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There are so many ways to have a problem with Facebook and be unable to get help. The list of ways grows... My "favorite" is if you once had a spare FB accoun

by blunte 6y ago

There are so many ways to have a problem with Facebook and be unable to get help. The list of ways grows... My "favorite" is if you once had a spare FB account for playing some game, and later FB has blocked that account (for inactivity, or being obviously fake _after_ they instituted the real name policy)... but you still get occasional emails from FB begging you to come back and login - your friends miss you! Of course you cannot login, and you cannot stop the fucking emails from FB. There's no process for dealing with this, so you ultimately have to write a custom filter to process these zombie FB emails. I urge everyone, no matter what your "need" to have an account on FB is, to just stop logging in. Don't delete the account... just never login again. Facebook will continue as a bad and irresponsible actor of global proportions until we collectively send it the way of MySpace.

kalium-xyz 6y ago
If you are European you can report them for this as it goes against the GDPR[0]. You can also just send an angry email to their data officer which they have to reply to by law, and enjoy the template reaction of "we are currently too busy" followed by dismissal a few months later. If you are not European you can probably still use their mechanisms for complying with the GDPR to fix this as they cant really tell who is a European citizen and who is not. [0] https://gdpr.eu/email-encryption/ https://gdpr.eu/email-encryption/
dingaling 6y ago
> Facebook will continue as a bad and irresponsible actor of global proportions I log in, I have a browse at what my acquaintances have posted, I close the tab and go on with the day. Sometimes I flick through the 'People you may know' and smile at some old real-world friends. For the vast majority of people, Facebook is a positive experience.
- Miraste 6y ago
  That's nice, but has nothing to do with whether they're a bad and irresponsible actor.
- jfengel 6y ago
  The problem is people having a positive experience by becoming angrier and angrier. They're having a great day on Facebook. Then they go out and make other people's lives worse, because the information they're acting on is faulty. It's not a majority of Facebook users, but it has an impact on a majority of people, or at least a very large minority.
- pixl97 6y ago
  The vast majority of people I interact with have a positive experience. Though that tiny minority that did not survive might disagree!
- ivanche 6y ago
  Facebook certainly doesn't earn money by people browsing at what their acquaintances posted and closing the tab immediately. I'd argue that, for the vast majority of people, Facebook is highly stressful and manipulative environment, and they aren't even aware of that.
jdofaz 6y ago
I tried that for a while, I would go months without logging in, but for one reason or another I would log in to check something. The last time I did this my news feed left me feeling so negative I decided that I was done and I deleted my account. So far it has been easier to say "I don't have a facebook account" than to explain why I never post anything or answer did you see what I posted questions.
- marricks 6y ago
  I really wonder why anyone advocates "not logging in" and if it's ever in good faith? Something always drags you back and it's just a quick step to get sucked in again. I tried to use it less and it just never worked, FB pays billions to optimize sucking you back in. Deleted my account and it was perfect, no emails, no getting drawn if, if someone wants to talk with me there's a dozen chat service to choose from besides facebook.
  - blunte 6y ago
    Perhaps it is my paranoia, but I worry that someone could create a lookalike to my account and misrepresent me. So I leave my real account there and simply don't mess with it. Occasionally I post that people should reach me by email.
    - marricks 6y ago
      What harm could someone do with a fake account, also doesn't FB go through creepy lengths to verify your identity? I'm more paranoid about FB hoovering all my personal information by proxy of having an account and friends tagging me in picture and friending me, filling out my real life social network in their database.
  - jdofaz 6y ago
    For my close contacts, group chats (with notifications muted) have replaced social media sharing
nyghtly 6y ago
There's an option to "deactivate" your account. It's a soft delete. Make sure you check the right boxes so that they don't keep sending you emails. You can also download your data in bulk so that you don't "lose" your photos.
elpool2 6y ago
I read stuff on FB occasionally but almost never post. The last time I posted anything I was instantly logged out because apparently my single comment was "unusual activity on my account."

by blunte 6y ago

kalium-xyz 6y ago

If you are European you can report them for this as it goes against the GDPR[0]. You can also just send an angry email to their data officer which they have to reply to by law, and enjoy the template reaction of "we are currently too busy" followed by dismissal a few months later. If you are not European you can probably still use their mechanisms for complying with the GDPR to fix this as they cant really tell who is a European citizen and who is not. [0] https://gdpr.eu/email-encryption/ https://gdpr.eu/email-encryption/

dingaling 6y ago

> Facebook will continue as a bad and irresponsible actor of global proportions I log in, I have a browse at what my acquaintances have posted, I close the tab and go on with the day. Sometimes I flick through the 'People you may know' and smile at some old real-world friends. For the vast majority of people, Facebook is a positive experience.

Miraste 6y ago
That's nice, but has nothing to do with whether they're a bad and irresponsible actor.
jfengel 6y ago
The problem is people having a positive experience by becoming angrier and angrier. They're having a great day on Facebook. Then they go out and make other people's lives worse, because the information they're acting on is faulty. It's not a majority of Facebook users, but it has an impact on a majority of people, or at least a very large minority.
pixl97 6y ago
The vast majority of people I interact with have a positive experience. Though that tiny minority that did not survive might disagree!
ivanche 6y ago
Facebook certainly doesn't earn money by people browsing at what their acquaintances posted and closing the tab immediately. I'd argue that, for the vast majority of people, Facebook is highly stressful and manipulative environment, and they aren't even aware of that.

jdofaz 6y ago

I tried that for a while, I would go months without logging in, but for one reason or another I would log in to check something. The last time I did this my news feed left me feeling so negative I decided that I was done and I deleted my account. So far it has been easier to say "I don't have a facebook account" than to explain why I never post anything or answer did you see what I posted questions.

marricks 6y ago
I really wonder why anyone advocates "not logging in" and if it's ever in good faith? Something always drags you back and it's just a quick step to get sucked in again. I tried to use it less and it just never worked, FB pays billions to optimize sucking you back in. Deleted my account and it was perfect, no emails, no getting drawn if, if someone wants to talk with me there's a dozen chat service to choose from besides facebook.
- blunte 6y ago
  Perhaps it is my paranoia, but I worry that someone could create a lookalike to my account and misrepresent me. So I leave my real account there and simply don't mess with it. Occasionally I post that people should reach me by email.
  - marricks 6y ago
    What harm could someone do with a fake account, also doesn't FB go through creepy lengths to verify your identity? I'm more paranoid about FB hoovering all my personal information by proxy of having an account and friends tagging me in picture and friending me, filling out my real life social network in their database.
- jdofaz 6y ago
  For my close contacts, group chats (with notifications muted) have replaced social media sharing

nyghtly 6y ago

There's an option to "deactivate" your account. It's a soft delete. Make sure you check the right boxes so that they don't keep sending you emails. You can also download your data in bulk so that you don't "lose" your photos.

elpool2 6y ago

I read stuff on FB occasionally but almost never post. The last time I posted anything I was instantly logged out because apparently my single comment was "unusual activity on my account."