Have you limited your activeness on Facebook?

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Have you limited your activeness and posts on Facebook?

A year ago, I did. My posts, likes, shares and comments are commodities for Facebook. So I deleted most of the posts - left a few so a future HR manager can see a bit about me. I also deleted most of my photos - no need for public photo albums of every vacation.

Then I went through the settings and limited everything so it says "only I can see" or "friends only" depending on what it was. When in doubt, I erred on the site of caution and limited whatever it was.

Most important - I deleted all app connections and disabled this feature. Apps connected to Facebook are the gateway to privacy hell - remove them all. Don't login with Facebook to anything. Create a new account on your own when it comes to new websites - rather than being lazy and handing the keys to your life to Facebook.

Then I went through my friends list and defriended people who I didn't know. Some had fake names, no need for them.

I also unfollowed everyone. Today, I only follow a few musicians and artists - which I realize are run by their marketing companies. And I follow one closed (meaning my posts don't make it to my feed, but I realize everything I write is trackable) hobby group.

I love my friends and my family members, but I don't want to see their daily thoughts - and for their sake, I hope they don't want to see mine!

A Private Life
Today, I live a private live. I go to Facebook for 1 minute every day or two - and I mean really quick, to see if The Who or Paul McCartney have a new post. There's not much in my feed. Zero friends followed means zero politics on Facebook - wonderful for me.

My life is in the real world - where I am now, where I will be later (home). Yes, my online presence does exist, but it's not where things are happening.

What are you doing to limit your online presence?

Have you limited your activeness on Facebook? | Ecency