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No. I unfollowed everyone and everything on Facebook, and whenever I add someone new, I unfollow them immediately too. So my news feed is perpetually empty. This makes Facebook something that reminds me of people's birthdays, and let's me keep in touch via Messenger, which is all that I need.

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I did this, and infuriatingly, Facebook still insists on emailing me about notifications from people I'm not following. There seems to be no way to avoid this if I want to receive email notification of event invites. (Which I do, since I don't have the apps installed and won't visit the website otherwise.)

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