I completely deleted my Facebook account in 2017 and I believe it was one of the best decisions I have made in my entire life. It brings out the worst in so many people.

Even when I would try to stay off of it for a little while I was constantly being bombarded in Facebook messenger with people wanting me to take part I their bullshit drama.

I saw people whom I thought I knew posting the most horrible hateful things. When I would go on the app it was just a constant stream of bad news and petty arguments occasionally interrupted with pictures of what people ate for lunch that day. I eventually found myself just making stupid posts to get reactions because I was bored.

Facebook kept me connected to the point that I didn’t want to talk to anyone anymore.

Now I just have Lemmy and an Instagram that does not have my name or picture on it that I use to follow craft channels and I am much happier! I still have plenty of friends who I either talk to in person or directly on the phone and those connections feel so much more important to me