I deleted my Facebook account several months ago, I did not merely deactivate it, I did a full deletion. Then about one month ago I got a notification for a Facebook group. I wonder how that works? Either Facebook groups can somehow contact you based on an email address rather than an existing profile, or some other weird shenanigans are going on that reflect the account was never actually deleted and some bug somewhere managed to still get a notification to me.
I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
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Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#212I never made a Facebook account. These problems seemed quite apparent to me from the get go. Fundamentally, handing over control to your data and connections just seemed like a bad idea with tons of potential for misuse, even if it was well intentioned. Anybody else never really joined social media?
Could you explain how does having FB account hand over control to your connections?
Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#213Whenever this topic comes up, there are always a lot of comments to the effect of "facebook isn't the problem, you are". Maybe it is best to think of facebook like sugary food. Many people have no trouble having one piece of chocolate and then leaving the rest for later. Many other people are unable to stop themselves from downing the whole 200g block. I think these comments come from people who have no trouble engag…
Well, facebook is designed to exploit addictive behavior so it should be no surprise.
I think you are right, but there is a larger group who merely think they 'have it under control' and are unaware of how unhealthy their use of social media actually is.
Like people who drink too much but will absolutely refuse to acknowledge they have a drinking problem, even if they can't remember when a day has gone by without using a glass or two.
Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#214I never made a Facebook account. These problems seemed quite apparent to me from the get go. Fundamentally, handing over control to your data and connections just seemed like a bad idea with tons of potential for misuse, even if it was well intentioned. Anybody else never really joined social media?
Could you explain how does having FB account hand over control to your connections?
1. What's the source of truth for your contact list now?
2. Do you have backups? Can you make them?
3. What guarantees for consistency have you?
4. How do you know handing over such private info will never be abused? Did you hand out your contact list before to third parties?
5. How do you control the spread of your contact info?
Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's literally a section on how he switched to Telegram.
Telegram is a really great app user experience wise, but I'm more preferential to Signal because I've read in-depth about the double-ratchet algorithm. Weren't there some concerns about Telegrams implementation or privacy issues or something with that app?
Ordinary Telegram chats are not secure, secret chats are secure - nobody has ever explained how the latter possibly can be eavesdropped. The problem with Telegram is many people don't know they are to create a secret chat explicitly every time they want a secure conversation.
However, the fact Russia has unbanned Telegram after Durov's claims they have implemented an illegal content busting mechanism seem alarming: we all know some harmless things many good people like (e.g. discussing government's faults, smoking weed or sharing voluntarily-taken nude pictures) are illegal in many countries.
Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#216Great summary of Facebook newsfeed, loved it! I've also deleted facebook and instagram over a year ago and don't miss them at all. I do keep use WhatsApp though as there aren't that many people using Signal yet. I'm wondering, how many people contacted you on Telegram once you messaged them you're deleting WhatsApp. Did anyone make the switch? Or did they find any other means of communication with you - text messaged, emails, etc. I'm wondering how many people I'll stop interacting with if I delete whatsapp.
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#217I lived in Spain for 5 years and then I returned to my country 13 years ago. Some 8 years ago, Facebook was something that I really enjoyed using. I left way too many friends, close friends, and well, lovers behind. Facebook allowed me to have a healthy relationship with them, even if at a distance. I went back to Spain on 2010 for the wedding of a close friend, and it was like I've been out of the country for 2 mont…
Beware, instagram deletes your account after a few months. I've had this happen to me a twice. Second time around was few weeks ago when i decided to return after taking 2-3 month break.
Oops, that's a bummer. Thanks for the heads up.
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#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see. Thanks. It was deep down there. By the way, I've just came up with an idea of what's really wrong with messengers like Telegram and WhatsApp: you can't read a message without telling the sender you've read it. And this forces you to answer. This way I often have to avoid viewing a message so they don't get notified. This is a huge annoyance which kind of ruins my life every now and then. Thanks G-d they don't…
In whatsapp you can turn this off in privacy settings
Cool! But you can't edit messages in WhatsApp and desktop support is very bad - I need both all the time.
Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#219Enjoy your honeymoon
Re: I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since
#220Whenever this topic comes up, there are always a lot of comments to the effect of "facebook isn't the problem, you are". Maybe it is best to think of facebook like sugary food. Many people have no trouble having one piece of chocolate and then leaving the rest for later. Many other people are unable to stop themselves from downing the whole 200g block. I think these comments come from people who have no trouble engag…
> Many people have no trouble having one piece of chocolate and then leaving the rest for later. Many other people are unable to stop themselves from downing the whole 200g block.
This is me. :(