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 Carpetsmoker » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:00 AM UTC

hh3k0 wrote: post #153

saagarjha wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Facebook didn't really "delete" my old account, as after I rejoined it remembered many of my previous friends Do you happen to live in Europe, by chance?

He probably merely deactivated it and thought deactivation equals deletion. It does not.

It's been a few years, but I'm reasonable sure I actually deleted it and didn't just deactivate it. Or at least, that was the impression Facebook gave me. There was a big "you will lose all data!" warning as well as a cooling down period of a week or so, during which I could restore my account in case I changed my mind.

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

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Post by myself248 » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:00 AM UTC

Never had one in the first place. Facebook's entire existence deeply offended me from when I first heard about it, back in the .edu-only days.

I got along fine before social media existed. I get along fine without it now.

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

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Post by compscistd » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:02 AM UTC

No, but I deleted the app off my phone. This is much more manageable as I only check Facebook for event invites through a web browser (either on my phone or desktop). Additionally, I no longer use SSO through Facebook

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

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Post by jostmey » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:02 AM UTC

No, I just didn’t log into Facebook, like ever

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

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Post by ryebreadistasty » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:05 AM UTC

I haven't had it for years already, deleted it a few years ago, and to be truthful I think it's been long enough they legit don't have much data on me anymore.

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

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Post by village-idiot » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:06 AM UTC

No, but I let mine go fallow and installed a lot of anti-tracking software, including a pi-hole, all to prevent them and others from following me.

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

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Post by gordaco » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

I haven't used facebook since... about 2013 Q1. I stopped using it more or less organically, just by looking for social life in other places (and by having less social life, actually). I thought that there wasn't much harm in having it open, but a few days ago I finally got fed up and deleted the account. I didn't bother downloading my data or anything.

Unfortunately I don't see myself getting rid of Whatsapp any time soon. For the vast majority of people around me, it's the only means of communication they will use (aside from face to face, of course). I'm sad that people would not use email for personal communication any more, but I guess that my preferences have become obsolete.

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

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Post by kamonrye » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:10 AM UTC

Yes. I sort of miss having connections to groups that I was a part of, but it's been well worth it. Google and their products are next (with the exception of Chromecast via a burner gmail).

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

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Post by sudofail » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:11 AM UTC

Yep

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

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Post by ashelmire » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:15 AM UTC

Deleted in 2017! Life’s been great since. I’ve taken a bunch of classes, read a bunch of books, and I’m no longer plagued by the political and social ideas of the uneducated on a regular basis.