No, but I removed the app from my phone and probably only sign in weekly now. I also block all their tracking domains in my hosts file.
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?
#382Yes. I deactivated my account in June and haven't logged in since then.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#383Yes, I deleted mine earlier in the year. It creeps me out on privacy grounds, and was a net negative to life satisfaction.
I believe in technology being able to foster and improve things in the social and community aspects of people's lives, but I do know for sure Facebook is not it.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#384Deleted it in 2008 -- before it was cool!
...but ended up creating 2 accounts for businesses in ~2015-2016.
Still on linkedin, reddit, HN, twitter, and tumblr. No whatapp or insta.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#385I got banned from facebook this year. So some background. I used facebook as a normal user from 2010 to 2012. I thought it was stupid on day 1 but was peer pressured into it (thanks high school) and by 2012 I still thought it was stupid and useless so I quit. At various intervals between 2012 and now I've had shitposting accounts. Fake names and fake pictures but most people in the friends list knew who was behind th…
This post was thoroughly enjoyable to read. Thanks for the laughs.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#386Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Biggest use cases for me has been events and groups.
1. Events: Facebook's provides a streamlined experience for hosting events and all my friends use it for birthday parties, house warming and so on.
2. Groups: Facebook's group experience is quite good and I am a part of 4 groups of like minded people that I get to have conversations with quite frequently.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#387Yes
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#388October 2013
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#389No, I ended up creating one. I've had an account for the longest of times where I had family I never talk to who are just virtue signalling, but I wanted to start fresh as I started college, and I wanted a way to keep track of what schools my old classmates were moving to. It was a great decision as a lot of people use messenger, and sometimes reception can be a bit non-existent in subbasements.
Re: Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018?
#390Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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 out on the social opportunities you lose the chance to upgrade these people from acquaintances to friends…
From your comment and the one right above, it seems that you two are at very different life junctures. If you're married with kids, Facebook is probably the last thing you need to bother with. If you're single and looking to socialize, Facebook is probably a great enabler.
Great point. I used mine in college extensively now it sits and collects digital dust.