to think Facebook is quite toxic and to have a break from it

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with a view to leaving? been off for 2 days now

I just waste too much time on there, its just the same stuff all the time, I do find myself showing off about stuff,. airing laundry, vaguebooking, talking politics, sharing petitions, pics of my kids, selfies, basically all the stuff you are not meant to do yes I am THAT annoying friend

has anyone else left successfully? and for good?

although pretty sure I will end up back on tbh as I am so nosey

I hate the thing, and only use it occasionally, and then each time I get annoyed or angry with it and remember why I should keep away from it.

It gives idiots a platform to spout their bullshit, and something I've noticed a lot of recently is when someone receives a gift, they'll take a photo of it, tag in the giver and publicly thank them, pisses me off, I'm sure they would have already thanked them at the time. And a nice day out with friends or family, that can no longer just be a nice day, it has to be fucking documented on FB.

There are much better things you can do online or with your time, and much better online communities you can join.
Get out your camera, photograph your local neighbourhood or town and join Instagram. Its a very different atmosphere.
Make some jewellery and flog it on Etsy or Ebay.

I've recently unfollowed everyone on Facebook that I am not actual real life friends with and it is so much better now because my real friends aren't spoilt, attention seeking twats. I would thoroughly recommend doing this.

I haven't logged in for 4 months and am definitely happier. I just don't need to see the fake edited highlights of other pp's lives when I am feeling shit about my own. It's mainly bragging and is not realistic. If pp really want to get in touch with me, they can

I agree with most of everything said already. I find I am checking it constantly even though it's the same old stuff. Why am I spending so much of my day invested in it reading about peoples food, social life, run maps? Hiding all this stuff would mean having no feed. I wish I could just step away and log in occasionally but deactivating is the only way to keep me off. I usually do it for months but then go back on... I came off today as it makes me feel inadequate, and I shouldn't feel like that, I'm alive and happy! Thankfully they've now made it so you can choose to keep messenger while being deactivated

Slightly off topic,i have FB account which i rarely use nowadays. I don't know if I'm being silly but i think the police or someone may have been on my account snooping.
A couple of close friends of mine and DP have been arrested,both now in jail awaiting trial in June. Reason I'm suspicious, i logged on couple of weeks ago and you know how your email/password is automatically saved and you click on it. This email i didn't recognise popped up so i clicked it and password popped up to, i was able to log on to someone elses acct.
It turns out the account belonged to FIL of one of the friends in prison. I've no idea how it got on my laptop,have never let anyone else use it. Anyone have any idea how this could have happened? It's freaked me out.

I post on FB. I of course edit what I post to make me look better and not offend people, and I figure everybody else does the same thing.

I would have more or less no social life at all without FB, Mumsnet, etc. I have a seven month old who's breastfeeding and a 3.5 yo, so going out requires a ton of planning. Checking FB doesn't.

Every time I log on, I have about 400 random people friends and I go to most recent and most of the postings are from a couple of pages people, or at least the ones I know are seemingly not updating as much as they used to I think people are turning to using it more privately now

I love Facebook, but then I don't have any people posting their dinners. or vague booking, or MLMing, or Britain Firsting, because if anyone does post shite I delete them. Its a fantastic tool for staying in touch with friends and family who live all over the world, as we live in Oz and can't exactly just drop in. Mind you I'm probably the annoying fb friend what with my frequent beach and cat photos.

My BF's sister posts endlessly about her amazing life - she paints quite the picture, it's very entertaining! It's all a load of cobblers, though.

I assume most people who post in the manner she does (none of my other FB friends do) are quite insecure, and use it to bolster themselves. It's too transparent to believe otherwise.

I like it, and go on it several times a day. Have friends and family spread far and wide so it's nice to see what they're up to. I also use it for 'liking' things I'm into (DH says I use it wrong and that's what twitter's for, but I can't work Twitter out so don't use it), so it's always a good read/diversion for me.

I have hidden a couple of people who's views I don't appreciate (but can't delete). And I deleted someone recently for posting one Christian fundamentalist view too many.

But other than that (or maybe because of that), I enjoy it.

Greenfinned. Hope you are ok? Do you think they'll get off? It does sound as if someone has been snooping.

I've taken a step back from Facebook. Haven't stopped using it completely, as I do use it for work. But, I have tried to restrict when and how I use it - to stop wasting so much time on it. Can't say I miss it that much, but still have it if I'm bored and have got nothing better to do .

It gives idiots a platform to spout their bullshit, and something I've noticed a lot of recently is when someone receives a gift, they'll take a photo of it, tag in the giver and publicly thank them, pisses me off, I'm sure they would have already thanked them at the time. And a nice day out with friends or family, that can no longer just be a nice day, it has to be fucking documented on FB

YES to this lol

I've just uninstalled the app on my phone and tablet so won't be checking in several times daily anymore. A big irritant for me is the fact that every time a friend 'likes' something, it comes up on my feed. That can be the majority of stuff I'm reading.

Another plus it's that my batteries should last longer now as apparently the app is quite draining (in more ways than one 😃).

I'm free!

I rather like mine but I run a two-tier system of proper friends and everyone else. The friends who can see all my stuff, and who I 'follow' are the ones I see regularly in RL. We use it as an extension of calling/texting and to swap info, arrange events and just basically have a laugh. The people in the 'everyone else' bit are people that I've added because it would have been awkward not to, like ILs etc.

I've never felt the need to delete it but I have stopped using MN several times for long periods over the years.

I resisted for years but forced to as started own business - it gets me lots of clients.

I was surprised to find I like it interesting to see what people I was at school with up to, nice to see their happy families. Am quite nosy and working on being secure in myself so is good. Also for buying selling stuff locally and finding out about what's on in the area.

There are much better things you can do online or with your time, and much better online communities you can join

Only your opinion. Some people find it hard to understand that everyone is an individual and as such like different things.

I really don't like FB so I cancelled my membership.

Agree Laguna - I've tried Twitter and Instagram, and just don't get them. I really like Facebook. If I found it 'toxic', then no I wouldn't, but I don't.

Yanbu to think Facebook is quite toxic and to have a break from it. As Laguna has pointed out "everyone is an individual and as such like different things." You finding it toxic and wanting a break from it is a perfectly valid opinion to have.

Because deleting Facebook means you can never log back in ..