People tell me it is an addiction - and it seems to be just as poisonous. I'm glad you are stopping. I am lucky - I have a mania about privacy, so I never used either of them and G00gle I stopped by using Startpage, which also offers me the choice of using their proxy if I don't want the site I am visiting to know who I am.

Of course your photo is on their database (same for most on other companies they own) and you know they sold all they know about you to China...among others.

I hope the friends and conversations you have here turn out to be interesting enough to keep you happy. #everittdmickey is an example of how interesting it can get in here.