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Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by julioneander »

antihero wrote: post #347
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…

When you deactivate your Facebook, can you still use it to log into stuff (e.g. Tinder and Messenger)? I've a few friends and groups that are on that.

I used Spotify with my Facebook account. When I deactivated the FB account and logged into Spotify, it reactivated the FB account automatically.

I had to create another standalone Spotify account and contact their support to migrate everything from the FB connected account to the new one, otherwise it would keep reactivating the FB account.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by CamelCaseName »

yeukhon wrote: post #378
Joe-Z wrote: post #268

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Well, even here you seem to be posting from two different accounts. Even I get the feeling of 'suspicious activity' with your story.

Please do not accuse me without any proof. I only have one account. You have no idea what you are talking about. Do not insult people like that. You can look up my public profile. I am done talking with you.

Wow, that escalated very quickly.

Joe-Z probably thought you were Convery because your comment seems to flow from his seamlessly, I made the same mistake.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by Nition »

zepolen wrote: post #326
Nition wrote: post #239

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Reddit is very geared towards short-term discussion. Top comments on a post are usually from the first couple of hours and posts last less than a day. For long-term discussion traditional forums with chronological posts and threads that get re-bumped to the top are still king.

Meh sounds like Reddit just needs a sort by 'weight' option that sorts by amount of comments.

That's quite different if I'm reading your meaning correctly. That type of system tends to result in the biggest threads staying at the top and getting bigger and bigger while new ones never appear.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by yomly »

justaschmoe wrote: post #14
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…

Similarly simply logging out of Facebook on Chrome and only accessing it through incognito or another browser has been great. Added benefit: (a little) less tracking. First week or so was string of surprising moments where I would suddenly find myself at the FB login screen having mindlessly tried to navigate there.

The added friction from having to log in every time has enabled me to untrain mindless facebook browsing.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by yeukhon »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #382
yeukhon wrote: post #378

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Please do not accuse me without any proof. I only have one account. You have no idea what you are talking about. Do not insult people like that. You can look up my public profile. I am done talking with you.

Wow, that escalated very quickly. Joe-Z probably thought you were Convery because your comment seems to flow from his seamlessly, I made the same mistake.

This applies to a lot of people too because there is a cluster of people who agree/think alike, and there is a cluster who aren't relatively to the other group. The way he said it is actually very insulting and condescending, pretty much ready to attack me and accuse me for something I did not do. I am glad you are being honest with me how you felt in the first place. That would have been a better way to express one's doubt. Although I am not famous, just a nobody HNer, I hope people would at least do a little research on my profile first before accusing me playing a persona game.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by eat_veggies »

warcher wrote: post #90

This ties into a phenomena that I've noticed with a lot of social networks lately-- fake content. What I mean by that specifically is putting things into your feed that nobody actually intended to share . e.g. "XXXX liked this thing!" Or generating notifications of non-events, like "Hey, share a thing!" The share button is literally right next to the 'uplike' button. And they specifically did not press it. But you're…

Snapchat is pretty good about this. They only send notifications for direct messages, not for sponsored content, stories, or group chats.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by [deleted] »

warcher wrote: post #90

This ties into a phenomena that I've noticed with a lot of social networks lately-- fake content. What I mean by that specifically is putting things into your feed that nobody actually intended to share . e.g. "XXXX liked this thing!" Or generating notifications of non-events, like "Hey, share a thing!" The share button is literally right next to the 'uplike' button. And they specifically did not press it. But you're…

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Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by zepolen »

Nition wrote: post #383
zepolen wrote: post #326

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Meh sounds like Reddit just needs a sort by 'weight' option that sorts by amount of comments.

That's quite different if I'm reading your meaning correctly. That type of system tends to result in the biggest threads staying at the top and getting bigger and bigger while new ones never appear.

Weight can mean anything, freshness of nested posts eg.

Re: Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

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Post by [deleted] »

newman8r wrote: post #134
kotrunga wrote: post #74

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This caught my eye; you got rid of your phone? Genuinely curious, what was that like? Do you not have a phone now, at all?

I don't have a phone at all. I am thinking about getting a prepaid phone at some point in the future (I did this at one point - you can get a $5 phone and pay under $100 for minutes that will last a year). It doesn't even feel weird for me now. I have POTS copper line going to my house but no phone plugged into it at this point. It probably wouldn't work for most people, but I'm the type who just wants to work on my…

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