How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by battle-racket » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:19 PM UTC

How to delete your Facebook account
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Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by zjp » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:25 PM UTC

I did after yesterday’s story. It’s only a matter of time before you don’t even have to interact with their AI tools to kick off them showing you yourself in generated content. No thanks! They make it damn obscure to find too. I had to click a direct link to the option from their help pages.

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by naturalpb » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:31 PM UTC

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others disagree, which is their right. What isn't someone's right is to dictate truth, which is what Facebook will ostensibly do less of. Bravo

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by redeux » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:32 PM UTC

I deleted my FB account a long long time ago and then a few years later I wanted to make a new one for business reasons and they blocked me from doing so.

I’m not saying don’t delete your account - I still don’t have one, but be aware that it may not be as simple as just creating a new one if you change your mind in the future.

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by juujian » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:33 PM UTC

naturalpb wrote: post #3

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others disagree, which is their right. What isn't someone's right is to dictate truth, which is what Facebook will ostensibly do less of. Bravo

Is this some kind of really meta joke or irony?

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by lawlessone » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:34 PM UTC

naturalpb wrote: post #3

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others disagree, which is their right. What isn't someone's right is to dictate truth, which is what Facebook will ostensibly do less of. Bravo

That's great, what was it you were worried you couldn't say there?

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by kps » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:35 PM UTC

juujian wrote: post #5

naturalpb wrote: post #3

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others disagree, which is their right. What isn't someone's right is to dictate truth, which is what Facebook will ostensibly do less of. Bravo

Is this some kind of really meta joke or irony?

> meta joke

Is this some kind of…

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by rvnx » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:36 PM UTC

lawlessone wrote: post #6

naturalpb wrote: post #3

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others disagree, which is their right. What isn't someone's right is to dictate truth, which is what Facebook will ostensibly do less of. Bravo

That's great, what was it you were worried you couldn't say there?

Depending on the website owners or influences there are always things you cannot freely say. Even here on this forum.

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by Pedro_Ribeiro » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:38 PM UTC

rvnx wrote: post #8

lawlessone wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's great, what was it you were worried you couldn't say there?

Depending on the website owners or influences there are always things you cannot freely say. Even here on this forum.

And what is that? Maybe I'm not deep enough into HN to know about this.

Re: How to delete your Facebook account

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Post by bobjordan » Thu, Jan 09, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

naturalpb wrote: post #3

Funny, I just signed up for a Facebook account this week after the news,having deleted mine in 2017. In my opinion, they are taking a step in the right direction. Clearly others disagree, which is their right. What isn't someone's right is to dictate truth, which is what Facebook will ostensibly do less of. Bravo

After living in China for 10 years and experiencing true suppression of freedom of speech, the desire of many here in America to silence others in the name of curbing "misinformation" is wild to me. I have no desire to replicate what they have in China here in America. Free speech is a precious thing on this planet. The only acceptable solution to speech one doesn't like or agree with is more free speech. Silencing people that you don't agree with is not something anyone should support.