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Chiming in alongside the other posts to say that I have never felt like I was isolated after deleting my FB account 6 years ago.

There are plenty of sources for news and events (I find that Twitter is great for this) and I easily keep up to date with friends and family via a mix of messaging apps.

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I felt some relief after deleting my facebook account almost 5 years ago now. It has left me with more time to focus on things that actually matter, in addition to helping me narrow down who I really need in my life in terms of "friends".

Over the election season I contemplated deleting my FB account, just because of how ugly the feed became with partisans being uncivil about everything.

I've found that turning Facebook into solely a consumption platform has worked really well. I spend maybe 15 minutes per week total skimming my feed for meaningful updates. I will never go back to contributing content to FB. I no longer engage in any discussions, which makes it a lot less annoying and stressful. It's essentially a personal RSS feed in this formulation.

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