Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?

#1

Post by sir_brickalot » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:17 PM UTC

Facebook for me is mainly a self updating address book. So is there any other recommended service that could possibly even import all or some of my FB data and is able to help keep in touch with my acquantances?

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#2

Post by mars4rp » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:32 PM UTC

Supreme Court ruled that illegal and if you do that, it is punishable by law as hacking!

Re: Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?

#3

Post by sir_brickalot » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:54 PM UTC

mars4rp wrote: post #2

Supreme Court ruled that illegal and if you do that, it is punishable by law as hacking!

I don't live in the US so I am not familiar with this ruling, but are you saying that I am not allowed to use my own data that Facebook handed over to me in a neat zip file containing html files, photos, friends lists, messages... everything?

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#4

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

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#5

Post by cyclonetiger » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:57 PM UTC

If its a self updating address book, then LinkedIn would essentially serve your purposes, but one could argue that LinkedIn has the same problems that Facebook does.

Re: Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?

#6

Post by dandigangi » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:57 PM UTC

No where! You go back to a normal life where you just live it instead of reading about other people living theirs.

Re: Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?

#7

Post by frantzmiccoli » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:57 PM UTC

sir_brickalot wrote: post #3

mars4rp wrote: post #2

Supreme Court ruled that illegal and if you do that, it is punishable by law as hacking!

I don't live in the US so I am not familiar with this ruling, but are you saying that I am not allowed to use my own data that Facebook handed over to me in a neat zip file containing html files, photos, friends lists, messages... everything?

You surely are in your right to get your data, I guess there has been a misunderstanding, he was mentioning data about your contact.

European GDPR is making this data export a consumer right (it comes applicable in may). Though I haven't heard about any service enabling data loading from a Facebook export (nor a Facebook export tool).

Re: Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?

#8

Post by abcdefghijklm » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:58 PM UTC

Go outside!

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#9

Post by starchand » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:59 PM UTC

Instagram

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#10

Post by post_break » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 3:59 PM UTC

I use email and text message to keep in touch now. Or Telegram (funny how that has double meaning).