[codepoet80]

Just rip off the band-aid. Your friends can't invite you to things on Facebook if your account is fully deleted, and they'll be forced to reach out in different ways. The first 6-12 months are hard, but if you can make it past that, you won't miss it. I setup a Discord server for my family, and we're enjoying a "semi-private" social network that way -- it works well, even for grandparents. I wrote a bot that let's them save photos posted in Discord to their digital picture frame in their living room, and they love it.