To give up on Facebook and Instagram

[Nigellasrockyroad]

Does anybody actually see anything on their timelines from people they know?
it’s just endless suggested posts or people who you don’t know, showing you how to do things.
Earlier today I had a suggested post that showed me how to dry a duvet over a bannister.
🙄
I joined both of these platforms to see posts from my friends that lived in different countries. No chance of seeing their updates now, but I can see how a influencer has painted her walls a different colour 🙄

Sorry Feeds, then Friends!

Gosh, I've had that too, freaky! And people saying "your holiday looked great", instead of "been on holiday lately?" to start a conversation. I've definitely cut back a lot on what I post as a result.

It’s mad. Requests for being your friends. One from the woman across the road who I am very friendly with and thought it was funny. Another from a firm who I had got an estimate from for clearing guttering. Loads of videos. Some really good and many staged. Recipes with titles that sound simple but go on and on adding so many ingredients that you lose the will to continue watching the result which is usually disgusting. Adverts etc. a few posts showing family goings on. Also hacking experienced by people I know.

I just deleted Twitter/X from my phone. I like politics but between the American election and now the Irish one I was spending way too much time and mental energy on it. I'm logged out of Instagram but still check Facebook because it's good for local things.
I really like the books/films/chat/gardening bits of Mumsnet but that's usually very light hearted and positive.