Deleting Facebook was the best decision I ever made. I’m now able to spend my time watching KZfaq videos about deleting Facebook and telling people it was the best decision I ever made.

Parents used to warn kids of spending too much time online. Now they endlessly scroll Facebook and get radicalized by conspiracy posts

Deleted my Facebook account in 2011, deleted my Instagram account in 2017, and deleted my Twitter account in 2020. All I have is KZfaq. Which I use mainly for cooking videos, and home improvement tips. Barely ever leave a response. I feel like I'm reconnected with myself. Like the real me was gone but is now back.

Stopped using this trash over 2 years ago and haven't looked back. So much happier and more productive now.

" If you're not paying for the product then you are the product. "

Once your uncles and aunts joined, it was pretty much a sign to leave FB.

My best friend called my mother and asked in a grave and sorrowful voice, "Is he dead?". My mother was horrified and asked why she thought I was dead. My friend answered "I cannot find him on Facebook". I had deleted my account.

I disabled my Facebook an year ago mostly because I was no longer using it to connect with friends but I was watching content shared by big pages and I was replying to comments by people whom I would never meet. It became a useless endeavor. Instagram felt even worse. People who are always happy and living vibrant colorful lives. Come on, that can't be true Twitter is full of opinions of anyone who can say whatever they think is right regardless of truth. It was simply bad for my health. Now I have divorced social media, I have more time for me. I no longer am being affected by some nobody's misinformed comment. I am no longer comparing myself with other's lives. I am happy for someone who enjoys social media but it clearly isn't for me

Been 4 yrs without fb and as someone who's only in mid 20s can say that it makes a major difference to your mental health and social life

I deleted my social media one day and my coworker was like " dude I thought we were cool? Why did u delete me as a friend?" I'm like I deleted my ACCOUNT! Hes like"are u mad? Did I do something?" He didn't hear anything I said... it shows how selfish and self centered Sm has made ppl smh

I'm so glad I got off Facebook in 2020 I couldn't take it anymore it was giving me anxiety.

I was skeptical of Facebook from the beginning. I knew no company could survive without selling something. I assumed early that it was selling information about its “customers.” I realized early that those who thought they were customers were actually the commodity. I never signed up. Even here on KZfaq, I purposely search opposing opinions. Anytime I fall into confirming my biases, I can see the algorithm attempting to manipulate me. The only way to combat the manipulation is to intentionally search away from its recommendations. As a result, I get recommendations that are in no way congruent. I get recommendations from the far left to the far right, and everything in between. It is the only way to get all the available news. I figure if I get Beau of the Fifth Column and Ben Shapiro recommended at the same time, I am one step ahead of the algorithm. I cannot explain why I sometimes get recommendations for things like ice fishing videos that are ten years old and only have 12 other views.

Facebook was originally just a place to share some photos and your list of favorite movies, tv shows, music etc. Then Zuck turned it into "life invader" as the GTA 5 devs have labeled it

Facebook is such a toxic place I haven't been on there for 5 years in its that happy 5 years of my life Unfortunately if you're not on social media people think you're dead or don't reach out to you that's the one thing that aggravates me about all that!

I've been off for for 2 years and wow I didn't realise how addicted I was to it. I've focused more on my family and my mental health has never been better.

"I get my news from Facebook because every national news doesn't hit anymore" is the most frustrating sentence I've heard in my life.

I was on Facebook few years ago looking into other people's lives...my son asked me to play and I said no I'm busy...later that night I realized that I was to busy watching other people's lives than my own...I haven't been on it since that night... and my kids couldn't be happier....think about it ppl.

Jump ship people. Focus on your friends and family in real life. You will be so much better for it.

Answers: Very. And: Yes. Hawking said technology without a moral compass would be our undoing.

Got blocked for 7 days and then 30 days for offering tips in a Ghost of Tsushima group! Facebook thought I was inciting violence when all I was doing was offering helpful tips, in a violent video game. Its “AI” and their human moderators are a joke!

Got out of it a year ago and couldn’t be happier.

The next time Facebook says it’s too hard for them to remove hate content, remember that they turned off all Australian news at the flick of a switch once.

I always felt like taking news from Facebook was pretty much like finding it in the street.

I’m Indonesian and my country is one of the biggest facebook user in the world. Facebook used to be fun and safe around 2010 but today it’s getting toxic due to the freedom of what people can share in it, and scammers in various motives also wander around. For that reason I barely access my account for the last 7ys and I’m feeling great.

I quit FB three months ago, quit Twitter last year and honestly I feel better. Now if I can only stop reading comments on youtube.

“People get their news from Facebook”, we can stop right there.

I got blocked on Facebook for 30 days cause they think I was bullying smh. I'm just gonna think about getting rid of it or not wanna get on it anymore it needs to be gone for good I know a lots of people are sick of the same thing I have been go through of being blocked smh.

Facebook hasn’t been cool for years, Instagram took that crown ages ago for the youth but unfortunately it’s now owned by FB

Facebook is mostly ppl wanting validation with everything they do in their lives from what type coffee they drink to where they shop etc.

The effects it’s had on the elderly is astounding.

I’m glad I finally made the decision to delete all of my social media about six months ago and haven’t regretted it since. Fear of missing out is a real psychological issue and I encourage folks to look into that issue if you may resonate with it. Much love ✨🤘🏼

Got off Facebook years ago and been happy ever since. I don’t need to put my entire life on a platform that watches everything move I make and every word I say. When ppl wake up and realize this and get off Facebook they’ll live happier lives. You don’t need Facebook no matter how much you think you do.

Ppl storm the capitol but nobody ever storms the server building for facebook.

FACEBOOK SHOULD ONLY BE USED AS A REMINDER FOR YOUR'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY'S BIRTHDAYS, SO YOU CAN SEND THEM VIRTUAL BALLOONS AND PRETEND YOU DIDN'T FORGET IT WAS THEIR BIRTHDAY.

In general I'm trying to get social media out of my life. I abandoned Twitter and Facebook and now only use KZfaq for news and some light entertainment. Best decision I ever made honestly. Social media is a fucking mind cancer.

I have a really hard time deleting facebook so what I do instead is just say something absurdly offensive and get myself blocked for 30 days. All my "friends" think I'm an insane person but im way more productive now.

Don't forget that Facebook owns Instagram and Whattsapp .

I downloaded all my pics off FB and deleted my account about a month ago...my mental health has now never been better! FB is a toxic quagmire!

Remember that quote from Terminator 2 Judgment Day? "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves" -Arnold That's why...

I deleted Facebook a couple years ago. I'm not sure if anyone else went through the process recently but it was actually tricky for me to figure out how to completely delete my account. I had to put in a request to delete and tons of steps with questions. They definitely don't want people to leave.

Abandoned ship, years ago. I prefer my friends and families wish my birthday because they remember it by themselves, Rather than a site reminding them about it.

6 years off Facebook now. Can't say I miss it.

When they started banning me for speaking up for myself that's when I left it alone...

After the Capitol riots, I stopped using Facebook almost completely. I only went to it once to say thank you to the people who wished me a happy birthday. I don't miss it at all.

Nearly everyone I know has abandoned Facebook for other sites so now it's just everyone's mom and grandparents on there.

I left Facebook 3 years ago. Haven’t had any urges to reactivate my account.

I just dumped Facebook 2 days ago. OMG I'm getting so much work done around here! My brother-in-law dumped FB last year and said it was the best thing he ever did. I finally did it and I'm not depressed anymore!

i never got attracted to the magic of Facebook , its Super Hyped with no real reason. its uses are just the facebook chat that is easy because many people has facebook and can be used for important chatting. and the news feed that gives you some idea about people's random events around you and some pages and groups where you can get some info about a product or service or ask for information. the problem with facebook and other social media websites is the tendency of people to abuse it by competing who would appear more cool and everyone starts documenting most of their life into diaries and photos on facebook to make oneself appear more appealing and attractive. this is the toxic part about it. its rarely used for deep logical benefecial communication , its more designed for superficial displays. another big problem with social media is that every body is more hooked online to try to seem cool instead of meeting around and sharing experiences , ideas and common projects in real life.

I feel very fortunate that I deleted mine in 2009. Never felt like I was missing out.

I quit FB 2 1/2 years ago. I don’t miss it even a little bit. If I see a friend using FB, I find myself getting anxiety for some reason. I’m much happier being off. I will never go back.

I find it so creepy how Facebook promises to have you account fully deleted in two weeks after you request it but then dwn. Years later I signed up to make a new one, thought I'd reach more people to share art with, it just logged me into the old one. It was so weird. I gave up. Facebook starting in a creepy way rating college girls without permission to even put em on there in the first place (so I learnt). I'm not supprrised it's still moving dodgy.

Have been inactive on FB for about 6 months now. I only check in every once in a blue moon. I think it has been problematic ever since Zuck decided that Facebook should invade everyone’s life like a cancer and snarfle all the personal data it can get. And that was a long time ago. For me, it was 2019/2020 that really sent me over the edge and I liked what I saw less and less. I was just doomscrolling for the past year and a half. Mentally, it did me no good whatsoever. I felt miserable most of the time because everything was doom and gloom and hate and violence, racism, conspiracist crackpots and „Community Standards“ (community standards, my ass...If I call out a racist and bigoted shithead, I get flagged for violating community standards, but if they unabashedly rile others up to commit violent crimes against minorities, it is suddenly „not in violation of the community standards“ and therefore a-ok? Are you fucking kidding me? Oh boy, you people have some serious issues.) Sure - there were brief light and truly enjoyable moments among my own Fb circle. But for the most part, negativity drowned out everything else. In the end I was just so sick and tired of it all. It put me in a foul mood permanently. At some point it just clicked and my mind went „You know what - I just don’t care anymore. None of this is worth it. Not worth my time and energy. I am just over this. I do not have enough spoons in a day to deal with this. Time to bow out quietly.“ I may have a lot fewer interactions with people now but the ones I have are also ones I really value and appreciate. Problem is, it can be lonely at times and it makes me feel left out which is not so nice. But whenever I log back in to see if I have any messages, it usually takes 10 seconds of feed scrolling tops and I remember why I am not active anymore. So if anyone asks how fucked up Facebook is, the answer is „yes“. It is pretty much FUBAR if you ask me. It may have started as a good idea. But then money got involved, people got greedy, and idiots happened. And that was the end of it.

Facebook is not cool. 31 and never had one. I didnt like the people i went to high school with... why would i wanna be friends with em and show em my life.... forever?!

The answer to "How F*cked Up is Facebook?" is Yes. The day Facebook dies is one of the greatest for humanity. People say "Twitter is worse" but Twitter is where facebook was in 2013. There is still time to save it. FB however needs to go.

I can honestly say I’ve never had a FB, Snapchat or Twitter account. Nor will I ever.

Good video and thank you for making it. I learned about a few things I didn't know. Overall I actually love Facebook, but there are things I hate about it, like being banned for innocuous comments or jokes by what I call their brain-dead algorithms. Their AI needs a lot of work. Especially if someone is commenting in a closed group among like minded people who are making similar comments. The worst things about FB to me clearly was the Russian trolls and bots, and other nefarious actors. FB was way to slow in clamping down on that. But then I've been banned for innocuous statements. When replying to a thread from the Bill Maher fan page, Bill had done a segment about the people who scammed money from the government for pandemic subsidies to keep people from going broke. Yet many people scammed the government for money they didn't need and did not qualify for. I made the simple comment about them calling them "Dishonest Americans". OMG I got banned for 12 days just for those 2 words which were not only entirely appropriate but really putting the situation rather mildly. Another time I referred to a raucous trump boat rally as "Ugly Americans" - BAM you violated community standards and are banned for 6 days. Again a comment which used a literary reference to the book and movie which starred Marlon Brando of all things. So I learned the algorithm is looking for any negative term followed directly by the word "American". To me that's a very lame and inexcusable implementation of technology. It's like they have someone in 8th grade writing the filter rules. That was my first ban, the other one came after and why it was longer. Then they threaten you will much longer bans. I use FB for a lot of positive interactions and to get banned from it in today's world would be akin to having your phone shut off back in the old days. It really is a disturbance to my ability to communicate and connect with people I know and love and care about!

I've been Facebook free for 7 years and I can't believe people still use that dinosaur?

Remember those old days when FB was about sharing old reflex photography with family and friends.

I started it as a social media detox it's been more than a year without Facebook Instagram and it's been the best decision ever. My mental health improved an I feel better all the time.

Deleting this app form my phone and my life was the best decision I've ever made two years in and I have not regretted it I prefer to concentrate on my immediate reality then the fake stereotypes that this app pushes!

What happened is every one moved over to Instagram which Facebook owns.

the social dilemma on Netflix is a good insight into how Facebook can take over ur kids futures. no FB for our family.

I've seen several commercials about politicians over the years, and sometimes they've inspired me not to vote for somebody. How that is NOT considered "election interference" is beyond me...

Old friends keep asking me whats wrong with me? Why am I not on facebook anymore? Like its completely unreasonable that im just living my life instead of documenting my life for other peoples approval. I DONT CARE HOW GOOD UR SMOOTHIE BOWL LOOKS...

This is why I stopped using FB and only go on there to see what my family is up to and to steal memes. I don’t use FB more than 5 minutes a week. Maybe even less than 15 minutes a month some months. It’s a weird place where everyone is scared and controlled

My account got banned for 30 days for the most stupid thing, and I just decided to permanently close my account. I'm fb free for 2 months now.

I have been out of Facebook for two years now, and it was - it still is; it will be remained - the best decision I ever made.

This is such a great and informative video discussing an interesting topic

Facebook is the most toxic place ever! I left 7 yrs back and shortly after I shared my experience with my sis she did the same. We both are much happier now. Got our privacy and normal lives back. No need to be in touch with unwanted people especially some relatives😂😂

It’s a good way to share pics with elderly family members... that’s about it.

Deleted IG and FB back in 2013. I could tell how toxic it was.

"You will face the wrath of mark" 😂

I deactivated my FB account 11 years ago and my life is much much much better now.. it is life changing.

I tell people I’ve been “SOBER” from FB & Instagram going on 4 years now. Only thing I miss is the birthday reminders!

Someone hacked my fb and I woke up with alot of enemies

I woulda laughed so fuckimg hard if someone opens a window n said “yuuupppp” 🤣🤣🤣

2004: TheFacebook is just a fad. It'll die out soon. 2021: All your data are belong to us!

Facebook died when everyone 40+ started using it 😂

My addiction isn't Facebook, it's KZfaq 😭

My major complaint about Facebook is that they solicit feedback but there is no indication that they have read it and they never respond to repeated requests to stop sending certain page suggestions that may offend or upset the user. They provide no clear guidance on how to solve problems and correct them

5 years now off FB, I never go back. Only you tube for me

Facebook gave me a 24 hour suspension because I shared a 60 minutes Australia video. Lol

I love how Mac de Marco finally followed his dream of working for VICE. Congrats dude!

the fun youth from 2008 grew up, now they're 35 and grown up and still on facebook. That's what happened. Now they aren't concerned about where to hang out, who to hang out with. They're concerned about who other people are voting for and why they're wrong.

I stopped using Facebook 2 years ago and I don’t miss it. It just consumed a lot of time... I much rather spend that time on Instagram or KZfaq 👀😂

Facebook is where scams start. Somebody you don’t know tags you on a photo or link to a website that can steal your information, etc...

Is it ironic to anyone else that this video is talking about censorship, and monopolies, while being played on KZfaq?

5 years without Facebook and 1 year without instagram- and my life is much better!

I deleted my facebook about 2 months after I first created it. I remember thinking to myself “this seems like a waste of time”. That was over 10 years ago and not once have I ever felt like I was missing out on something. Social media is the cigarettes of our generation in terms of how quickly and universally it is accepted/encouraged.

I quit Facebook a couple days ago after I got banned for calling someone a pancake while I've literally reported people who have racial slurs in their name and they're clearly racist caricatur profile pictures.

After just watching news sent to months of therapy I now filter everything I watch.. Always alert and monitor my emotions closely. I don't play no more esp with social media...News will always get to me anyway.. Traditional word of mouth still works if 'updates' are the excuse 😀

The thing is , is it was NEVER needed in the first place.

I'm Arabic and really surprised you noticed this just now. We have been fed misinformation and terror sympathy calls for a decade now and no matter how much we try to report it, it still gets in our feed.

My dad recently got on Facebook. When I went to visit him he left his facebook open. I went into all the settings and made everything private. Also took the chance to block certain family members he compares his kids too. Facebook is TOXIC!!

You can't search for cannabis groups anymore. The groups exist still, but the search results come up with nothing.

I rarely go on there.. only for a 3 month update for family members that are on there and I don't see them a whole lot

I deleted my account 2 years ago,and have a better and happier relationship .

I've gotta say. Vice has been putting together some better stuff as of late.

I've never had any social media accounts, I never got the appeal and was never interested in trying them out. I will sometimes make comments on here, but don't really consider it the same even though it's somewhat similar. I'm actually glad that I never got sucked into having a window into everyone's lives. I am fascinated hearing people's stories about how their lives changed when they got rid of them.