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Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Yes.

1. It was taking too much time than supposed to take. 2. There are lots of information on a page which actually I don't want to see or read.

Yeah, sometimes I fill like I'm missing something when my friends taking each other like, "Oh, you did this and that. I saw your photos on fb". But, hey it is okay to not present everyplace, right!

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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I got banned from facebook this year. So some background. I used facebook as a normal user from 2010 to 2012. I thought it was stupid on day 1 but was peer pressured into it (thanks high school) and by 2012 I still thought it was stupid and useless so I quit. At various intervals between 2012 and now I've had shitposting accounts. Fake names and fake pictures but most people in the friends list knew who was behind th…

You're not actually as cool and edgy as you think you are. No one is impressed.

https://imgur.com/a/yg9ebJe

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

#305
Of course. Why not? Who benefits? The day we have to rely on centralized social media outside user control for meaningful engagement with our social spheres is a sad day indeed. Folks just call or email if they need to reach me. Better yet a hand written card. i think the key is to take social media with a grain of salt, another superficial publishing channel subject to null privacy. Folks have invested too much trust with their data and it has been naturally exploited for corporate profit. Y'all move fast with stable infra, now. y'ere. Ugh. I gotta write my friends back with my fountain pen.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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No. But I've 1. got it logged out on devices. 2. Wrote a script and used it to unfollow all the people and pages I follow. 3. Clicked not interested for a few days after on any ads or things that FB tried to still force into my news feed 1 month later I found I have no urge to visit the network anymore. I pop over there once a week or so when I want to check the FB page of a restaurant or to see events happening arou…

When i removed it from my phone they started sending push notifications through the browser. It was kinda pathetic.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

#307
No, I just uninstalled the FB and Messenger apps from my phone when I read that the app was getting phone call data. And because they've been censoring non-leftist voices. I only use FB on browsers on desktop until I finally migrate to something better. I've started cross-posting on Gab.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

#308

No. I actually created a Facebook account in 2018. The problem is that without Facebook you will miss out. Sure, close friends and family will invite you to their social events, but more distant acquaintances will not; you know, the bloke you met at the pub last week and had a 20 minute chat with, or that cute girl you talked to but then she suddenly she was dragged off to a birthday party by her friends. By missing…

> Sure, close friends and family will invite you to their social events, but more distant acquaintances will not; you know, the bloke you met at the pub last week and had a 20 minute chat with, or that cute girl you talked to but then she suddenly she was dragged off to a birthday party by her friends. By missing out on the social opportunities you lose the chance to upgrade these people from acquaintances to friends (or even lovers), as well as meet new people.

Man, missing those events is the BEST part about not being on facebook. I have way more than enough stuff to do, I don't need more things with random people. I have enough time for my wife, my kids, and a few outings a month with friends. I can fill that time easily, the thought of having to politely accept invitations from some bloke you met at the pub sounds horrible.

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