I avoid it now.
I was one of the first Facebook accounts. When I figured out it was people putting on a false face to show you how good their life is was a lie, I had my doubts. When people whom I thought I’d gotten out of my life wanted to reconnect, I eliminated it. Now, I don’t have to be reminded of birthdays, wasted time online, and have re-disconnected with those I don’t want to talk to. There are people in my family I don’t want to see anymore, either in person or online.
I had Twitter (X) until it became a time suck, and I also retired and didn’t need it. I quit before Musk bought it when it was a cesspool of hate and censorship.
So mostly, I stay away from it to make my life better, free up my time, and keep my past in the past.
I worked in the tech industry for 3.5 decades, and I know how bad Meta, Google, Microsoft, and the rest of them are. My life is immensely better without that distraction. I knew those people, and I knew they were bad actors. I know how much they sell your personal life if you are on these platforms, so my spam is way down.
I use my blog as my social media outreach. Some read it, most don’t. I put a lot of stuff about my life on these pages about who I am, and that is enough.
For me, being an introvert, it has been a blessing. Unwanted people are out of my life digitally, and I don’t have to think about those who I thought I’d parted ways with once already.
I makes me happier to live this way. YMMV
Delusions of Adequacy 
Ain’t never phazeboked, twitted, Xed, or anyodat. Only e-mail and occasional comment droppings on various blogs that don’t require joining, signing in, or that kinda stuff.
Only fone I have is a L/L, and I use it maybe once or twice a month for prescription refills or rewrites. Kids call their mother, not me, and I don’t call them. They wanna talk to me, they come here. Don’t b’lieve I’ve ever spoken to any of my grandkritters onna fone, and none have asked to be added to my e-mail addee group.
Oddly, though, they ask me complicated questions when they show up here, questions requiring lengthy, involved discussion, usually about history, general science, religion, and world affairs. All my kids are in their 60, and all the grankritters 20 or older.
Wife is deeply disappointed by the number of great grandkids . . . holding steady at 0.
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I shop on FB marketplace, but don’t interact with anyone on it.
When all this bullshit started, I read the fine print.
The thing that really turned me was when a local dingbat that even posted her bathroom trips, told of her trip to a local Walmart, and when she came back, the house was cleaned out.
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I quit Facebook when I got tired of people telling me how they wanted to live in a fascist police state.
That said, I always supported the second amendment, but never owned anything. When one of my former coworkers posted on Facebook that we should eliminate the US Constitution if it allowed gun ownership, I went out and bought a few items.
I call or text people I want to be in touch with. Very few at this point.
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