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You can leave Meta behind. You'll be fine. Just go ahead and delete your account. Don't suspend. Delete. Not just to send a message, but to protect your heart. I did a while ago, and trust me, the Meta-shaped hole is easily healed.

I still carry the reflexive residue of my old Facebook habit. I'll open a browser and mindlessly hit F-A-C-Enter, and see that landing page asking me to log in. But that moment doesn't feel sad or embarrassing. It feels good.

I see that page and smile and think about how much that place sucks, and has sucked for years and years, and how good it feels to not see it or think about it. It's like quitting smoking, except that they replaced the tobacco with manure in 2009. No headaches, no cravings, just a lack of stink.

And yet I had clung on for years, hoping they'd just reverse the manure policy or something. Maybe I'd think "yeah, but it's nice to keep up with the family."