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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.
Get a headset. You can get a FB account with one and better still there is actually some customer service.
I deleted my Facebook account back in 2015. I was in high school and going through a deep depression/mental break down. I remember feeling so much relief as the days went on. I don't think I was ever designed to handle social media properly. I doubt I'm the only one either.
My 3rd year I trimmed my friends list down from 10k to 1k, people I actually at least remembered having a conversation with. The next I took it down to about 300 people, and realized “I see or communicate with these people outside of this website already” and killed my account.
Best decision I ever made relative to the topic of social media.
Deleted mine after they refused to let me make a comment on an unrelated group that Gatwick Airport is horrible on a Monday morning. Figured the algorithmic moderation was terrible and likely to waste my time conforming to some narrow and undefined form of speech. Not allowed to make a rational criticism. Then two days later, rather than fix that, they announce the change to moderation methodology which has benefits…
You act like Facebook isn't already a cesspit. Anyone who claims any mainstream social network site isn't a cesspit is being fruitful with the truth, they're the sum of humanity and humanity sucks.
I applaud the tutorial, but even so it's easier said than done. I deleted mine maybe 10 years ago, before they offered a hard delete option, so all you had to do to un-delete it was log in. Then, Comcast email (yes I used a Comcast email when i created my FB account in like 2008, whatever) got owned and so too did my facebook account. I started getting texts from friends the other week saying my account was alive and…
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And what is that? Maybe I'm not deep enough into HN to know about this.
One example from yesterday of “what can’t be said”: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42630197 or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42630067 Or let’s say, it technically can be said, but you get somehow punished (flagged, downvoted, etc) so you learn not to do it anymore. The incentive is simply not there. There is a logic, the “community” flags to protect their own interests (financial investments, friends wor…
It's not like you get paid for getting upvoted and a making any kind of joke is usually the fastest way to a downvote.
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The new Meta rules have a carve-out that allows allegations of mental illness and abnormality based on gender and sexual orientation, but no other reason. You’re seemingly making the argument that this is good because those allegations are statistically popular. If you support freedom of speech, shouldn’t all insults be allowed rather than just those targeted at a specific group?
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Opting for community notes rather than provably biased fact-checkers is akin to massacre, got it.
That’s a shallow take. Opting for community notes without any fact checking will transform truth from facts to “loudest voice”. So, who can yell louder will be accepted as the flag of truth, which is very dangerous. Of course, if you like your propaganda well-done, Facebook will be a great place for that.
Deleted mine after they refused to let me make a comment on an unrelated group that Gatwick Airport is horrible on a Monday morning. Figured the algorithmic moderation was terrible and likely to waste my time conforming to some narrow and undefined form of speech. Not allowed to make a rational criticism. Then two days later, rather than fix that, they announce the change to moderation methodology which has benefits…
> Smells like another cesspit like X in the making. You act like Facebook isn't already a cesspit. Anyone who claims any mainstream social network site isn't a cesspit is being fruitful with the truth, they're the sum of humanity and humanity sucks.
Facebook at least had some small community groups and market place utility.
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Excluding hate, bigotry and wilful ignorance isn't being "held on a short leash", it's just excluding hateful people from spreading hate.
That can be very subjective. Facebook tolerated groups where online dating users doxed and smeared each other. What passes for "hate" these days is ridiculous, and they only care about certain views deemed unpopular anyway rather than the entire set of awful content. Also on the subject of FB moderation, I distinctly remember seeing a photo in my timeline that was censored like adult content. I clicked it, and it tur…
This hasn’t been proven as the case is still ongoing. Also the plaintiff in this case got arrested last year for tax fraud