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I'm in a similar boat. The only reason why I still have a Facebook account is because a few groups that I belong to like to organize their events using Facebook Groups. It's frustrating but cancelling my account would mean missing out on a lot of things. Unfortunately, I don't see Facebook allowing you to access this without signing up for all of Facebook.

Some privacy concerns might stay. The data for example, is still at FB.

Hm what's wrong with making phone calls, writing emails / letter to do that? Send them baby pictures by post for christmas or something.

Extra clicks and time needed to do it comes into consideration.

Usually about now is when someone claims, "If they were your real friend they would put forth the effort.", but by that logic, if you were their real friend you would put in the effort in to make yourself easier to share with.