[brandonmb]

Turn off all notifications except SMS and phone. Change email to pull, not push. Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it. Remove all work applications from your phone. Either you’re working or you’re not, no in between where you get pulled in against your will (I have a work phone provided by my company, so it’s easier).

I did this 8 years ago and I can’t recall anything important that I have missed. I can still look at email/social media/whatever in the browser or I sit down at my tablet/laptop. I still have Spotify and YouTube on my phone, but I try to limit entertainment apps on it.

[stevage]

> Delete all social media apps, use the phone browser for it.

This doesn't really work with Facebook - it tells you to get the mobile app instead.

[SanjayMehta]

I deleted Facebook completely around ten years ago, never regretted it.

Last year deleted the LinkedIn mobile app, and oddly enough LinkedIn now wants me to verify my identity using a govt id. What a coincidence.

[Semaphor]

This works for some people. But for me, Facebook introduces nothing negative because I don’t follow any ragebait stuff, and instead get updates from people I (somehwat) know, and bands I’m interested in.

[stevage]

I like all the community groups that I'm part of on it. There isn't really any substitute for that.

I dislike pretty much everything else on there though, especially all the stupid videos and stuff it shows.

[NicuCalcea]

I use Android's private space for social media and banking apps. Accessible when I need them, but not running by default.

https://support.google.com/android/answer/15341885?hl=en

[stevage]

Interesting, had no idea that existed - thanks.

[Zak]

Facebook has a website, and it works inside mobile browsers. When are you finding it impossible to use that way?

[stevage]

On FF Android, for me, https://facebook.com/messages redirects to https://m.facebook.com/messages, and just shows a message telling me to get the Messenger app.

It seems to trigger based on the browser window being too small. Yes, it is possible to access messages by requesting the desktop site, but it's pretty inconvenient.

[Zak]

Using it for messaging is different. I took "the mobile app" to mean the Facebook app with the timeline, groups, etc... (com.facebook.katana on Android), which also doesn't let you access messages. They really seem to want to promote their Messenger app as a distinct product.

I'm not sure messaging can work well in a mobile browser because notifications would not be timely, but maybe you're using it for a purpose that doesn't require instant notifications.

[stevage]

The app I use is actually "Facebook Lite" and it does include Messenger.

>maybe you're using it for a purpose that doesn't require instant notifications.

Yeah, generally if I'm messaging in Facebook, it's someone I don't know well - often kind of temporary connection through a community group, like arranging a time to exchange a second hand thing. I'm happy to manually check when needed. (That is, back when I used to use this method before I gave up and got the app.)

This comment does give a bit of insight into why Facebook tries to prevent people using mobile browsers for messaging though.

[Zak]

I was aware of Facebook Lite and had it installed at some point when I was more willing to use Facebook. I (probably wrongly) remember it not having messaging, because there is or was a separate Messenger Lite application.

[0-_-0]

Switch browser to desktop mode, works for me

[stevage]

As I wrote:

> Yes, it is possible to access messages by requesting the desktop site, but it's pretty inconvenient.

[direwolf20]

Why do you want to use Facebook?

[itake]

I find I leave the 'important' apps open longer, trying to recheck if I got a notification.