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Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by fwn »

scroot wrote: post #7

If someone can post a script or something that lets you extract all of your friends' birthdays into a Google calendar, it would go a long way towards making deletion more palatable

Not tried it myself, but there is this script: https://github.com/mobeigi/fb2cal

I'm certain it was possible to create a link on Facebook that could be used to import birthdays to your regular calendar application, but I can't find this feature anymore.

edit: First sentence of their actual description clarifies it:

> Around 20 June 2019, Facebook removed their Facebook Birthday ICS export option.

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by everdrive »

SunlightEdge wrote: post #20
SunlightEdge wrote: post #19

Disabling/deactivating your FB account is a good way. Your automatically off FB but can come back if you want. Been off for about 3 years and its great. Log in once a year or so. Seriously what is the point of Facebook? Chasing likes? Getting into angry political discourse. Watching cat videos? no thanks. You can use what's app or meet up for groups /family stuff. FB is so pointless.

You can also use messenger and have your account still be disabled. I do that.

How does this work? Simply log into messenger?

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by kevincox »

encom wrote: post #49
monkin wrote: post #13

I deleted my main Facebook account in 2012. Two years ago I need to test out some business features and API’s, so I made a new one. They needed my phone number, my gov ID, and my full name. I did everything but shortened my last name so it was “John S.” as I didn’t want it to be searchable. After a day they banned my account, they are dropping my requests to verify or delete it because name on ID isn’t the same as on…

Just imagine the sheer fucking arrogance of demanding people submit government ID for a social media account . I hate that company with a passion. My mother is addicted to that garbage, and I don't know what to do about it.

To be fair it isn't entirely their fault.

I feel like all of these platforms are trying to satisfy the media. But of course that isn't possible, the media is only satisfied by the hits it gets from dramatic atricles.

They will constantly publish "Platform X has unsavory content" as if it is surprising that some people will communicate "bad" things on a communication platform. But for whatever reason they feel the pressure so they start making it harder for bots, spammers, scammers and people that they disagree with to participate. Of course then the media has a new weapon "Platform X censoring good person Y!".

I'm not saying that all moderation is bad. But these platforms have backed themselves between a rock and a hard place.

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

cmclaren wrote: post #38
Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #12

Those who are planning to delete all Facebook activity(posts) instead of deleting FB account itself, please note that FB seems to be hiding posts at random in the activity log when it detects unusual deleting spree and pops it up on a later date at a random interval. I still find some 10 year old cringe post being the only post in my timeline occasionally, something which should have been deleted several years ago wh…

I encountered this problem a number of times. I believe, in my case at least, that I noticed a pattern. I believe that facebook's activity log filters posts related to disabled accounts. I think that when someone decides to re-enable their disabled account, your posts related to their account re-appear in your activity log. Therefore, one can never be sure if all activity is deleted, and one must iteratively return t…

Hidden posts include my own posts as well, so what you stated could also add to the problem but doesn't seem to be the only factor.

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by PhillyG »

"I’ve never been asked to do anything particularly grimy at work, but if I was then I’d probably try to change teams and I like to think that if that wasn’t allowed then I’d leave immediately, without delay, as soon as I’d finished vesting." Made me chuckle.

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by joshmanders »

2pEXgD0fZ5cF wrote: post #23
Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #12

Those who are planning to delete all Facebook activity(posts) instead of deleting FB account itself, please note that FB seems to be hiding posts at random in the activity log when it detects unusual deleting spree and pops it up on a later date at a random interval. I still find some 10 year old cringe post being the only post in my timeline occasionally, something which should have been deleted several years ago wh…

That was my plan a while ago, just delete all my posts and undo everything I can. Doing this manually is an unpleasant undertaking riddled from start to finish with dark patterns that can only be described as malicious and petty. I did not use a tool and did not even have many posts or likes and I was still unable to remove everything after 3 (!) runs. And even then I had to ask others for help to confirm whether som…

It took me on average about 3 hours a day for 1.5 weeks to manually use Facebook's "manage posts" bulk deletion tool and even then I didn't get everything deleted, as posts to my wall for my birthday were grouped up and in those groups I could only hide them, with ~1500 friends over 13 years, I opted to hide most of them. At least content I posted was gone.

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by wdbbdw »

I took all of the anti-fb steps (removed the app, deleted IG account, logged out of the fb app on my phone and desktop browsers), but I couldn't bring myself to actually delete my account. I still haven't deleted it, but last fall I got a new phone and my google authenticator app (for 2fa) lost all of my accounts (i.e. google and fb). Luckily I was able to login to my google account, but FB requires that I send them a photo of my drivers license. I know that I wouldn't be sending them any information that they don't already have, but something about that act just offends me. I haven't been able to log in since September and now I've pretty much forgotten about it.

Re: Deleting Facebook

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Post by DigitallyFidget »

After reading the TOS, I never understood why people were okay with even using it. To this day I still don't know what exactly Facebook even is or what the point of it is. People always gave me the same line of "It's the only way I can keep in touch with family and friends." That sounded like nothing beyond a bogus excuse to me, I call and message my friends and family and for my whole life the only thing to change was going from mail to email to messengers.
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