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One trick that worked for me is to gradually subscribe and like boring stuff like cat pictures, scientific journals ect. Anything that doesn't rile you mentally, i.e low mental imprint. Do this very very slowing but consciously after a while your facebook feed would become 'boring' making it easier to quit.

I did this couple of years ago and never went back.

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More radically, you can try this chrome extension. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and it drastically cut my use of facebook.

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...

i use that now but it's hard for an addict to install that .

Unless you're looking to wear your non-facebook status as a badge of pride (which many do), I think there's a more constructive way to quit wasting time on FB.

Every time you see a vapid post, unsubscribe from whoever posted it. Eventually you'll have five minutes worth of feed every day and it's only people you're interested in. Suddenly you're not wasting time, you're just getting a couple friend and family updates with your morning coffee.

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