with no friends that I use to stalk prospective new hires.
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| Posted 10/11/17 10:59 AM |
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Ellsey10
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I deactivated it and deleted the apps on my phone.
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Re: If you "left" Facebook....
Posted by MrsProfessor
I've deactivated, but then I go back. I feel like it's gotten hard to live without it, which I kind of hate. But I've found good job leads there, and it's also the easiest way to learn about local events, as well as things happening in the schools (But does anyone else find that their town's/schools' parenting page is completely nuts? Holy shit, the locals are crazy.)
I think more about leaving again because I too end up there mindlessly- I don't even realize it. I need to address that.
I unfollow people who irk me, and a couple months ago a bunch of old friends got together and didn't invite me. And I decided I didn't want the drama of unfriending so they are now all on my restricted list, and I feel better. Overall, I'm trying to tailor it to fit what I like and need.
I agree, I very rarely read my news feed. I just like it to keep in touch with friends who are far away, and the groups that I belong to for Food Allergies, camping, buy and sell local community stuff.
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MrsA1012
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No break but I definitely unfollow people and customize settings on the groups i am part of etc.
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