Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by georgeecollins » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:33 PM UTC

Yes. Now my wife complains I act smug about every social media story.

Otherwise all fine.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by williamstein » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:35 PM UTC

No. I love sharing random pictures of my dog with my mother, and other friends and relatives. Facebook works really well for this.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by DyslexicAtheist » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:36 PM UTC

yes already in January. Deleted twitter last month. Next up will be Linkedin (before the year ends). As of Jan 2019 I've decided to no longer carry a mobile phone (it will be switched off with batteries removed in a drawer for at least 1 year then I'll decide if I want to keep using it or not). Babysteps ...

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by rabidrat » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:38 PM UTC

Yes, and just organized our first NYE party via email (evite).

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by Jaruzel » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:41 PM UTC

No, as sometimes I dip back in to see what some of my friends who refuse to quit it are up to, as they don't post elsewhere. I don't post, and my profile has been purged of all posts and content[1]. For now this will have to be good enough.

I did find out recently that you can now delete your 'Facebook profile' but keep your login just for Messenger' though.

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[1] https://github.com/Jaruzel/DeleteFacebookActivity

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by sedeki » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:41 PM UTC

Yes, I did. Second time. Hopefully I can resist to join a third time.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by codewritinfool » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:42 PM UTC

Yes.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by DyslexicAtheist » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:43 PM UTC

DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #13

yes already in January. Deleted twitter last month. Next up will be Linkedin (before the year ends). As of Jan 2019 I've decided to no longer carry a mobile phone (it will be switched off with batteries removed in a drawer for at least 1 year then I'll decide if I want to keep using it or not). Babysteps ...

PS: one of the projects on my mind is a small faraday cage at the entrance of my home right next to the wardrobe. It will be a "feature" I offer for visiting friends to show them what it's like to unplug for an evening. It will be non optional for anyone spending time at my house. Any visitors (guests or otherwise) entering my home will have to use it.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by superasn » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:44 PM UTC

No but it's just totally irrelevant for me now. Its been almost a month and I didn't even think about it until now, so it's like dozens of accounts that I have (like yahoo mail) which even though I have in theory are completely useless and irrelevant to me.

But I don't plan on deleting it since I may have a use for it some day and I would like to have that option just in case.

Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?

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Post by blck » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 9:46 PM UTC

I did delete my Facebook account (this past week). I forgot to download all the data they had on me but I had a download from earlier in the year (maybe a few months ago) and that's sufficient enough for me since I made very few posts to Facebook this year.

In the lead up to deleting facebook, I deleted many "friends," removed all my likes, and deleted every single picture I could.

Unfortunately I can still be seen in pictures others have posted to Facebook.

I will admit that I still have Instagram installed on my phone. I could probably delete it and not miss anything but there are some interesting people I follow.