To be glad I've given up facebook....

[ssd]

..no more people being blessed, no more married couples talking lovey dovey bollocks to each other online when they are probably at home on the same couch ignoring each other, no more kids in front of their 3 million birthday presents showing off, no more selfies, no more shite and boasts and and and....bloody facebook!!!

and breathe....

its great, forget dry January, no FB January is much better for my health!!

[ghostspirit]

facebook is what people make it...

[SistersOfPercy]

Smug bombed

[ghostyslovesheep]

Yes I guess if your life and friends are in one place it's unecessary

I have a mum 200 miles away plus numerous family

a sister 100 miles in the opposite direction

3 friends in Oz

many friends through the UK

a father in Germany

They like to chat and see pics of the kids

I also have a job and an actual real life social life ...

I think it's ironic feeling smug about FB while posting on MN

[flora717]

Brag about it on MN instead

[Topseyt]

I joined FB as a means of keeping in some way in touch with people like my sister, who I rarely see, and also to help me keep at least a vague eye on my children on there.

That was some time ago now. I don't use it much now, though it can occasionally be useful for messaging my eldest now that she is away at university. So is WhatsApp too though.

I don't live my life through FB. I'm just an occasional user now.

[sockmatcher]

I've deactivated today. I'm really struggling! It will get easier hopefully! I want to be more present for my children. Facebook just distracts me.

[Jodie1982]

I got rid of mine a couple of months ago, basically for the reasons you did and mostly due to the constant horrible child abuse vids or pics I kept seeing. without even playing the vids I could still see what it was about. I don't miss it one bit. Apparently I'm missed on their (so my sis says) but if the 'Friends' wouldn't share the horrible stuff I'd still b on it, I'd stressed on their plenty of times I didn't want to see it.

[Wotsitsareafterme]

Yanbu
Ive been fb dry about 18 months for the same reasons. I don't miss it at all

[natureplantar101]

Me too op finding it hard to stop reaching for my phone

[awfulomission]

MN will fill the gap fb leaves sockmatcher , watch out.

[sockmatcher]

I don't find MN as addictive. Been here 8 years

[molyholy]

I had to give up facebook. The 'hun' quota was to the max. People with their cryptic 'some people piss me off' 'ahh hun, inbox me'. Fuck off. You're all 40. Stop being so needy!!!!!

[Whitewhine]

I have FB fatigue. Taking a break for now but have a bit of a browse now and again. Have never been that active on it anyway but it's amazing the amount of people who have commented in RL that I've gone quiet....

I'm currently assessing my FB usage and I'm definitely going to hide the few folks who have contributed to my fatigue... All lovely people to talk with face to face but sometimes their FB updates just get right on my nerves. More my problem than theirs as I choose to read the drivel.....

[MoreBeta]

Oh Gawd!

I am about to join FB. Forced to by a hobby group I am in. They post my photos on there and send messages about and for me so I have no choice. One of the group has to copy the pages and send them to me on email.

Honestly, I just know its full of selfies and drivel.

[NickiFury]

FB makes me feel that the people I care about are closer. My dsis is 200 miles away but four or five times a day I can share a link or something that's made me laugh or interested me and she will respond and it's like we are together. We are both massively busy, but she can go on FB for one minute and she will see I was thinking about her without having to find time to ring me and have a full convo.

I've friends in the Middle East, south east Asia, America, Canada, Africa, Australia. People I would most likely have lost touch with but I now know even better because I have insight into their daily lives as do they into mine. I've even made new friends through it.

[PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange]

Could never give up Facebook, I'm too much of a candy crush addit. Just waiting for a new update.

I also like seeing friends/family pic.

[SallySolomon]

I've never even opened a FB account - there is real life out here you know

Says someone addressing virtual strangers on the t'interweb via Mumsnet. pot kettle black

[wobblyweebles]

Oh the irony of complaining about social media on social media.

[Glastokitty]

I don't get these threads either, its like bragging about not using the telephone. Its just a way to stay in touch, and if your friends on it are fuckwits then delete them. I live in Oz and have friends and family all over the world, Facebook and Skype are invaluable.

[foreverton]

I got 53 birthday messages on Facebook yesterday (haven't seen half of them since school!) 20 years ago but it's great entertainment.
Though mumsnet is much better of course:)

[isitsnowingyet]

Hey guess what - you can stay in touch with friends/family via e-mail or skype. Why message through FB?

I always like the good old telephone as well. I guess I'm a Luddite.

[SocksRock]

I love my Facebook account, but I don't generally use it for anything apart from hobby related groups. So 98% of my timeline is knitting / crochet / sewing related with the very odd post from people I like.

[magpieginglebells]

As others have said- it's not Facebook that's the problem, it's the people you know.

I like FB. I know I can use Skype etc but choose FB as my method of keeping in touch with some.

I do love the smugness that FB posts bring (especially as they're slagging off FB but happily posting on Mumsnet as if that's somehow better?)

[AggressiveBunting]

I kept FB but I quit all the groups other than those that have a specific purpose like buy and sell. The local mum's group was giving me more rage than a MN vacc thread.