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Deleting Facebook permanently

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Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#51

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.

Giving up emails or phone numbers can be risky since someone else might take it and do something unpleasant with it.

Facebook accounts cannot be taken that way.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#52

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.

But if you don't have a FB account, how will customs ever let you into whatever country you are trying to enter?

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#53
post #11

I have to admit, in times of Corona, without parties and concerts, the value of Facebook has sunken drastically. My main activity was to stay up to date on events. What's happening, who goes where, etc.

>I have to admit, in times of Corona, without parties and concerts, the value of Facebook has sunken drastically

Huh? For many people it's exactly the opposite. The value of Facebook was in casual chat, posting, etc, to connect with friends and random followers in the age of Corona.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#54
I see that the OP is using spacehey (which I've never heard of and seems to be slow for some reason), but how can anyone be sure that it won't be overrun by bots and unsavory characters?

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#55

I am 28 and none of my peers is using FB anymore. I have some older friends that do their yearly christmas party invite on FB and some people who chat with me on FB messenger. There primarily are ads, spam, people posting commercial content and people congratulating each other for their birthdays. Is facebook this dead for anyone else?

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Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#56
post #40

I’ve become throughly convinced that the only way to dethrone Facebook is by creating the Next Big Thing and being crazy (and well-funded) enough to reject any acquisitions on the way up. “Delete your Facebook” social movements are doomed from the start. Social trends seem to come in waves, and people get bored quickly. I wouldn’t be surprised if the world tires of today’s brand of social media in a decade or two. Th…

Snapchat and TikTok both did exactly that.

Are they better alternatives than Facebook's platforms?

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#57

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.

Interesting point. Better to have a 'real' facebook than some imposter pretending to be you.

In some ways for a business, not having a facebook is like not having a URL.

Re: Deleting Facebook permanently

#60

I’ve become throughly convinced that the only way to dethrone Facebook is by creating the Next Big Thing and being crazy (and well-funded) enough to reject any acquisitions on the way up. “Delete your Facebook” social movements are doomed from the start. Social trends seem to come in waves, and people get bored quickly. I wouldn’t be surprised if the world tires of today’s brand of social media in a decade or two. Th…

Probably so. The part of the population that reacts in any way to "delete your account" is probably 0.25% - FB knows that, too. Fine if every other month a #deletefb campaign comes around, the MAU is a harder fact.

The next big thing must flush you with probably an order or so more dopamine - maybe some free artificial/AR world with hundreds of new cool friends who aren't real but make you feel better. That would be so 2020s!

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