It was the notifications that were the last straw for me. If I can't figure out how to 100% disable your notifications in 5 minutes, your app is gone. I'm sure it's possible but apparently as a software engineer I'm not smart enough.
You can easily do that at the OS level.
Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
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Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is exactly how my leaving facebook started. After a few months without the app I logged out on desktop, and then it wasn't long until I deactivated my account. I'd like to delete it entirely but at the moment too many people still use messenger to contact me.
Anytime I speak with someone on Messenger, I mention my cellphone # and email. Gotta prime that OOB comms pump, otherwise you'll never break free. If only there was a Messenger API to setup an autoresponder with alternate contact info...
Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#103Every once in a while I get an alert about a birthday for someone I met once when I was in college 20 years ago... one day I'll figure out how to shut all of that off it's really annoying.
Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#104Anecdotal obviously, but I'm surprised at how pervasive the "Facebook listens to your conversations through the app" rumors are, even among the more technically literate. I'm curious how much of an effect that rumor had on this finding.
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#105Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#106It was the notifications that were the last straw for me. If I can't figure out how to 100% disable your notifications in 5 minutes, your app is gone. I'm sure it's possible but apparently as a software engineer I'm not smart enough.
iOS: Settings -> Notifications Android: Settings -> App Notifications
Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#107I did this. In the following sequence, over a few years, and am now to step 5: 1. Turn off notifications for the Facebook app on your phone; 2. Turn off notifications for the Facebook Messenger, Instagram, et cetera apps on your phone; 3. Delete the Facebook app from your phone; 4. Delete the Facebook Messenger, Instagram, et cetera apps from your phone; and finally 5. Log out of Facebook on your desktop. It took me…
# ~/unfuckfacbook.sh
#!/bin/bash
sed -i '' s/'^127.0.0.1 facebook.com'/'#127.0.0.1 facebook.com'/ /etc/hosts
sed -i '' s/'^127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com'/'#127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com'/ /etc/hosts
sed -i '' s/'^127.0.0.1 m.facebook.com'/'#127.0.0.1 m.facebook.com'/ /etc/hosts
sleep 30
say "Hey asshole, get off Facebook"
sleep 30
~/fuckfacbook.sh
~/fuckfacbook.sh just undoes the hosts file workIt helpped for a while but at some point I had to just commit to not checking it. I have some legitimate business I have to do on there sometimes (I'm a musician and I need more side-guy gigs), so I post updates from insta (which is less addicting to me) or if I open it I commit to not scrolling and browsing but just checking alerts.
It's so fcking creepy though... I mean, I'm legitimately an alcoholic but I can (when I want to, which is usually all the time these days) at least not _start_ drinking... but if I stopped drinking for a couple of days and the bottle of scotch in my cabinet sent me an email trying to get me to drink, I'd have to pour it out.
Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#108Anecdotal obviously, but I'm surprised at how pervasive the "Facebook listens to your conversations through the app" rumors are, even among the more technically literate. I'm curious how much of an effect that rumor had on this finding.
They were slurping up text massages and collecting call logs, IIRC. So the rumor isn't too far from the truth.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/faceb...
Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#109I still use Facebook regularly but I deleted the app and the regular Messenger app because they were using too much RAM on my phone.
Same here, but s/RAM/battery/ for me
The mobile web version works for those rare occasions when I need to check it on the go. I'm definitely never installing their app again; I simply don't trust them to prioritize my needs over theirs (even in regards to mobile resources).
Re: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
#110Overall, 26 percent have deleted the app, while 42 percent have taken a break of several weeks or more.
Something's off. I don't know. How many people are we talking about? 80 millions? In the US alone? Really? We need more source here.