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Loss of the fb timeline historical data is psychologically very hard to accept even for people wanting to close their accounts. I've talked about this with fri

Loss of the fb timeline historical data is psychologically very hard to accept even for people wanting to close their accounts. I've talked about this with friends, relatives and co-workers and while most of them have considered closing their accounts at some point, almost all of them feel like they would be erasing an irreplaceable documented view into their past self. For me personally I don't post or read since a few years ago, and while I wouldn't mind seeing my timeline erased, what has kept me from deleting y account is simply that i "need" facebook as a contacts /messaging app. Although I would prefer to handle my communication needs exclusively on email, I have people in my life that simply do not reply to email, the only way to reach them is via a facebook message.

greggman 11y ago
Is there some interface that makes the timeline usable? Maybe all these features exist and I just don't know where they are or how to use them but basically I find facebook impossible to find anything but the last 3-10 days of stuff. If I want to find posts from 2013/11-2013/12 from me is there a clear way to do that? Search just seems to so much fail.
ino 11y ago
You can download all your data including photos. Click the little down arrow, settings, general and download a copy of all your data. I did it 3 days ago. Try it and see what's there.
Chathamization 11y ago
> Although I would prefer to handle my communication needs exclusively on email, I have people in my life that simply do not reply to email, the only way to reach them is via a facebook message. This is a big one. A lot of people I know simply don't send or reply to e-mail anymore. And people don't use messenger services like they used to. So for a lot of people, you're probably going to only message them on Facebook, or lose contact with them. I definitely think that email and messenger programs are better, since you seem to have actual conversations with people (most Facebook conversations I've had are pretty shallow). But they're not an option in a lot of cases. Also, there's a good chance that you probably should lose contact with most of the people you've met, but that's understandably hard for most people.

greggman 11y ago

Is there some interface that makes the timeline usable? Maybe all these features exist and I just don't know where they are or how to use them but basically I find facebook impossible to find anything but the last 3-10 days of stuff. If I want to find posts from 2013/11-2013/12 from me is there a clear way to do that? Search just seems to so much fail.

ino 11y ago

You can download all your data including photos. Click the little down arrow, settings, general and download a copy of all your data. I did it 3 days ago. Try it and see what's there.

Chathamization 11y ago

> Although I would prefer to handle my communication needs exclusively on email, I have people in my life that simply do not reply to email, the only way to reach them is via a facebook message. This is a big one. A lot of people I know simply don't send or reply to e-mail anymore. And people don't use messenger services like they used to. So for a lot of people, you're probably going to only message them on Facebook, or lose contact with them. I definitely think that email and messenger programs are better, since you seem to have actual conversations with people (most Facebook conversations I've had are pretty shallow). But they're not an option in a lot of cases. Also, there's a good chance that you probably should lose contact with most of the people you've met, but that's understandably hard for most people.