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 seppin » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:31 AM UTC

ngngngng wrote: post #154

I deactivated it for a few months. I've reactivated it since. I live in a small town of about 300 homes, all the city information is posted in the city facebook page. It doesn't suck time from my day anymore since I broke the addiction (now reddit is my only addiction left) and I have the firefox container extensions and ublock origin so i'm satisfied it's not tracking me.

What's the problem with just using it for one or two features, deleting everything else you've posted and using anti-tracking software in your browser?

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

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Post by seppin » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:35 AM UTC

Yes, and stepped up usage of Whatsapp and IG. So what was the point of that?

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

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Post by revskill » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:38 AM UTC

Currently, i only use Facebook to watch streaming gaming, nothing more.

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

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Post by sfilargi » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:40 AM UTC

Carpetsmoker wrote: post #141

No. I actually created a Facebook account in 2018. The problem is that without Facebook you will miss out. Sure, close friends and family will invite you to their social events, but more distant acquaintances will not; you know, the bloke you met at the pub last week and had a 20 minute chat with, or that cute girl you talked to but then she suddenly she was dragged off to a birthday party by her friends. By missing…

A very close childhood friend of mine got killed last April. I didn’t learn the news till August cause I didn’t have a FB account.

There is a price to pay for sticking to your principles.

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

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Post by quakeguy » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:41 AM UTC

No, did it already in 2011. Never missed it since.

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

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Post by joegahona » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:41 AM UTC

Yes, and Instagram.

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

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Post by daveid » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:42 AM UTC

Yes, I deleted mine! Deleted my Twitter account too

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

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Post by c22 » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:42 AM UTC

No, but I stopped signing into it back in 2015. I figured deleting it would just give them another datapoint on me.

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

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Post by Applejinx » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:44 AM UTC

I just unfollow nearly everybody, and don't post.

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

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Post by jxramos » Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:44 AM UTC

I kept my profile but painstakingly deleted everything I ever contributed in my profile. I think I did it in response to something posted in HN about some data breach with Facebook or something. I wasn’t affected it turns out but I did it just as a precautionary thing. I kept the profile around just in case I wanted Facebook credentials for something down the road. I was able to attend a webcast once using my account that I wound not have been able to otherwise.