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Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news (english.elpais.com)

submitted 7 months ago by boem to c/technology

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[–] TORFdot0 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Facebook is 100% shitposts. Most of my friends on it have aged out of posting every little thing and so it’s mostly shitposts and soft core porn disguised as short form videos on the Facebook feed and not any of my friends that I actually wanted to follow when I made my account in the 00s.

I really want to delete my account but I still have to use it to organize class reunions and alumni events for my old high school. I’m going to try to float the idea that we move to a mailing list instead. I’d rather buy a domain and maintain a website for that than continue using Facebook for free

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

My mother in law entered some contest where the votes had to be verified through Facebook. It was the first time I logged in since 2016 or so. The majority of my feed was AI pics of kids missing limbs, or chicks with impossibly large tits/body proportions with the description "Please wish me a happy birthday no one else did" with 40 hashtags of celeb names or movies/shows that came out around then. Mixed in was fake news bullshit or videos that had 4 different watermarks on it. Maybe if I used it more I would see somewhat relevant things, but its worse than I thought if that's a normal feed.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Deleting Facebook forever reduces stress and desinformation long-term.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Deactivated my Facebook for 2 years now. Zero regrets.

[–] hperrin 5 points 7 months ago

That is not surprising at all. That’s like saying laying off the conspiracy theory conventions for a while reduces your belief in conspiracy theories.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Can confirm giving up popular social media has made my life a lot better. You don't need to know half the shit your friends are up to. It's just going to hurt you. Go outside. Take part in trivia night. Make new friends. Feel the grass beneath your feet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

See, I'm not real big on facebook, but I have an account because I live a considerable distance from when I am from. (Also because marketplace is nice.)

Lately those cockballs have been refollowing people I have unfollowed and it is a clusterfuck on there now. I just have to ignore the feed because it's full of trump shit and religious shit yet again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I just 'deactivate' people that share news on facebook. I use FB to give my family (who don't live near me) and friends a small slice of what's going on in my world. I don't post daily/weekly but I only post stuff I create. I also use it for groups/market place since most forums went to FB groups.

I expect the same from my connections, and unfollow anyone that just forwards things (news, memes, other posts). This little bit of management has made my FB feed 'ok'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I still have Facebook but pretty much just for messaging.. and honestly I don't even check it.

I had 6 unread messages and 30 plus notifications when I checked a moment ago.

Pretty happy with the results.

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