aibu to want to permanently come off FB? Has anyone managed it successfully?

[ILoveTotoro]

For me, it is really not a good place at the moment. I think it can make people behave in a toxic way and I include myself in that

But at the same time I know I am absolutely addicted to it, I have been off less than a week and I am missing it like mad. but I am not missing the anxiety I feel when I am actually on it. But for some reason I have serious FOMO. I don't even know why, as I am in touch with the ones I want to be in touch with on whats app and texts etc. and I still have instagram but I find that a nicer space for some reason.

I was a smoker for years and quit, cold turkey, ten years ago ....and for me, this is way way harder than quitting the cigs was. So was just wondering if anyone else has completely quit fb and if it gets easier (please say yes) and also if anyone has any tips or advice.

hopeful Bump ...anyone?

I deleted mine and don't regret it. I had around 200 friends on there and only spoke to around 10. If I did decide to return I would only add a few close friends and family just to keep in touch with but I'm happy just texting, FaceTime, whatsapp them.

Deleted April 2017 and haven’t looked back. Cold turkey.

I Would LOVE to delete mine. There are lots of groups that have important info though

I deleted mine about 8 years ago, was getting fed up of unnecessary drama and people reading too much into some comments saying things like did you see such and such said this- it was such a dig at her sister' etc.
I see or speak to those who I have or want in my life and don't need to see what a friend of a friend of a friend is doing. I was more of a lurker tbh and didn't post too much.

I deleted my account around 5 years ago. Haven’t missed anything about it socially, but get a bit frustrated when small businesses use it as their only website and point of contact.

I was on but just couldn’t see the sense I like twitter but my accounts locked. Facebook and tick tick Instagram I avoid like the plague.

Deleted all social media, got over the FOMO. Miss some of the useful local groups but other than that, meh.

Left in Feb and it's been fabulous

Do it, it's great to improve your mental health

I've never had it, it's never stopped me finding out anything I need to know about friends etc, they just text.

Yes 2 years ago. The first couple of weeks are the hardest (as you said FOMO). But really you’re not missing anything. I catch up with friends via text and phone and they’ll tell me any gossip that I’m missing anyway. Go for it, you can do it!

I have. I tried deactivating for 7 days first and when I found I didn't miss it, got rid of it completely. I realised I wasn't actually enjoying it, but using it as a time sink and so once I replaced that time with something else, I was fine.

I will say though, I have been quite disappointed how little people have contacted me since I've come off. It is like, out of sight, out of mind. It has made me reassess some friendships to be honest. Not a single friend remembered to say happy birthday this year.

Yep old turkey here. Just do it, you won’t regret it. And maybe it’ll die a death in the coming years like MySpace did.

Deleted. Feel a lot better for it, dont miss it at all.

I deleted mine years ago and don't regret it. It irritated the living shit out of me. People tagging themselves into hospital, attention seeking comments, dinner photos, "like this if you love your Sister" how about fuck off cunt I'm not 12, constant game requests, chain messages being sent to "10 special ladies to forward by Friday", the dreaded tag notifications after a drunken night out, SELFIES, couples you know who are ripping each other to shreds in reality but are Romeo and Juliet on social media...see my list is literally endless!

But the straw that broke the camels back for me was a bunch of grown adults using that fucking dog eared snapchat filter. Bye!

How many ‘friends’ have you got?
I trimmed my FB friends down to actual friends (about 20) and now only check in every other day, have a quick look and then I’m out of there.

I just stopped using mine. I think I deactivated the account as this was a few years ago and it wasn't easy to delete. I don't regret it. Can't be bothered with it tbh and I've never missed out on anything.

Too busy for FB. YANBU. Delete.
I can’t imagine why people stayed after the analytics scandal anyway.

I live abroad so I use it to keep in touch with people. But I unfriend a lot and use the unfollow button regularly.

Oh and I put the app on my very last screen of apps so I have to scroll along to access it. Sometimes I can forget about FB for days as it’s not there on my main screen.

I stopped using mine about 12 months ago. I still have the accounts and apps on my phone so that I can still access all the photos on there, or to check on my work social media pages. Apart from that I don't use it anymore because I was sick of being obsessed with it. For me it was just pure nosyness and resulted in me feeling jealous of other people which is a horrible way to live your life. My mantra has been "why do you think people care?" when it comes to social media. If it's someone you love, you will speak to them and keep in touch. The rest of them are completly irrelevant to your life. So I just stopped going on. I spend less time on my phone and less time worrying about what other people may think of me.

Get rid of it! I deactivated mine instead of deleting as I sometimes need to check my son’s nursery’s page for important news but I’ve unfollowed everybody I know so my news feed is blank when I log in and I don’t get sucked in again. It’s wonderful to free up headspace that would otherwise have been wasted on Facebook! You can just live your life and be free and happy again!

I deactivated mine last year after a break up and have never reactivated it... I don't think I ever will. My news feed just became a clusterfuck of adverts, cringy inspirational quotes and vague acquaintances giving status updates on potty training progress so I don't miss it at all.

I actually think more and more people are leaving FB... it's almost becoming trendy not to have one these days it seems.

I deactivated mine but log on occasionally for groups to do with my industry. There is so much humble bragging, so much im better than you and so much drama on it. Honestly I don't think your missing out on much by not being on it. I think FB was a nice idea at the start but now it's become fairly toxic and I do think it plays with people's mental health and people pretending they are having a great time when reality is different. Try to deactivate it and stay of it if you can, it will do you the world of good

I just removed all the friends
I just use it for groups