Well , like most of things you can find on the internet , they are tools . If you don ' t know how to use a hammer , you ' ll hurt yourself . First of all , Facebook can be useful for group project , friend discussion and to know what your friends are up to . That ' s the main reason I use it . Our friend Zuckerberg , built algoritms to make sure you enjoy your experience and drive your usage time upwards . Here ' s few things you can do to rationnalize your consumption . 1 . Use the '' unfollow '' option . I can ' t stress this enough . Each time you like , share or comment a picturepost , it ' s registered in the system . '' Oh , Joey likes Karen ' s pictures , let ' s make sure his feeds gets all of it , in the future ''. Scarier than that , I found that even just '' clicking '' on a picture , without even reacting to it , makes it appear on my feed . As soon as you notice people or facebook pages regulary in your feed , unfollow them . It will prevent you from breaking Rule 3 . You get extra points for unfollowing every person you find attractive and people who will drag you down by their mindset . Scarcity mindset is prevented by not thinking about the person when you are not with herhim . Scrolling through what she did tuesday night or what she ate this sunday will only harm you . 2 . Turn off all the ads you see . On Facebook , there ' s an icon in the top right corner , everytime you see an ad , mask it . If you don ' t , they will get specificly your tastes . From there , it ' s the '' death spiral ''. Don ' t let time slip out of your hands , there ' s a variety of things you can do that ' ll make your life better instead of worse . 3 . You don ' t need an Instagram . Instagram is mostly aimed for girls in their 20 ' s who wants to share their trip pictures . As for men , they usually have accounts to see what their female counterpart shares . Is that adding a value to your life ? That ' s the question you should ask yourself when you are oogling on the internet , especially social medias .