proudblond@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Can attest. Dropped Facebook in like 2016 and am not on anything else aside from Lemmy. I constantly felt like I wasn’t measuring up to people’s perfect family pictures and exciting vacations, even though I knew intellectually that their pictures were posed and their lives were edited for social media. The world still sucks but at least I feel less inadequate.
nixon@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Lemmy is the only platform I engage with. I closed down or abandoned all other platforms around the same time you did. My quality of life has greatly improved since, though I do still miss certain aspects sometimes.
dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
I deleted my FB, Instagram, and Twitter when I joined the fediverse in June of 2023. So far the only thing I miss are FB event invites. Now my friends have to specially message me for events they put together. Otherwise it’s been a great change.
nixon@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Yeah, those are the things I miss too. It feels like being a bit outside of a bubble looking in sometimes.
And then those early days of Facebook, where it was actually useful and engaging, I miss those days too. But the world is a different place now and the slippery slope is too slippery for me to feel comfortable getting anywhere close to that slope.
Minnels@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Only had FB but yes, if they want me to attend they have to reach out some other way. I also moved to another city so I can’t attend as much any more anyway but sometimes it is a bit lonely. No regrets however.