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Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by malka »

Traster wrote: post #29
croh wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why isnt it possible to delete amazon account permanently ? Amazon still doesn't give option to delete purchase history which is kind of super annoying.

I think Amazon is actually a different story to a certain extent. Sure, you can delete your account, but at the end of the day you've transacted with them and they can keep a record of who they've transacted with, right? Personally I think it would be unreasonable for me to demand that a shop I buy from delete the record of who purchased it.

> I think it would be unreasonable for me to demand that a shop I buy from delete the record of who purchased it.

Why ? for recent transaction, they need to keep it for tax purposes but they have no legal need to keep old records.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by jan_Inkepa »

Traster wrote: post #29
croh wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why isnt it possible to delete amazon account permanently ? Amazon still doesn't give option to delete purchase history which is kind of super annoying.

I think Amazon is actually a different story to a certain extent. Sure, you can delete your account, but at the end of the day you've transacted with them and they can keep a record of who they've transacted with, right? Personally I think it would be unreasonable for me to demand that a shop I buy from delete the record of who purchased it.

Also at least in the EU you're legally mandated to keep transaction history along with customer information for some number of years iirc. Don't know how that combines with gdpr.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by jcims »

_ttg wrote: post #10

Faster shortcuts: https://deletefacebook.com/ https://deleteinstagram.com/ It's probably by design, but from experience most people will need non-trivial discipline/hacks to get around the 30 day window and avoid reflexively logging in. Would be curious to know how many people who try deleting their accounts follow through to the end

If folks can't go cold turkey I'd suggest unfollowing everyone first. It makes the site much more useful and easier to quit.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by OldTimeCoffee »

croh wrote: post #26
shadowfaxRodeo wrote: post #15

I got rid of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp about 4 years ago. Facebook and Instagram was easy, but people who have WhatsApp really think you’re weird for not having it. Deleting WhatsApp, while annoying for me personally, has resulted in many people I know joining Signal or Telegram — the network effect can be broken by being belligerent. If you don’t want to have a conversation about why you deleted WhatsApp, si…

Why isnt it possible to delete amazon account permanently ? Amazon still doesn't give option to delete purchase history which is kind of super annoying.

Because Amazon still has to have a record of the purchase. It's part of routine recordkeeping laws while running a business.

They could unlink it from your purchase history, but they would still have to maintain the record of the purchase. I believe this is effectively what 'Archiving' order does.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by heurisko »

My experience deleting Facebook has been strange. Maybe I didn't do it right, but I have continued to receive "sign in with 1-click" emails, and at one time I was notified somewhat disconcertingly that someone had memorialised me.

I don't find a problem with WhatsApp.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by zionic »

dotancohen wrote: post #21
shadowfaxRodeo wrote: post #15

I got rid of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp about 4 years ago. Facebook and Instagram was easy, but people who have WhatsApp really think you’re weird for not having it. Deleting WhatsApp, while annoying for me personally, has resulted in many people I know joining Signal or Telegram — the network effect can be broken by being belligerent. If you don’t want to have a conversation about why you deleted WhatsApp, si…

I could have written this comment word for word. People get _offended_ when you tell them that you don't have Whatsapp. But I let them hold that hot coal themselves.

This is so strange, no one in my social circle uses WhatsApp or has ever asked me to use it to talk to them. It’s all iMessage, Snapchat, and a growing group of people on Signal.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by emerged »

zionic wrote: post #36
dotancohen wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I could have written this comment word for word. People get _offended_ when you tell them that you don't have Whatsapp. But I let them hold that hot coal themselves.

This is so strange, no one in my social circle uses WhatsApp or has ever asked me to use it to talk to them. It’s all iMessage, Snapchat, and a growing group of people on Signal.

Same here, I’ve never even heard someone I know say the word “WhatsApp” in my life.

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by lucasverra »

zionic wrote: post #36
dotancohen wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I could have written this comment word for word. People get _offended_ when you tell them that you don't have Whatsapp. But I let them hold that hot coal themselves.

This is so strange, no one in my social circle uses WhatsApp or has ever asked me to use it to talk to them. It’s all iMessage, Snapchat, and a growing group of people on Signal.

Usa?

Cause what parent described is common in EU + LATAM

Re: How to permanently delete your Facebook account

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Post by lucasverra »

Helmut10001 wrote: post #23
shadowfaxRodeo wrote: post #15

I got rid of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp about 4 years ago. Facebook and Instagram was easy, but people who have WhatsApp really think you’re weird for not having it. Deleting WhatsApp, while annoying for me personally, has resulted in many people I know joining Signal or Telegram — the network effect can be broken by being belligerent. If you don’t want to have a conversation about why you deleted WhatsApp, si…

Use mautrix-whatsapp [1] on a home server to bridge Matrix chat to WhatsApp and (optionally) add a dedicated VoIP phone number for WhatApp. Allows you to connect to/chat with WhatApp users using Matrix/Element. [1]: https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp

how to ping you to know a bit more of that experience ?
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