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What is the point of staying in contact only in Facebook ? If someone is important for me, I'd be in contact with them in real life or another platform. Also,

What is the point of staying in contact only in Facebook ? If someone is important for me, I'd be in contact with them in real life or another platform. Also, lots of people seem to be unaware of that you can delete your Facebook account. They don't have a link to the delete page from settings menu though. It's here: https://facebook.com/account/delete https://facebook.com/account/delete

ashman5 9y ago
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- ceejayoz 9y ago
  It would be very Facebook-y to change that URL daily to break all the "how to delete your Facebook" tutorials that crop up.
robteix 9y ago
It's actually https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
gotofritz 9y ago
This is one of those 'soooo obvious but untrue' statements I use it to keep in touch with far away or unimportant people. Second degree aunts, ex schoolmates, etc. Without FB it's a nightmare keeping in touch the few times I want to (people change email addresses all the time). Also, many groups are useful
- roadbeats 9y ago
  You can stay in touch with relatives via mobile phone. You can text them and ask how they do. Personally, I created a Whatsapp group for my extended family. Some of them don't use Facebook by the way. It doesn't make any sense to complain about Facebook's business model and also not want to sacrifice a worthless personal account noone cares about. We choose what we use and they choose how they make money. You can expect them to be ethical but they have no responsibilities to meet your expectations, as they have never promised to be a platform that respects privacy.
  - whoisjuan 9y ago
    "I created a Whatsapp group for my extended family"... You're just changing one poison for another one. Don't forget who owns Whatsapp.
    - roadbeats 9y ago
      I own Whatsapp. Do you know why? Because I own my contact list. I can migrate my whole family to Telegram or Signal tomorrow. Currently it's not bothering me.
    - krrrh 9y ago
      It’s not perfect to still be sharing your social graph, but at least chats are e2e encrypted by default.
  - gotofritz 9y ago
    LOL, and who owns WhatsApp /facepalm I don't like the "always on" part of WhatsApp and the like. I like FB because I can go on when I fell like. Who are you to tell me what I should use?

ashman5 9y ago

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ceejayoz 9y ago
It would be very Facebook-y to change that URL daily to break all the "how to delete your Facebook" tutorials that crop up.

robteix 9y ago

It's actually https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

gotofritz 9y ago

This is one of those 'soooo obvious but untrue' statements I use it to keep in touch with far away or unimportant people. Second degree aunts, ex schoolmates, etc. Without FB it's a nightmare keeping in touch the few times I want to (people change email addresses all the time). Also, many groups are useful

roadbeats 9y ago
You can stay in touch with relatives via mobile phone. You can text them and ask how they do. Personally, I created a Whatsapp group for my extended family. Some of them don't use Facebook by the way. It doesn't make any sense to complain about Facebook's business model and also not want to sacrifice a worthless personal account noone cares about. We choose what we use and they choose how they make money. You can expect them to be ethical but they have no responsibilities to meet your expectations, as they have never promised to be a platform that respects privacy.
- whoisjuan 9y ago
  "I created a Whatsapp group for my extended family"... You're just changing one poison for another one. Don't forget who owns Whatsapp.
  - roadbeats 9y ago
    I own Whatsapp. Do you know why? Because I own my contact list. I can migrate my whole family to Telegram or Signal tomorrow. Currently it's not bothering me.
  - krrrh 9y ago
    It’s not perfect to still be sharing your social graph, but at least chats are e2e encrypted by default.
- gotofritz 9y ago
  LOL, and who owns WhatsApp /facepalm I don't like the "always on" part of WhatsApp and the like. I like FB because I can go on when I fell like. Who are you to tell me what I should use?