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Really? I have never and will never have a facebook account, so this expensive device is now a paper weight..

by achr2 6y ago

jjaredsimpson 6y ago
Kinda absurd. You can setup a one time email, and one time facebook if you really want to segregate. Sure you win on principle, but that's just the same as losing.
- TT3351 6y ago
  Actually you can't, because Facebook will lock your account for inauthentic behavior. Try making a fake account, and see how long you can hold on to it without being extorted for personal, identifiable information.
  - cortesoft 6y ago
    I set up a fake Facebook profile 10 years ago, because I needed a profile with no friends that I could use for testing some stuff at work. It is still alive and kicking; Facebook keeps sending it emails suggesting friends.
    - gopiandcode 6y ago
      We can spend all day arguing anecdotes. As a counterpoint, I've never used Facebook, but once tried setting up an account to participate in a group event organized by some friends - by the next day, before I could even use the account, Facebook had locked my account, and wanted a photo of my ID to let me access the account. Needless to say, I abandoned the account.
      - cortesoft 6y ago
        The person who I replied to made a personal challenge to try creating a fake account, so I responded with my personal experience doing just that. I was not making any claims about the likelihood of an account being banned.
        quinndiggity 6y ago
        Your experience is about 10 years out of relevancy, but it was a good story, bro
    - distances 6y ago
      That won't probably work any more. I have a couple of old test accounts, can't create new ones without them being locked right away.
    - ccktlmazeltov 6y ago
      same, I have a fake account and no issue with it
- quinndiggity 6y ago
  Kinda absurd. You can't setup a one time email, and one time facebook if you really don't want your movement online all linked to a government issued ID. Sure you're sort of an idiot to make those assumptions, but I'm sure you already came to this realization about yourself years ago.
  - jjaredsimpson 6y ago
    What if I'm too stupid to introspect?
Dylan16807 6y ago
> now January 2023
- smileybarry 6y ago
  Unless they want to sell it used, in which case the value tanks because starting October setting up an Oculus device requires a Facebook account. (And for that reason I stopped considering Oculus for my first headset)

Really? I have never and will never have a facebook account, so this expensive device is now a paper weight..

by achr2 6y ago

Really? I have never and will never have a facebook account, so this expensive device is now a paper weight..

Kinda absurd. You can setup a one time email, and one time facebook if you really want to segregate. Sure you win on principle, but that's just the same as losing.

TT3351 6y ago
Actually you can't, because Facebook will lock your account for inauthentic behavior. Try making a fake account, and see how long you can hold on to it without being extorted for personal, identifiable information.
- cortesoft 6y ago
  I set up a fake Facebook profile 10 years ago, because I needed a profile with no friends that I could use for testing some stuff at work. It is still alive and kicking; Facebook keeps sending it emails suggesting friends.
  - gopiandcode 6y ago
    We can spend all day arguing anecdotes. As a counterpoint, I've never used Facebook, but once tried setting up an account to participate in a group event organized by some friends - by the next day, before I could even use the account, Facebook had locked my account, and wanted a photo of my ID to let me access the account. Needless to say, I abandoned the account.
    - cortesoft 6y ago
      The person who I replied to made a personal challenge to try creating a fake account, so I responded with my personal experience doing just that. I was not making any claims about the likelihood of an account being banned.
      - quinndiggity 6y ago
        Your experience is about 10 years out of relevancy, but it was a good story, bro
  - distances 6y ago
    That won't probably work any more. I have a couple of old test accounts, can't create new ones without them being locked right away.
  - ccktlmazeltov 6y ago
    same, I have a fake account and no issue with it
quinndiggity 6y ago
Kinda absurd. You can't setup a one time email, and one time facebook if you really don't want your movement online all linked to a government issued ID. Sure you're sort of an idiot to make those assumptions, but I'm sure you already came to this realization about yourself years ago.
- jjaredsimpson 6y ago
  What if I'm too stupid to introspect?

Dylan16807 6y ago

> now January 2023

smileybarry 6y ago
Unless they want to sell it used, in which case the value tanks because starting October setting up an Oculus device requires a Facebook account. (And for that reason I stopped considering Oculus for my first headset)