With all the hubbub about fake news, fake accounts, political vitriol, internet burnout, etc, how many InThe00s-ers have decided to either cancel their Facebook account, or just don’t log on any more? ???

I am keeping my account, messenger is usual, never read the news, and if a friend requests to be a friend again, I ignore it for that will be a fake account trying to convince me.

I still use it. I just scroll past some things.

I've had my account for 11 years. I think it's a good way to keep in close contact with people I know. (I even have connections with a handful of users on this site, some of whom don't come here regularly lately.) I don't post much, however.

I don’t use it. Never had a desire to.

I deleted all my social media again (except YouTube) and I feel much better without it. I don't need to promote anything anymore as of now and I can contact my friends and relatives via text or Viber.

Facebook is pretty much middle aged and older people. It will eventually age out. It's definitely not hip or cutting edge. It's tired and bloated. 

I haven't quit Facebook altogether but I've dialed my usage of it way back over the last month or so because it was depressing the hell out of me. I started feeling like there was this invisible cloud of negative energy that was everywhere and I couldn't get away from it. But as soon as I backed away from Facebook it was like I just turned the cloud off and I started feeling a little better.

I'm beginning to think that social media is a form of pollution and it's having a toxic effect on our society and our mental health. I just wonder if we're ever either going to adapt to it or evolve past it.

I only use it to check birthdays

I only use it to check birthdays
That is true, you can never remember them.

I haven't quit Facebook altogether but I've dialed my usage of it way back over the last month or so because it was depressing the hell out of me. I started feeling like there was this invisible cloud of negative energy that was everywhere and I couldn't get away from it. But as soon as I backed away from Facebook it was like I just turned the cloud off and I started feeling a little better.

I'm beginning to think that social media is a form of pollution and it's having a toxic effect on our society and our mental health. I just wonder if we're ever either going to adapt to it or evolve past it.


I'm planning on deleting my Facebook at the end of the year. I agree, it has become toxic. I've never been a fan of that site mainly due to privacy issues and the algorithms, and now political views are literally in your face. People get misinformed yet when you post the truth it gets censored just because people don't want to hear about it. I've always liked IG better.

I deleted all my social media again (except YouTube) and I feel much better without it. I don't need to promote anything anymore as of now and I can contact my friends and relatives via text or Viber.



You didn't delete here.  ;)  Yes, this site IS social media.


Cat

You didn't delete here.  ;)  Yes, this site IS social media.


Cat


It certainly is, and like Facebook and in real life, I feel like a social outcast.

It certainly is, and like Facebook and in real life, I feel like a social outcast.



You feel like a social outcast here? You are just as much a part of this little community as the rest of us are.


Cat

You feel like a social outcast here? You are just as much a part of this little community as the rest of us are.


Cat


Thank you! It's just my perception. Maybe the quarantine has impacted how I interact with others, especially on social media.