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Re: Facebook Lies

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Post by 659087 »

_jal wrote: post #49
bmelton wrote: post #26

I've tried (and failed) to delete my Facebook a couple times in the past, so this most recent go, when I quit using Facebook, I just quit using Facebook -- I uninstalled the apps from my phone, and mapped 'facebook.com' to localhost in my /etc/hosts files. The result was... amusing. Facebook kept emailing me the "Hey, did you see what so and so posted?" emails, knowing full well that I didn't see them. But then, afte…

I set one up with my primary email address probably 10 years ago just to block someone else doing it. I keep their IP space blocked on my local network (but not my mail server - I try to be a good netizen). I have probably seen a facebook.com page three or four times since then - misclicks at work, etc. And never while 'logged in'[1]. I still get an endless stream of spam from them. "Facebook - more AOL than AOL ever…

> (but not my mail server - I try to be a good netizen)

Blocking sources of spam is part of being a "good netizen".

Re: Facebook Lies

#52

Post by nmg »

hardwaresofton wrote: post #16

[EDIT] - I missed a key point, the author does say in the article that they deleted their account long ago. While I'm all for bashing Facebook when they do something nefarious, this seems more to do with someone else having the author's password and using their account at an inopportune time (during the FB account deletion process). As a refresher for all: - FB delete != FB deactivate - You can't log in (or let anyon…

I deleted (NOT deactivated) my facebook account in August. I received an event invitation three days ago. It's emotionally taxing; it feels vaguely threatening.

Re: Facebook Lies

#53

Post by 659087 »

AndrewStephens wrote: post #15

I wrote this several years ago - it is still true: https://sheep.horse/2013/10/the_seven_realities_of_social_ne... You do not have a Facebook page. You never did. Facebook has a page on you.

> And besides, they take nothing that you don't give them.

This isn't true, at all. Facebook collects plenty of data that users and non-users don't directly give them.

Re: Facebook Lies

#54

Post by mathgenius »

nmg wrote: post #48
chirau wrote: post #32

The closest thing you can do to deleting your account is actually manually deleting all your posts and albums first... the using their so called delete/deactivate option.

Try it for yourself. After a number of deletions, response time will slow, an error will occur. You'll reload your page and items you thought were deleted, are not. I've tried many, many times.

Wow, this is like, part Twilight Zone, part Franz Kafka.

Re: Facebook Lies

#55

Post by imustbeevil »

bmelton wrote: post #26

I've tried (and failed) to delete my Facebook a couple times in the past, so this most recent go, when I quit using Facebook, I just quit using Facebook -- I uninstalled the apps from my phone, and mapped 'facebook.com' to localhost in my /etc/hosts files. The result was... amusing. Facebook kept emailing me the "Hey, did you see what so and so posted?" emails, knowing full well that I didn't see them. But then, afte…

This is such a weird thing to think. You can turn off all notifications and they'll never contact you, ever.

I stopped using Facebook 6 years ago and haven't gotten a single email / sms from them since then, because I used the settings properly.

Yeah, if you just ghost them and never click "update your email settings" at the bottom of every email they send, they'll keep sending them.

Re: Facebook Lies

#56

Post by imron »

nneonneo wrote: post #3

Have they always had such a 14-day policy? If not, it’s entirely possible that the policy was different when the account was previously deleted, and the account was being retained under that old policy. I’m also surprised that his hacker didn’t bother changing his password - maybe it wasn’t intended to be an account takeover.

I deleted my Facebook account in 2009 and they had a 14-day policy at the time also.

Re: Facebook Lies

#57

Post by mcny »

imustbeevil wrote: post #55
bmelton wrote: post #26

I've tried (and failed) to delete my Facebook a couple times in the past, so this most recent go, when I quit using Facebook, I just quit using Facebook -- I uninstalled the apps from my phone, and mapped 'facebook.com' to localhost in my /etc/hosts files. The result was... amusing. Facebook kept emailing me the "Hey, did you see what so and so posted?" emails, knowing full well that I didn't see them. But then, afte…

This is such a weird thing to think. You can turn off all notifications and they'll never contact you, ever. I stopped using Facebook 6 years ago and haven't gotten a single email / sms from them since then, because I used the settings properly. Yeah, if you just ghost them and never click "update your email settings" at the bottom of every email they send, they'll keep sending them.

If you think that is weird, consider what I have done. I manually went through 1100+ friends on facebook and unfollowed them all because facebook won't show me everything in the activity feed but rather tries to guess what I like best. My activity feed is now perfect because it is pretty much just me.

Re: Facebook Lies

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Post by mezuzi »

dnel wrote: post #33
bmelton wrote: post #26

I've tried (and failed) to delete my Facebook a couple times in the past, so this most recent go, when I quit using Facebook, I just quit using Facebook -- I uninstalled the apps from my phone, and mapped 'facebook.com' to localhost in my /etc/hosts files. The result was... amusing. Facebook kept emailing me the "Hey, did you see what so and so posted?" emails, knowing full well that I didn't see them. But then, afte…

I deactivated first for about 6 months, didn't get any communication from them. Eventually I went to delete and used a link from deletefacebook.com taking me straight to the right page. Maybe it was because I was on mobile but there wasn't any emotional blackmail begging me to stay and it was done. I was expecting much worse but the experience was quite smooth for me and I'm happily free of Facebook for good now.

Enjoy real life!! In the months I had no Facebook, life was amazing and I was more productive, though a bit lonely mainly because I live in a foreign country adn my family is thousands of miles away.

Re: Facebook Lies

#59

Post by lkrubner »

imustbeevil wrote: post #55
bmelton wrote: post #26

I've tried (and failed) to delete my Facebook a couple times in the past, so this most recent go, when I quit using Facebook, I just quit using Facebook -- I uninstalled the apps from my phone, and mapped 'facebook.com' to localhost in my /etc/hosts files. The result was... amusing. Facebook kept emailing me the "Hey, did you see what so and so posted?" emails, knowing full well that I didn't see them. But then, afte…

This is such a weird thing to think. You can turn off all notifications and they'll never contact you, ever. I stopped using Facebook 6 years ago and haven't gotten a single email / sms from them since then, because I used the settings properly. Yeah, if you just ghost them and never click "update your email settings" at the bottom of every email they send, they'll keep sending them.

An earlier story:

"Facebook activated my dormant account and it won’t let me deactivate it"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13965134

Re: Facebook Lies

#60

Post by vcanales »

I'm not trying to defend Facebook, but I used the 14-day deletion and it worked for me. Just saying that there must be more to this story than just "I did it and Facebook lied to me".
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