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Similarly simply logging out of Facebook on Chrome and only accessing it through incognito or another browser has been great. Added benefit: (a little) less tracking.

First week or so was string of surprising moments where I would suddenly find myself at the FB login screen having mindlessly tried to navigate there.



I deactivated on January 1, still find myself typing `f` in the address bar in a new tab. They've done a very good job of getting in the brain stem.


I still find that after being off Facebook for five years. Luckily the football team I hate the most has a URL that begins with f, so I started visiting that. Cured it in a week...


Let me guess, the Fnew Fengland Fpatriots?


Cleaning cookies, using browser extension like uBlock Origin, and not using facebook login via other web sites such as Yelp will help with reducing tracking.


The added friction from having to log in every time has enabled me to untrain mindless facebook browsing.




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