Just talk to anyone #LeavingFacebook or who's #QuitTwitter for bluesky or the fediverse... it's quite a revelation.

The main adjustment for folks who are #LeavingFacebook or just #QuitTwitter is that you have to be proactive about following here. Bluesky isn't going to spoon feed you, instead you have to go out and look for the things that interest you and follow the people who post on your favorite topics.

Have you just #QuitTwitter or are #LeavingFacebook this holiday season? Well, climb aboard #newsky and enjoy this guide to everything you need to know to get the most out of Bluesky as a #NewUser www.collectorsrealm3.net/2025/05/30/c...

Northeastern University: Taking a break from Facebook and Instagram can boost emotional well-being, research finds. “Temporarily deactivating Facebook or Instagram can improve emotional well-being, according to the largest experimental study on the effects of social media abstention conducted in partnership with Meta…. With over 35,000 participants, the study offers rare large-scale […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/03/northeastern-university-taking-a-break-from-facebook-and-instagram-can-boost-emotional-well-being-research-finds/

TidBITS: Why TidBITS Will No Longer Post to X/Twitter or Facebook. “What began as digital dysfunction has metastasized into tangible societal harm. Thus, this article marks our final post to X/Twitter and Facebook. I can no longer ethically provide material support to platforms whose leadership so actively undermines civil society. The TidBITS accounts will remain, but they will stand silent, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/26/tidbits-why-tidbits-will-no-longer-post-to-x-twitter-or-facebook/

Slate: Queer People Are in the Midst of a Painful Social Media Migration. “When Meta changed its ‘hateful conduct’ policy earlier this year, it made platforms like Facebook feel unsafe for trans and other users. But moving on, even ‘just’ online, isn’t so easy.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/08/slate-queer-people-are-in-the-midst-of-a-painful-social-media-migration/

Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/unplatform/

There's an important argument for #leavingfacebook and #leavingtwitter that you don't see much, probably because people are modest.

I produce a *lot* of soc-med content, and I believe the quality is high too. So after I left #Twitter in 2022 and #Facebook last week, there's less to see there and the average quality is lower.

Well I did it - I put up the "I'm out" post on FB, and deleted the apps. I'm keeping my accounts for the contacts and so people can find me elsewhere, and because identity hijacking is always a concern, but I'm done with posting. I'm expecting it'll be a while before anyone actually sees the post, thanks to the algorithm, if it doesn't just suppress posts like this entirely.

#FBexit #LeavingFacebook #DeleteMeta

2025 vers de nouvelles aventures…
#tryingMastodon #tryingPixelfed #leavingfacebook #leavinginstagram

For the musicians out there.

How do you get off the Zuckerberg propganda machine and still keep your fans informed of your events, new music, etc. How do you get the Facebook followers to follow you to wherever it is you end up? We'll probably put up a post with our mailing list link, but what other suggestions might you have?

#Music #LeavingFacebook

So you don't have to, I just took a short break from my boycott of all #Meta products to check on a rumor I heard about author #LouisePenny. (Well, actually, #SROP author Mantissa Etherbright did the deed, I just watched.) Here's a screen shot from that session. #leavingFacebook #bookstodon #mystery #uspol

Done and oh so dusted

#LeavingFacebook #Mastodon #LeavingInstagram #Pixelfed

TechCrunch: Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking. “Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S. since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will end its third-party fact-checking system, loosen content moderation policies, and roll back previous […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/12/techcrunch-google-searches-for-deleting-facebook-instagram-on-the-rise-after-meta-ends-fact-checking/

It is happening I am #leavingfacebook and #leavinginstagram . I decided that the changes at Meta recently don’t fit with me. It was not an easy decision to leave as I have many friends and family if follow on those platforms but since I was not very active on them anyway myself i thought to no longer have Meta benefit from me being a user. So today i purged all posts, likes, pictures and responses. In a few days i will delete my account and make Mastodon my new social media homebase.

@Giggisdotter

Välkommen!
Håller på att lämna själv, räknar att det kommer ta ett tag eftersom olika styrelser och föreningar jag är med i har det som huvudsakligt kommunikationsmedel.
Jag började med att skriva ett inlägg om varför jag lämnar och var jag finns nu (sms, mail, här etc.). Blev en del diskussion och minst ett nytt Mastodonkonto 🙂 . Sedan har jag lämnat alla grupper som inte hör till föreningar och avföljt alla sidor för att inte dras in när jag tittar in för att kolla.
Sedan har jag börjat kopiera över alla kontakter till min adresslista i telefonen.
Det är så långt jag hunnit hittills. Räknar med att det kommer bli diverse diskussioner om hur kommunikation skall ske framöver i föreningarna, tror jag kommer att förespråka Discord eller liknande.

#LeavingFacebook

Wat gebruiken jullie om op de hoogte te blijven van lokale, relevante evenementen? 👇🏼

#leavingfacebook Boost = 💚

Hate May Be Normalized, But Isn’t Welcome Here Soz. https://aminorjourney.com/2025/01/08/hate-may-be-normalized-but-isnt-welcome-here-soz/

#USPol #DIY #Hope #FaceBook #LeavingFacebook #FOSS #Resistance

Hey everyone! It's been months since I joined Mastodon. Can you tell me why you guys chose to be here on Mastodon? :)

#mastodon #facebook #leavingfacebook

On Leaving Facebook / frantic.im

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