Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?

Post by sp332 » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

soziawa wrote: post #60

sp332 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, but it does have end-to-end encryption so their ability to leak or abuse your data is a lot more limited.

But they get all your location data. They'll know that you met for coffee.

Post by soziawa » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 4:47 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #61

soziawa wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But they get all your location data. They'll know that you met for coffee.

Is it necessary to give them location data to use the app?

Post by soziawa » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 4:50 PM UTC

Treegarden wrote: post #20

post_break wrote: post #10

I use email and text message to keep in touch now. Or Telegram (funny how that has double meaning).

There is nothing I hate more then writing on my phone. In general I much prefer meeting someone face to face, but at least on my pc my keyboard it is much easier and faster to write a message.

Post by Serow225 » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 5:02 PM UTC

fencepost wrote: post #37

theCricketer wrote: post #12

While I am not a fan of Facebook myself for the all reasons recently talked about and the addicting nature of it, yes the self updating address book part is nice. Here's what I did: I got a Chrome extention[1] that unfollows all my friends. I've also unliked every Facebook Page that I used to like. This means my feed is now totally empty. When I login from anywhere there is nothing in my feed. Also I rarely ever get…

> [I unfollowed all my friends] [...] I still get to use it as a address book. I'm not understanding something here. Is that an empty address book, or does FB allow you to still access the information of people you're no longer connected to? I was under the impression that the default information visible to folks not on your "Friends" list was pretty limited, which is why [Cambridge Analytica/Kogan] needed to use an…

Post by drukenemo » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

woweeeee wrote: post #16

drukenemo wrote: post #11

Call a good friend for a coffee face to face. I quit Facebook months ago, and guess what, no one cared. I keep contact with REAL friends far away via email or Whatsapp. For local friends I use Whatsapp and meet in person. There is no NEED for a true Facebook replacement. But to be honest, I created a new account, with a fake name and won't add anyone to it. The goal is to track some events and key communities I like…

WhatsApp You know that's still Facebook, rrriiiight?