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I deactivated my Facebook as an experiment in response to this study. I was already a very low volume user (uninstalled the app and almost never posted).

The effect size mentioned in the publication on subjective wellbeing was quite small (.1 standard deviation approximately). So far the fear that I’m missing something important, or that I will lose touch with someone I care about is out weighing the benefits. However, I am seeing myself forge new connections as well as strengthen some old ones. I think that if I can stay strong and keep down this path I may start to see a net benefit.

So I have gotten over the FOMO by simply allowing FB to send me notification emails to see if I have been tagged and so far nothing (been about a month). If I am tagged then my filter is to only use the web version if I was tagged by someone I cared about!