Get rid of Facebookaholism (Facebook addiction)

Among the thousand ways to waste your precious time, logging into facebook might just top the list. In a survey conducted (I don’t know by whom), 52% of all users confessed that they wanted to quit Facebook but couldn’t get their cursor to the ‘deactivate’ button. Here, I am talking about quitting ‘Facebook’ which is much different from quitting social media as a whole. So, if you ever think of doing something worthwhile with your life, this article may help you take the first step (which is no less than a giant leap)

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1) Keep another hobby ready: “I log out of facebook. Reason- I’m bored. After two minutes I log in again. Reason- I’m bored” says a facebook status gone viral. There may be many reasons you log into the social network but the three definite reasons would be – a) to connect to old and new friends and share photos, videos blah blah blah.. b) to kill time (though option (a) does almost the same thing) and c) to propel your business. All I would say is – Think deep about something to do in your free time, else you would find yourself glued to the blue laced site within a few minutes again.

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2) Try out another social network: As I mentioned before, shunning Facebook doesn’t mean leaving the entire social media. There are dozens of similar sites striving (don’t know since when) to grab your attention. It is my humble duty to mention some of them – Google+ (Facebook killed Orkut, so here is another one from Google), Ello (the one that doesn’t track you), Care2 (for people who want to fight for a cause), twitter (no need to elaborate). Why don’t you just google it!

3) Use distraction killers: Your new hobby might be blogging, or something which requires you to be online but the frequent Facebook notifications and pop-ups won’t let you keep calm and concentrate? Or you just want to cut short the time you spend on Facebook (or other social networks)? Here are four applications that might help.

The fb rehab app

•  Self-control: the ‘use with caution’ app lets you make a list of all the pages you want to block and define the time period you want them to be unavailable to you. This app actually helps you to control your temptation. But be careful before using it. Once you add the sites to the block list, there is no going back. Restarting the system, using a proxy or another browser is not going to help and you must wait until the time runs out.
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• Fb Rehab: This one lets you peep into your Facebook account just twice a day, each session lasting ten minutes. 

• iFreeface: this distraction blocking PC application helps you concentrate on studies instead of dangling around on the fb wall.

• Facebook Addict Alarm: if there is anything for frustrating than the morning alarm bell, its this. It pops up every fifteen minutes to force you to logout.

These are just suggestions that might help you but what it actually takes to deactivate your Facebook account? – WILL POWER.