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07-21-2017, 05:40 PM
How I finally broke my Facebook addiction
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A few weeks ago, I did the unthinkable: I deleted the Facebook app from my phone.*
It started off as more of an experiment. I was curious if **t having the app would help extend the dismal battery life of my iPhone 6S. But I was also starting to wonder if there might be other, less obvious, benefits too.
SEE ALSO: The 13 most an**ying Facebook **tifications, ranked (http://mashable.com/2017/06/16/worst-facebook-**tifications-ranked/)
I'm happy to report that I've been living (mostly) Facebook free for more than a month, and I don't miss it at all. In fact, I feel think it's one of the best decisions I've made in a long time.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm as much of a social media addict any other digital media reporter. And while I've long preferred Snapchat and Instagram to Big Blue, that never stopped me from compulsively checking Facebook multiple times a day pretty much as long as I've had a smartphone. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/21/delete-facebook-app-**w/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A few weeks ago, I did the unthinkable: I deleted the Facebook app from my phone.*
It started off as more of an experiment. I was curious if **t having the app would help extend the dismal battery life of my iPhone 6S. But I was also starting to wonder if there might be other, less obvious, benefits too.
SEE ALSO: The 13 most an**ying Facebook **tifications, ranked (http://mashable.com/2017/06/16/worst-facebook-**tifications-ranked/)
I'm happy to report that I've been living (mostly) Facebook free for more than a month, and I don't miss it at all. In fact, I feel think it's one of the best decisions I've made in a long time.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm as much of a social media addict any other digital media reporter. And while I've long preferred Snapchat and Instagram to Big Blue, that never stopped me from compulsively checking Facebook multiple times a day pretty much as long as I've had a smartphone. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/21/delete-facebook-app-**w/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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