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I've just deleted my reddit account because I found none of the communities I am interested in bearable anymore. But somehow Facebook keeps being the main source of interesting information for me.

I've unsubbed from most people and keep my friend list extremely slim (less than 200 people over ~10y of usage, with extensive pruning). Its basically a news aggregator for me, and additionally a way to connect with the communities I am involved in (which are niche (home) brewing groups). The groups are surprisingly untoxic but that's entirely down to the awesome moderators and the scientifically minded people they manage to attract.

I think the usage of mostly real names also helps knowing the people better than just some random nickname and knowing where (if even) they work.