No. I was on Facebook when I was in my early 20s but I found it hollow and vapid; everyone being fake, showing off and pretending for their feeds. I also didn’t like how much data Facebook/meta was harvesting so I deleted my account. I haven’t missed it and it’s been over 15years.
The only social media I use is Lemmy (previously reddit), and that is anonymous and separate from my life - way better than the fake shit on Facebook.
Instagram, Tiktok etc - it’s all fake and narcissistic, influencers are just shills, and the companies themselves are just stealing your data and advertising at you the entire time.
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Used to use Instagram back when it was good before Facebook bought it. Wouldn’t touch it now. Even if you ignore Meta being Meta and their privacy record, the content on there is just dogshit ads, politics, engagement farming, and general low effort rubbish.
I still have a Facebook account, but only because the marketplace is a good way to sell things and messenger is what all my family and friends use to communicate. I could live without the marketplace but I really wish people would jump ship so I could stop using messenger and delete my account entirely.
Facebook, reluctantly. For some old friends, for some authors I really like, for specific events that only get posted there, and for my municipality’s news feed which again is mostly posted on FB only (and I hate that but I have no choice).
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