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Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by inetknght »

I haven't used Facebook for anything other than _chatting with family_ in more than a year. I still get "notifications" about things that I literally could not care any less about. Someone posted something on _their_ wall? I don't fucking care! Someone said something and it got a lot of attention? I literally hate that person, why are you telling me this?

And... you might tell me that I could just unsubscribe. Yeah. I did, multiple times. The notifications still come. They just go to the spam bucket now.

Facebook is one of the worst "products" on the market and I'm pretty close to telling family to find some other means of communicating with me. Like, you know, a good old fashioned phone call.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by audeyisaacs »

roblabla wrote: post #65

I have a facebook account, but I haven't even logged in in the mast few years. Recently (like a week ago), I started receiving text messages on the number i had setup, after constant nagging by fb about security, looking like this : Robin, get back on Facebook by clicking: https://fb.com/l/someIDhere I am OUTRAGED by this. My phone text messages is one of the only communication medium that has no spam, and i basicall…

This happened to me with Instagram (which I stopped using after they killed the chronological feed). I'm almost certain I never gave my number to Instagram. I used it to confirm something with Facebook at some point apparently, but I don't recall giving it to them and I can't imagine myself consenting to phone notifications. At one point they sent me a message at 2am local time on a Sunday.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by zepolen »

Nition wrote: post #91
utexaspunk wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the bigger issue is why FB hasn't been able to create the kind of conversations that reddit does- the lack of real threading and the lack of a true downvote (preferably anonymous) keep conversations on FB abysmally superficial. You can't engage in a debate with someone if the back-and-forth gets impossible to follow after the second reply, especially with more than two participants. Likewise, FB and users hav…

Reddit's system has its issues too. Early comments always get more votes and have more sway than later ones, and the "reality bubble" effect is worse because the general consenses upvotes posts that agree with their opinion and downvotes ones that disagree - effectively hiding them whether they're factually correct or not. Hacker News is much better than Reddit in general for allowing comments on both sides of an iss…

> I'd like to see a modern forum site where anyone can create a subforum and moderate it themselves the way anyone can create a subreddit on Reddit.

Isn't that...Reddit?

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by aqi »

inetknght wrote: post #221

I haven't used Facebook for anything other than _chatting with family_ in more than a year. I still get "notifications" about things that I literally could not care any less about. Someone posted something on _their_ wall? I don't fucking care! Someone said something and it got a lot of attention? I literally hate that person, why are you telling me this? And... you might tell me that I could just unsubscribe. Yeah.…

This extension seems decent: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-wasting-time/...

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by rixed »

source99 wrote: post #121
mbillie1 wrote: post #36

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Same. I initially only uninstalled messenger (which intolerably presented me with a popup asking me to enable notifications EVERY TIME I OPENED THE APP ), then got rid of the FB app. Now even on my laptop facebook.com is pointing at localhost in /etc/hosts, which makes me edit a root file to look at it. I'm much, much happier. If it works for you, cool, but if you're dissatisfied and considering abandoning it anyway,…

Uninstalling the app and redirecting facebook.com to localhost are great ideas. I also sometimes logout of facebook.com on chrome on my phone so that it makes it even harder to get back on. Now if I could only do the same for reddit...

Since we are into personal anecdotes: the annoying giant red blinking popup they display all the time to force you to download the app instead of using the mobile website was all I needed to get entirely rid of my habit to visit Reddit, and I like the idea that I might not be the only one.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by tribby »

tomcam wrote: post #174
hasbroslasher wrote: post #133

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Up until last year, I chalked up the "I deleted my Facebook" phenomenon to hipsterdom or some pathology where people think the can "cure" "addiction" by quitting whatever unhealthy behavior pattern they exhibit for a week or month and then coming back. Last month I deactivated my Facebook and have yet to turn it back on. In the months prior I started finding alternative sources of news: NYT, Pitchfork, HN, various su…

Wait, Bandcamp is a news source?

yes. a year or two ago they built out an editorial staff.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by lucaspiller »

inetknght wrote: post #221

I haven't used Facebook for anything other than _chatting with family_ in more than a year. I still get "notifications" about things that I literally could not care any less about. Someone posted something on _their_ wall? I don't fucking care! Someone said something and it got a lot of attention? I literally hate that person, why are you telling me this? And... you might tell me that I could just unsubscribe. Yeah.…

I'm in pretty much the same situation - the main reason why I use Facebook is to message friends. Basically all my friends have Facebook, so it's the easiest way.

Messenger seems to be moving more and more towards a snapchat clone, where as I just want something to message people. I don't want to post updates, play games, see ads, make phone calls, get spammed when someone new signs up.

iMessage before iOS 10 was perfect, except not all my friends use Apple.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by anonu »

taylodl wrote: post #2

The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook app from my phone. I had already disabled all the notifications, but that didn't change things like deleting the app. Not being able to get to Facebook wherever you are. As silly as it sounds it was liberating. I still access Facebook from my laptop - but now that it's off of my phone, I'm accessing Facebook less and less frequently and I'm find I'm happier as a resul…

Second that. Did the same thing... Got the same feeling.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by synicalx »

mcherm wrote: post #128
roblabla wrote: post #65

I have a facebook account, but I haven't even logged in in the mast few years. Recently (like a week ago), I started receiving text messages on the number i had setup, after constant nagging by fb about security, looking like this : Robin, get back on Facebook by clicking: https://fb.com/l/someIDhere I am OUTRAGED by this. My phone text messages is one of the only communication medium that has no spam, and i basicall…

You are in luck! At one point in time, text messages were extremely expensive (several cents per message, depending on the plan you had). At that time, laws were passed (in many countries, I don't know where you are) that made it illegal to send unsolicited text messages. You should see if you can scare Facebook.

> You should see if you can scare Facebook.

In all honesty, you really can't.

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