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I deleted my Facebook account today, how about you? #deletefacebook
- Thread starter Invisible Cities
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I don't see the point in deactivating when Facebook also owns Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and probably more companies that I don't see myself dropping. Plus, they already have my data. Deleting it isn't going to do anything. Why cut myself off from a good social tool?
I only had one to interact with my class regarding study materials and organizing in professional school. It's been deleted for two years now. It was a trash website then and I'm certainly never giving it a second look now.
I don't have a WhatsApp or Instagram, and I'm sure as hell never looking into Oculus after their response to Luckey, so it's pretty easy to keep myself untangled from Facebook.
I don't have a WhatsApp or Instagram, and I'm sure as hell never looking into Oculus after their response to Luckey, so it's pretty easy to keep myself untangled from Facebook.
As someone who follows the Cryptocurrency thread, seeing a scammer with a fake Brian Acton twitter account trying to scam people out of Ethereum is hilarious, had not expected to see that.
lol it will be a sad day when people forget that site.
Facebook is simply too useful to delete.
So many events and gatherings I wouldn't hear about because all the planning will happen there.
So many events and gatherings I wouldn't hear about because all the planning will happen there.
If facebook is a monopoly like that, the onus should be on forcing regulations on that monopoly.
Don't see the point of deleting it. Not really panicked personally about whatever data FB has scraped from my use of it (basically none - I mostly use it as calendar for events now) and them disclosing it to outside sources. More power to the ppl deleting their profiles if they feel that's it for them tho
I only use Facebook Messenger as a free alternative to international texting. I don't want to subject myself to the thinly veiled "hey, look at my awesome life / perfect family" stuff that comes with social media feeds, so I keep it strictly to chatting.
If WhatsApp wasn't part of Facebook, I could switch to that. Snapchat sucks ass (terrible UX and unreliable service). Maybe Skype?
If WhatsApp wasn't part of Facebook, I could switch to that. Snapchat sucks ass (terrible UX and unreliable service). Maybe Skype?
Nah, that will never happen. I have no issue(s) with Facebook and the possibility of my personal info being stolen or sold to a third-party. It's not like it hasn't been happening for years with the amount of sites I have registered to, apps I have downloaded or services I have used in the past decade or so.
My FF Brave Exvius account is tied to mine and my fiancee posts pictures of me and tags me in them, I haven't personally used my account in quite sometime though.
Same. I used to use Facebook messenger occasionally. Now its been almost a year or two since i've even done that.
I'd love to delete mine, but I kind of need it for chat so I can talk to some friends and family in different countries. The minute they ditch, I'm out.
Quick question ERA, Whatsapp have end to end encryption now. But how safe that is? I personally use Facebook bare minimum, but planning to close it.
Maybe so, but all points are coming to indicate that Facebook was aware of CA's blatant data mining but did nothing about it. I know this may be a reaching comparison, but most discerning people would cease doing business with a company that knowingly distributed child pornography. There are people who are prone to that type of shit, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should throw our hands up in the air and normalize it as a matter of business.
I essentially deleted everything I can from it at this point and revoked all the app permissions.
I'm still keeping it as I use messenger plenty. I'm sure there's still plenty of data they can get on me through messenger conversations and through my friends on there, but I can't do much about that.
I'm still keeping it as I use messenger plenty. I'm sure there's still plenty of data they can get on me through messenger conversations and through my friends on there, but I can't do much about that.
I mainly use Facebook for Messenger.
Only have the Messenger apps installed on my devices and my PC. Haven't had the main Facebook app installed in 4 years.
I use the web version of Facebook, only to follow the fan pages and groups that are there.
Haven't posted a photo or status update since mid-2016.
Only have the Messenger apps installed on my devices and my PC. Haven't had the main Facebook app installed in 4 years.
I use the web version of Facebook, only to follow the fan pages and groups that are there.
Haven't posted a photo or status update since mid-2016.
I kinda wanna delete mine, I don't use it any more anyway, but I have thousands of pictures on there going back decades. I ain't got time to download all those and store them to the cloud and I'd be sad if I lost them so it's gonna have to probably stay.
Plus this. I doubt they'd actually delete your data anyways, even if they say they do.
Plus this. I doubt they'd actually delete your data anyways, even if they say they do.
I really want to. Not because of the latest issue; I just want to. I actually tried late last year as I was told I could still use Messenger (which I need) but for some reason only about half of my friends could message me. The other half just received failure notices. If I could get this fixed I would delete it instantly!
It isn't so much about new technology that causes alarm - its when you attempt to get your friends to move to a different social network because of <reasons> (e.g., the silliness going on with Facebook, various UI changes that are not good, app becoming more of a resource hog, etc.) and you're told that they're not budging. It's a circular logic. To move away from Facebook and continue to speak to those who exclusively use Facebook as their primary point of contact, you have to convince them of the value propositions that come along with your suggested social media alternative to Facebook. Once you sell them, they have to sell those who they remain in contact with who also uses Facebook as their primary point of contact..... eventually, you run into someone who cannot be sold on this idea and it causes the foundation to break down.
So that leaves the original person who began the foundation of this "social media switch pyramid" informed that all of those who were sold on the idea is no longer interested. You can either stop speaking to the individuals that refuse to use anything but Facebook (only accept messages on Facebook Messenger, only accept calls through Facebook Messenger) or you stick around on Facebook because it's not that much of a pain in the ass to have Facebook installed; considering you have 20-30 other apps installed that are social media or messenger driven. For example, just on my personal mobile phone I have:
- Facebook Messenger
- Telegram
- Skype
- Swarm
- NextDoor
- Flickr
- Signal
- Musical.ly
- Snapchat
- LINE
- Google+
- Hangouts
- Allo
- Slack
- Discord
- Zello
- Viber
- Vero
- Steam
Its the only way i can reconnect with old friends + family....
So i can't....
I prefer twitter tho but i use my gamin allias there.
So i can't....
I prefer twitter tho but i use my gamin allias there.
Nope. It's useful enough for me to see past the shortcomings, and in all honesty, I think this whole thing is just an edgy fad. Sure, it's shitty that you don't always know what these big companies are doing with your data, but it's always been that way. And frankly when you sign up to something as personal and intrusive as Facebook, you're going to be surrendering some degree of privacy either way.
Nope. I only use it for Messenger (and I guess Instagram.) I haven't posted a single thing on FB and have only the bare essential info about myself on it.
I also work with customer info on the web and holy hell do we know a lot about people's viewing and buying habits on our web shop. It's insane how much of a profile you can build from available information. Not a single company dealing with web stuff is a saint. Not even physical shops are to be trusted fully.
Exactly.
I also work with customer info on the web and holy hell do we know a lot about people's viewing and buying habits on our web shop. It's insane how much of a profile you can build from available information. Not a single company dealing with web stuff is a saint. Not even physical shops are to be trusted fully.
I second this.
The company I work for, whenever someone visits our website, we take some data from them especially if they start a chat with us or request a quote. We have a CRM database where we store and track customers.
So this doesn't just happen with Facebook. I bet Amazon, MS, Apple...and small businesses (especially them who need business) track you as well.
OP
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One of us.
Elon Musk deletes the Facebook pages for SpaceX and Telsa:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/23/e...nd-tesla-facebook-pages-after-deletefacebook/
Elon Musk deletes the Facebook pages for SpaceX and Telsa:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/23/e...nd-tesla-facebook-pages-after-deletefacebook/
Deleted mine back in 2004. No amount of friends pressure has made me come back, thank goodness.
Facebook has a tool that lets you download everything from your account. Every picture, every status update, a detailed history of every friend you made and deleted.
Hard for me to do quickly - I have family overseas, but I'm slowly gathering alternative contact data. It's a shame, because I've enjoyed the aspect of reconnecting old friends over subject matter. Last night I posted my issues with facebook's response and a good friend of mine, an executive at Facebook who is absolutely the kind of person you want working there, tried to reassure me that they are trying to move quickly and he acknowledged the problematic responses. But I don't see it being miraculously fixed in my current timeframe.
Oh shit, never heard of that. I will look into it, thanks a lot!!
I use Facebook for my job, there's no way I could delete it even if I wanted to. But even if I didn't, I'd probably keep it. I limit the amount of personal info I give Facebook and lock down everything to the maximum I can. It's an acceptable trade-off for being able to keep in touch with friends and family.
Millennials are pretty much old people now. The oldest Millennials will be 40 in a few years. That's like uncool mom and dad territory.
It's really interesting to see Gen Z carve out an identity for themselves. They've been under the "damn Millennials" umbrella for so long.
I deleted my Facebook years ago when it became obvious even the people who were supporting good things had absolutely no idea what the were talking about. The peak was looking at everyone supporting net neutrality talking about how removing anonymity was tyrannical. Tried to explain that that isn't even what net neutrality is about and got talked down to. Last I heard all those people are trump supporters or both sides'rs so nothing of value was lost.