I used to, but I deleted it.
Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
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#22For the people that do, there's still a HN group over there:
Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#23I voted "I used to, but I deleted it.", but actually I have a personal account with no details and no friends, which I only log into on the rare occasions I need to edit a company facebook page, and the login details to a friend's account, for when I want to check up on how Facebook works for the sake of a marketing campaign.
edit: I deleted my account three years ago because it annoyed me and I rarely found myself using it. If that wasn't the case, I'm not sure if by now I would have decided to delete it for other reasons (e.g. privacy) - I haven't really stopped to think about it.
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#24Sorry, the 32 of you (as of this moment, out of 152) who claim to never have had a facebook account. I call shenanigans. I don't believe for one second that 20% of a sample of hacker news readers never, ever had a facebook account.
Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#25I'll delete my Facebook account when there's Distributed Social Network Protocol I can use instead.
Social networking has evolved to become a useful part of my life that I don't want to live without. But the evolution of it's usefulness in relation to me is diverging from the evolution of Facebook and Google+.
Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#26What is the rationale behind deleting LinkedIn?
They have shown scant regard for their users privacy in the past.[1][2] I deleted my account as a result.
[1] http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/linkedins-soc...
Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#27Eh... I'm in college, and it's nearly impossible to get my friends/classmates to use email, so I sorta need to keep it.
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#28Yes, but I am planning to delete it for good after creating something as a replacement (Hybrid between facebook and blog)
even thought posterous spaces is in good position now for me.
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#29I've got an account, but a dns ban on *.facebook.com (and their other dns). Three or four times a week, I fire up a dedicated browser (configured with a (somewhat slow) proxy to circumvent my own ban) to check on what happens, and sometimes post a link or two.
I'm happy with this compromise, right now. I no longer have any addiction, but I don't feel too out of the loop. And I feel in control of the data I give to facebook.
Re: Poll: Do you have a Facebook account?
#30I voted "I used to, but I deleted it.", but actually I have a personal account with no details and no friends, which I only log into on the rare occasions I need to edit a company facebook page, and the login details to a friend's account, for when I want to check up on how Facebook works for the sake of a marketing campaign. edit: I deleted my account three years ago because it annoyed me and I rarely found myself u…
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