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Laura Millsaps's avatar

I unfriended quite a few people about year ago, and made generous use of the unfollow button on a few dozen who I couldn't quite get away with unfriending (relatives, local friend-of-a-friend situations, etc.), but whose daily appearance in my feed I found, to be perfectly honest, fucking exhausting. It helped a lot. While I like your attitude about "we don't have strong ties, peace out," I'm evaluating this again because of current affairs in terms of safety, preserving my peace, and not giving certain mindsets room on my feed. Do more people need to go? Probably. Do I wish I had a platform that allowed my online community easy access to each other without the junkiness of FB and other social media? Absolutely yes.

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Beth Wilson's avatar

I'll be vulnerable and say that I am really struggling with this idea in general. I fully support your choice and even understand why you made it. I may even admit that part of me wants to do the same. However, as much as I want to protect my peace, I also do not want to create further division. I don't know how to get people to come together again and certainly not how to find common

ground. I. Am. Struggling.

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