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It was really easy, First I muted all notifications then I removed them on my phone....

From 3-4 hours a day reduced to only 20-30 minutes a day unless I'm chating with a friend for something important only.

The hardest part can be the first hurdle: Turning off the notifications/uninstalling. The "fear of missing out" can be extreme. However, after a week, you realise you're not missing out on anything of any real substance. The silly social media drama, is just that, a bit of drama. It will be forgotten about before long.

For me, most of my facebook connections were school friends. As we finished high school, we spent less time on social media, and more time on more important projects. It was much more full-filling to spend time working on something that would help me progress in life, than waiting for responses to a picture or comment I'd posted.

Also, these platforms are designed with AI and algorithms that show you content (via news feed, ads, next play videos) to keep you hooked. I noticed something incredibly creepy. I'd stopped using Facebook for several months to a year. I didn't get one notification except a birthday reminder. Then, a family member asked me to check something out on there, and my notifications started blowing up. I hadn't changed a single setting. It's Facebook's systems designed to encourage you to come back to the app via various notifications.

Long story short: Be like Kurd - Turn off the damn notifications. They are your worst enemy.

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The worst bit is knowing there will be stuff out there about you.

That's one reason why I've never In all my computing years, shared any type of personal Information online.

Even when accounts are deleted, anyone could've copied/downloaded your Info beforehand, which can be redistributed at any time by someone with malicious Intent.

Actually, I may have told this story already, but this is so true. I once posted a digital drawing of a character online. A family member, about 10 years later, told me that an online friend of theirs had sent them a picture of a character that they thought looked like my family member... Low and behold - It was my drawing. Somehow it had circled the internet without any credit to the account I originally posted it on, and made it's way back to me.