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Why I deleted my Facebook account

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Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#11
>all those silly games and quizzes people are adding to their account are making off with all sorts of information about you.

But (most) people prefer taking silly quizzes than thinking about potential dark implications of doing that. And it's not like this is a big secret no one has ever talked about (just google 'Facebook quizzes data' for more on that).

Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#13

"Facebook tracks posts and comments even before you post them...sending form data surreptitiously is morally wrong, and everyone knows it..." protip: you can access FB without javascript via https://mbasic.facebook.com/ and you don't have to worry about such concerns. (I learned this from a Stallman video.)

I'm surprised Stallman even encouraged visiting a Facebook property.

Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#15
post #8

I stopped using facebook when i graduated from college, i couldnt accept to have my whole life archived somewhere in the internet.

No one uses Facebook enough to actually have their whole life archived on the internet. You're running from a fantasy.

Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#16
When someone leaves FB, he makes a public declaration. But his return years or months later is generally silent.

Not claiming everyone that leaves FB, returns. But Facebook is continuing to expand.

I remember reading here years back that new generation isn't really using FB cause their parents are using it. And they weren't comfortable with that setup. Rather they are switching to other social media.

Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#17
I quit Facebook right around the time my son was born. It wasn't for privacy reasons (and frankly, it never bothered me), but rather for the enormous energy and time sink it had become. Truly, it was as if I was a dopamine junkie and Facebook was the pusher of those sweet, sweet red circles with a number in them that meant someone, somewhere vaguely agreed with something you posted. I noticed I was not present in the moment with my newborn son, but rather my brain was hunting for the next quip to post or cute/smug/humblebragish picture to upload.

I quit cold turkey and have never looked back.

I'm off all social media today (except LinkedIn) and have weeded out a lot "friends" who really were just co-enablers in the dopamine rush hunt.

Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#18
post #3

If you are not paying for it, you are probably the product.

What does that even mean? Do you even know what you're talking about? I don't pay for a lot of things of which I'm certainly not the product. FYI resorting to such banalities is rather pathetic

Re: Why I deleted my Facebook account

#19
post #8

I stopped using facebook when i graduated from college, i couldnt accept to have my whole life archived somewhere in the internet.

No one uses Facebook enough to actually have their whole life archived on the internet. You're running from a fantasy.

Obviously I do, therefor your argument is invalid.
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