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

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

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Post by Markoff »

i deleted it earlier

i was also the only parent in kindergarten out of 100 children who had problem to sign consent with publishing photos of my child on Facebook, since then kindergarten backpedaled and will discontinue using Facebook for photos and other communication and use their own site plus they upload photos to password protected galleries on other local photo sharing website without attaching names of children

speaking of backpedaling, photos and deleting accounts with Flickr deadline approaching in few days i am also gonna delete wives and mine Flickr/yahoo accounts and all photos, ain't gonna bring them any visitors with 1000 photos they let me store there after luring me to 1TB offer

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

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Post by frereubu »

ishan_chhabra wrote: post #248
frereubu wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I missed my friend's 50th birthday party because I wasn't on Facebook (haven't been for around 3-4 years), and he assumed that everyone he wanted there was. That stung enough for me to think about it, but whenever I see people scrolling through their feeds there's so much drivel that I immediately go off the idea again.

Use Facebook News Feed Eradicator ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat... ) and use it only on the desktop (no mobile app). You'll get the benefits of Facebook (real identity with almost everyone on the platform, events, groups, etc.) without loosing hours reading crap on the news feed.

Kind of interesting, but then what's the point of Facebook? Asides from invitations - which, perhaps naively, this friend did through a post in his feed - the only thing that I'd be interested by is maintaining a light-touch connection with friends who are overseas by looking at their posts in the news feed.

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

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Post by LUmBULtERA »

bigiain wrote: post #237
shock wrote: post #168

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> Quitting Facebook may not a choice without severe consequences You know you're living in a time of peace when not having Facebook is considered to have severe consequences .

Or it's indicative of the battlefields of the (very near) future...

Or both.

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

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Post by LUmBULtERA »

devereaux wrote: post #71
CharlesW wrote: post #35

Yes, deleting all posts (using Social Book Posts Manager[1] IIRC) and other footprints as much as possible before I did. Of course, I can't control whether Facebook actually performed those deletions or just simulated it to my satisfaction. On retrospect I'm now just sick that I was ever caught up in their "engagement at any expense" Skinner Box to the extent that I was. I'd have Facebook open in one tab and start ty…

I didn't use facebook in 2018, and when I tried to buy a Oculus they just cancelled my order. It's hard to not see a relationship. The (lack of) digital footprint and engagement can come back and bite you.

I don't use Facebook. I have an Oculus. I also don't need a facebook account to use the Oculus.

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

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Post by pmlnr »

Deactivated it about half a year ago, because it wasn't showing me anything relevant any more, only shares and likes.

Ever since that I realized I need to go back to the internet and actively trace my interests - music, concerts, art, etc. I nearly forgotten how to do it, but it's worth it.

As for "missing out": never happened. If I was interested in doing something, I found a way to find it. Random invitations did not get to me, true, but that is OK.

Losing "friends": I know a lot less of everyday nonsense. Turned out nobody was using facebook to share their real life or thoughts any more. Exchanging a few emails, meeting up, even if it's once a bluemoon, makes a complete difference.

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

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Post by pard68 »

Twice in 2018.

Once because I wanted to remove it, the politics, the drama, and the big brother from my life.

The second time because Facebook didn't actually delete my account the first time. I haven't checked to see if they have honor my request this time around. Maybe I will check next year.

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

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Post by nixme »

alskdj21 wrote: post #338
sahaskatta wrote: post #328

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You can use Facebook Messenger without a Facebook account. (I haven't tried it, but I know quite a few people that do this.)

As what I've heard from my friends, you can deactivate your Facebook profile and still have Messenger on. Though you can't use Messenger without creating a Facebook account.

Yes you can. You sign up through the Messenger iOS/Android app.
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