Deleting Facebook permanently

#1

Post by joshmanders » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

Deleting Facebook permanently
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Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#2

Post by WaterForest » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

Most people I know have deactivated their account. I just use messenger.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#3

Post by joshmanders » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:03 PM UTC

WaterForest wrote: post #2

Most people I know have deactivated their account. I just use messenger.

I had been doing that for a few weeks now, but I don't agree with Facebook anymore and by passively using their products I am telling them that their actions are ok.

By deleting completely and going to alternatives, that's how we tell them it's not ok.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#4

Post by oli5679 » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:04 PM UTC

If you want to keep the 'events' capability but remove your newsfeed then it's possible to write a bot that unsubscribes from all of your friends. This also works well for LinkedIn I find.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#5

Post by willis936 » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

After losing control of my Yahoo email after trying to delete it, I have learned that it’s not smart to give up control of something that has your identity.

I never use facebook, but I will never delete it. I don’t trust facebook.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#6

Post by staticelf » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

I have deleted my facebook account about like 3 years ago, I still have a fake account around tho with a fake name, fake image, fake background etc.

Just to be able to read and post in local groups to my community. I use a special browser for it with facebook container installed.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#7

Post by joshmanders » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

Apologizes if you are having trouble getting to the site, An has been receiving a massive influx of users over the past few days so it can be slow at times.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#8

Post by hprotagonist » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

https://github.com/weskerfoot/DeleteFB

for some handy automation of this (previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19963599)

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#9

Post by tschellenbach » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

People tend to just blindly follow what the news reports to the extent that this is now very relevant for Facebook: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#10

Post by etothepii » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

Reminds me of this College Humour video - If People Left Parties Like They Leave Facebook

https://youtu.be/mGcHNnI2mh4