I had a Facebook account for over 10 years, I was teenager when I got it and obviously facebook (and social media in general) went through a lot of changes in that time. 5 years ago (during Covid) I deactivated my account along with instagram for many reasons but one of them being how toxic and negative a space it had become.
Fast forward a couple of years I am now mid 30s living alone in a quiet town (not by choice I can’t afford to move or live anywhere else) and trying to make connections locally – but everything seems to be on Facebook! Whether it’s local events, fitness classes etc.
For this reason I rejoined over a year ago but deactivated the account after a day as I was bombarded with posts from people I did not know or had not chosen to see and they were VERY hateful and negative posts and seemed to be local.
I am now tempted to join again as I want to do some local classes but they don’t have a website only a Facebook page. I guess my question really is
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is it possible to be on Facebook and not see all the negative hateful stuff? If so what am I doing wrong with settings that I couldn’t block it out last time?
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is setting up an anonymous account ok or will I be prevented from joining lots of groups for that? I’m not interested in giving it all my photos and info or even having irl friends on there I just want to see local events and maybe join a few groups about things I’m interested in, posting the occasional comment.