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by waytogo 3006 days ago
Three years ago I forced myself to reduce my FB usage.

- At the beginning I remember it was super hard not to check FB

- So I just stopped posting first

- Then I realized that it significantly helped to avoid FB in the morning

- Later, I installed the Chrome Extension Eradicator which lets the FB feed disappear; I never used a FB mobile app

- More and more I could stay away from FB the entire day just checking it in the evening

- Still for 1 or 2 years it was kind of tempting to check FB even if it was in the evening

Now, I rarely use FB anymore, maybe once a week or even less and if I see all the same people posting non-stop self-adulations and all the likers liking every little thing because xy posted it, I command-w FB faster than I opened it. I pity those posting people, too lonely, too little attention, on a desperate hunt for some friends on a addictive Skinner Box network.

TBH it was a bit like quitting smoking: initially super, super hard and when looking back FB's feed feels just useless.

Why do we need an alternative or FB at all?