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?
#402I deleted my account in April this year. At the point of deletion I had created some Facebook pages and had been a very active user for many years. I tried downloading my data through Facebook's built-in account download feature. And I was quite happy with the download. I then wrote up a post about my motivation for leaving which I shared on my Facebook: https://nilsnh.no/2018/04/04/leaving-facebook/ I figured it wou…
Do you mind if I quote your post (and link to it) if I decide to leave facebook?
How did it go? It might be pointless, but I'm curious of the outcome/reactions
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#403Earlier quoted context omitted.
Funnily enough I can categorically say that's not true. He's one of my closest friends, was extremely upset that I wasn't there, and was kicking himself for months afterwards for the lazy assumption. The almost total ubiquity of Facebook leads to an assumption that everyone is on there. Hopefully that's going to change over the next few years, but there are hard lessons along the way.
Do you ever talk with him directly, via sms or whatsapp? How often? Was the party really never brought up?
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#404No. As an introvert with a rich inner life, it’s one of the only ways for me to share that life with friends. People who have known me for years find they don’t really know me unless they’ve read my writing or seen my experiences through pictures. (I almost never share third party links; all my Facebook content is self-created and is a form of self expression — I suspect I’m in the minority of Facebook users) There a…
The data scandal was serious and to be honest, needed. It brought data and privacy awareness, countries and even entire continents are now trying to convey regulations on the subject.
Facebook was already superfluous, if you can afford to delete it.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#405So far to me, it seems to be the best of both worlds: having & not having Facebook.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#406I just unfollowed all my friends (back in 2015). They still see me as a friend, I can read their posts individually, I can use FB to communicate with my family — but there is nothing interesting now in my feed, so I am free from addiction. Highly recommended. I don't care much about ethics, Facebook is free to topple governments or play with the very fabric or democracy or whatever — cool stuff to do, I'd join them i…
I was on Orkut for years, then everyone migrated to Facebook, guess what... different tool + same people = poop³.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#407Deleted my account permanently two months ago. In the beginning it was interesting too see how it had become a habit to write the url almost without thinking, and for three weeks I found myself opening a new tab and writing the Facebook.com address every time my mind started wandering. Also deleted my Instagram account at the same time and currently in the process of deleting WhatsApp as well, as soon as some project…