The 'How to delete Google' section seems out of place and somewhat forced. The reasoning behind suggesting cleaning/deleting becomes weaker or absent further down the page. I think the page could have done with a bit more focus, just highlight the important ones rather than looking for filler material?
Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts
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#22Edit, Link should be https://justdeleteme.xyz/
I'm not sure why one would use this "backgroundchecks" redirection link, which just appears to add ads to the top of the page. The actual site is https://justdeleteme.xyz/
oh sorry, I posted it from mobile, didnt even notice it's wrong domain!
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#23I've been looking for a similar solution for deleting Facebook, though one with a checklist of "don't forget these things you want to keep." Edit: I'd even pay >$100 just for a ZIP of "everything you might regret deleting." The connections are valueless at this point, but the pictures and my mom's priceless comments on them not so much.
That’s literally the export feature that Facebook had for a decade, for free. I use it regularly because I heard that sometimes it “forgets” older messages though.
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#24The 'How to delete Google' section seems out of place and somewhat forced. The reasoning behind suggesting cleaning/deleting becomes weaker or absent further down the page. I think the page could have done with a bit more focus, just highlight the important ones rather than looking for filler material?
As a half way measure, you can ask it not to remember your history
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#25I communicate with a lot of people on Facebook, but I hated that I ended up scrolling my feed. So I unfollowed everything and now I have an empty feed and nothing to scroll.
I realize many have reasons to get rid of Facebook entirely, but for me this was a reasonable compromise.
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#26"Close" is not "Delete". Would be nice to have actual guides on deleting your data, for example for Spotify.
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#27Personally I think it’s a bad idea to delete any of your accounts. It becomes a huge hassle to claim anything if there’s a situation in which you need an account that can show that you have ownership.
In particular if you see a photo of you or yours somewhere and want it modified or removed.
Not to mention there’s really no value in deletion. Log out, stop using all of the clients. The end.
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#28The article could just simple give some instructions on how to stop your data and internet subscriptions, which is pretty much equivalent.
Re: Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts
#29Personally I think it’s a bad idea to delete any of your accounts. It becomes a huge hassle to claim anything if there’s a situation in which you need an account that can show that you have ownership. In particular if you see a photo of you or yours somewhere and want it modified or removed. Not to mention there’s really no value in deletion. Log out, stop using all of the clients. The end.
Isn’t this the use case for Keybase?
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#30I communicate with a lot of people on Facebook, but I hated that I ended up scrolling my feed. So I unfollowed everything and now I have an empty feed and nothing to scroll. I realize many have reasons to get rid of Facebook entirely, but for me this was a reasonable compromise.
I’ve been using Beeper to use Facebook messages without using Facebook directly.