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It's been years since I deleted my Facebook account, I do use WhatsApp though, and I don't feel like I am missing up on anything.

bauerd 9y ago
Deleted my Facebook account two months ago, but kept the Messenger for keeping up with a handful of friends. Haven't missed the newsfeed spam a day since! Rest assured you're not missing out
- edison85 9y ago
  Is it actually possible to keep messenger without Facebook? Because Facebook is a complete time wasting, spam filled, mind dulling echo chamber platform that I keep going back to due to habit. If I log out or deactivate I completely don't care after a few days, but messenger is essential to me.
  - bauerd 9y ago
    Yes, and I didn't know that either until I tried it out. My regular FB account is "deactivated", but Messenger works just fine. They seem to have decoupled both products some time ago.
    - chickenfries 9y ago
      Wait, that's awesome. I've been using news feed eradicator but now you're telling me that I can delete my Facebook account and still have a messenger account? Does that messenger account work for "sign in with facebook" buttons? For example, the only way to authenticate with Tinder is a Facebook account.
      - bauerd 9y ago
        No, you can't use the Messenger account for authentication. At least for Tinder I can confirm it doesn't work, maybe there's an OAuth provider for Messenger that no one uses, idk
      - silassales 9y ago
        No you cant sign into any other accounts with facebook, well you cant without reactivating it. If you sign into a deactivated facebook account even into a game, or something similar, it will count that as a account sign in and reactivate your account. If you fully delete your account, you wont be able to sign in at all.
    - mandie 9y ago
      They removed that possibility some time ago. Now if you disable your Facebook account, it's reactivated as soon as you log into Messenger. Tried it just a few days ago.
      - tomfitz 9y ago
        I just tried deactivating, and upon logging in to Messenger (which works) it logged me into Messenger, but not FB. Sweet!
sidcool 9y ago
Most people I know dislike FB. But there are hundreds of millions out there for whom FB had become an addiction. B
- hk__2 9y ago
  Research shows that most people use FB to keep in touch with their close friends and family. I don’t think it’s bad to be addicted to that. Edit: Some references for the people who downvoted: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397308000701 (also talks about how FB is a good help for people with low self-esteem) http://www.cairn.info/revue-sociologie-2017-1-p-57.htm (French) http://www.cairn.info/revue-sociologie-2017-1-p-83.htm (French, talks about how people in their 40s use FB - spoiler: to keep in touch with close friends and family) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2014.01.002 http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/teens-social-media-and-privacy/
  - noncoml 9y ago
    That's what it was supposed to be for me, at least in the beginning. Then I realized that I keep in touch with the people who I want to keep in touch using direct messages, phone calls, email, etc.
    - hk__2 9y ago
      Yes; I wonder how the separation of Messenger and FB itself has changed the general user’s FB usage.
  - steaknsteak 9y ago
    That's my experience. I use it to keep in touch with friends and family, and to keep on top of events being held in my community and by my friends. I'm not sure what I would do without the Event and Group parts of facebook, as many of my friends and communities I'm a part of use those to plan/organize social activities and it works pretty well. One of my close friends who never checks his facebook is constantly out of the loop on that stuff. In my experience most people idly browse through the news feed for a couple minutes a few times a day. I doubt that a large portion are actually addicted to it.

bauerd 9y ago

Deleted my Facebook account two months ago, but kept the Messenger for keeping up with a handful of friends. Haven't missed the newsfeed spam a day since! Rest assured you're not missing out

edison85 9y ago
Is it actually possible to keep messenger without Facebook? Because Facebook is a complete time wasting, spam filled, mind dulling echo chamber platform that I keep going back to due to habit. If I log out or deactivate I completely don't care after a few days, but messenger is essential to me.
- bauerd 9y ago
  Yes, and I didn't know that either until I tried it out. My regular FB account is "deactivated", but Messenger works just fine. They seem to have decoupled both products some time ago.
  - chickenfries 9y ago
    Wait, that's awesome. I've been using news feed eradicator but now you're telling me that I can delete my Facebook account and still have a messenger account? Does that messenger account work for "sign in with facebook" buttons? For example, the only way to authenticate with Tinder is a Facebook account.
    - bauerd 9y ago
      No, you can't use the Messenger account for authentication. At least for Tinder I can confirm it doesn't work, maybe there's an OAuth provider for Messenger that no one uses, idk
    - silassales 9y ago
      No you cant sign into any other accounts with facebook, well you cant without reactivating it. If you sign into a deactivated facebook account even into a game, or something similar, it will count that as a account sign in and reactivate your account. If you fully delete your account, you wont be able to sign in at all.
  - mandie 9y ago
    They removed that possibility some time ago. Now if you disable your Facebook account, it's reactivated as soon as you log into Messenger. Tried it just a few days ago.
    - tomfitz 9y ago
      I just tried deactivating, and upon logging in to Messenger (which works) it logged me into Messenger, but not FB. Sweet!

sidcool 9y ago

Most people I know dislike FB. But there are hundreds of millions out there for whom FB had become an addiction. B

hk__2 9y ago
Research shows that most people use FB to keep in touch with their close friends and family. I don’t think it’s bad to be addicted to that. Edit: Some references for the people who downvoted: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397308000701 (also talks about how FB is a good help for people with low self-esteem) http://www.cairn.info/revue-sociologie-2017-1-p-57.htm (French) http://www.cairn.info/revue-sociologie-2017-1-p-83.htm (French, talks about how people in their 40s use FB - spoiler: to keep in touch with close friends and family) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2014.01.002 http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/teens-social-media-and-privacy/
- noncoml 9y ago
  That's what it was supposed to be for me, at least in the beginning. Then I realized that I keep in touch with the people who I want to keep in touch using direct messages, phone calls, email, etc.
  - hk__2 9y ago
    Yes; I wonder how the separation of Messenger and FB itself has changed the general user’s FB usage.
- steaknsteak 9y ago
  That's my experience. I use it to keep in touch with friends and family, and to keep on top of events being held in my community and by my friends. I'm not sure what I would do without the Event and Group parts of facebook, as many of my friends and communities I'm a part of use those to plan/organize social activities and it works pretty well. One of my close friends who never checks his facebook is constantly out of the loop on that stuff. In my experience most people idly browse through the news feed for a couple minutes a few times a day. I doubt that a large portion are actually addicted to it.