To leave Facebook

[LovelyBath77]

I'm only putting it off because don't want to leave a flouncy comment or just go with no message. It's so depressing and angsty.

Just leave a short message saying "I'm deactivating my Facebook, if you want my number and don't have it message me"

You don't have to give any reasons.

I came off a few months ago and it has done wonders for my mental health

I haven't left but I don't use it anymore - I'm on inatagram instead now. At least my bloody mother isn't on it!

Do you need the group?

Hmm, I'm not sure. I have a life threatening illness which is rare so it is good to meet others, but it is stressful hearing about it as well. So a mixed blessing.

I don't understand why you can't just ask someone else to admin the group, then just not go on?

No need for any blocking/deactivating/unfriending.

I left, don't miss it at all. In fact I know I'm happier without it. It's manufactured push.

Fakebook isn't real life. I unfriended someone today as they posted a blatant lie about themselves. Do the same? Just genuine friends/family that you want to stay in touch with?

Don't leave a message there is no point. Once you leave the message will also go!
Just leave. I did the other week and it was rather liberating!

Unfollow is genius.

I have no left wing lunatic posts

I have no daily mail posts

I have no upsetting abortion posts

I have no sideways Facebook statuses about how "some people" shouldn't be so two faced as to make indirect Facebook posts about other people

I have no posts by titted idiots I can't unfriend because they would kick up a fuss

I have no posts about bloody cars or computers

I have no posts by American frinds as they careen through the 6 and a half genders they think exist

I have no loony religious or loony atheist posts

Facebook for me is a quiet place where i unfriend nobody and mostly just comunicate with people close to me. Unfollow is the best feature ever.

I think it can be good to stay in touch if your illness limits you in being able to get out and about, but after with PPs that the unfollow button is a genius idea. My problem was that I needed to unfollow practically everyone it was the #prayfor[city] type posts after the rash of recent terror attacks etc that finished me off, they were becoming really distasteful

*agree, not after!

Can't you set up a new account which you only use for admin purposes, keep it clean and don't add friends. Then deactivate your original account.

Just unfollow all the people you don't want to hear from but don't want to mortally offend. Just make sure you check periodically what they're up to, saves the awkward realisation they had a baby months ago or similar

Yes, I have unfollowed everyone and just check in with people I know / like / who are far away now and again. and have someone else admin in the group, which is pretty small anyway. so that has helped. Thanks!

Not that many of my close friends bother much with FB. So if I had unfollowed the:

Guilt tripping vegan
Person who posted multiple pics of her cats each day
Virtue signallers
Person with a thing about transport
Exercise/diet progress updaters

There'd have been no one left.

Which is why I de-activated my account. It was just soooooo dull and irritating.

i unfollow the people who do my head in. I advertise a lot of work stuff, and I need those people to see it so don't want to delete them.

There's a good chance that they may not be seeing your stuff. I stopped seeing a friends posts after we'd had a tiff, it was obvious she had unfollowed me, and then when mentioning it to a friend she realised her sister had unfollowed her as she wasn't seeing any of her sisters posts 🙄 It seems that they will only see them if another mutual friend comments in them.

I don't understand posts like this. Facebook is a tool that is highly manageable, and it's what you make it. If you're irritated by what your friends post either unfriend them or unfollow them. If you don't like what comes up on your feed, unfollow or block it. I mean, if you hated a particular magazine you'd cancel the subscription wouldn't you, so FB is the same principle. My feed is full of stuff I have an interest in because I'm strict about it.