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I did the same. While I used to use my account regularly 5+ years ago, my feed was just full of stupid updates. People posting food pics, family commenting on news, and old viral videos, and lots and lots of ads. So, hey, I deleted my account. While Facebook isn't loosing any revenue from me, it certainly didn't ever attract me back into the active user status. Good riddance.

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A few months back I had tried doing the "Hide this Page" game hoping to reclaim my feed. This turned into a Sisyphean task that makes Inbox Zero look fun. As it turns out, there are also a number of pages[0] that you simply cannot hide or otherwise unfollow.

I happened to "delete" my profile a week before this shit storm blew up and thankfully someone pointed out the Deactivate vs. Delete dark pattern and I quickly fixed that situation.

It's a weird world when the Smut Peddlers have some sound advice on living.

[0] - I didn't keep a list, but I recall one called "Wittitudes" or something along those lines simply lacked the "Hide" option, and all attempts at blocking it failed.

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