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Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Re: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Post by Flimm »

I really like this idea. I've always wondered whether I should delete my Facebook account, but I never put the effort into weighing up the consequences. I might just do this for the thrill of it. If I survive I get an interesting status, if not, I leave Facebook for silly reasons. Win/win.

I don't understand the purpose of the second rule: "you must play once a day". If you abide by that rule, then you're guaranteed to leave Facebook eventually. Where's the thrill in that? Is this rule optional, or does the app play for you automatically?

Re: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Post by orangethirty »

Funny bit about this is that someone will give these people millions in funding or acquihire. All for a:

    from random import randint

    choice = randint(1, 6)
    delete = randint(1, 6)

    if choice == delete:
        print "Today is not your lucky day."
    else:
        print "Try again tomorrow."

    print "Today's choice was {0}.".format(choice)

    #I felt like writing some bad python.

Re: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Post by SixteenBlue »

Flimm wrote: post #2

I really like this idea. I've always wondered whether I should delete my Facebook account, but I never put the effort into weighing up the consequences. I might just do this for the thrill of it. If I survive I get an interesting status, if not, I leave Facebook for silly reasons. Win/win. I don't understand the purpose of the second rule: "you must play once a day". If you abide by that rule, then you're guaranteed…

It says _may_ play _only_ once a day.

Re: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Post by fein »

austenallred wrote: post #5

Is it really that scary to delete your account? It's really, really easy to reactivate. When I deactivated my Facebook account it was hard to not reactivate it.

I deleted, not deactivated, my account about 2 years ago; it's far more liberating than scary.

Of course, I still have an fb account for running ads and using the api's, but neither my name nor personal email is tied to it at all.

Re: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Post by JeremyBanks »

austenallred wrote: post #5

Is it really that scary to delete your account? It's really, really easy to reactivate. When I deactivated my Facebook account it was hard to not reactivate it.

Deactivating your Facebook account is not the same thing as deleting it. Deleting is permanent (though it's delayed to prevent abuse).

https://www.facebook.com/help/214376678584711 https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674

Re: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account

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Post by Flimm »

SixteenBlue wrote: post #6
Flimm wrote: post #2

I really like this idea. I've always wondered whether I should delete my Facebook account, but I never put the effort into weighing up the consequences. I might just do this for the thrill of it. If I survive I get an interesting status, if not, I leave Facebook for silly reasons. Win/win. I don't understand the purpose of the second rule: "you must play once a day". If you abide by that rule, then you're guaranteed…

It says _may_ play _only_ once a day.

Ah, I did not notice the only word. It seems like a pointless rule to me.
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