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I deleted my Facebook account last month and I haven't missed it at all. Sure, I get the occasional "is everything okay" text message for leaving, but so far, e
by nazgulsenpai 6y ago
I deleted my Facebook account last month and I haven't missed it at all. Sure, I get the occasional "is everything okay" text message for leaving, but so far, everyone has completely understood, with the majority saying something similar to "I should get rid of mine too" usually followed by some reason why they won't (old friends, relatives, all of their photos etc).
It's not that hard. You can download your entire profile. It even takes 30 days for the deletion to actually occur. If you think you should delete your Facebook account, just do it. If you change your mind after a few days you can stop the deletion process until you're ready.
- jonstewart 6y agoI did likewise. I’d mostly stopped posting a few years ago and simply commented sometimes on others’ posts. But whereas Facebook used to be fun and a place where one’s friends and family shared about their lives, which had genuine and unique utility, it has become instead a platform where people share links/news. And not a good one. I don’t care about what outrage outlet a high school classmate reads or the hot take of a Boomer relative; Facebook has become a real world paper clip AI, churning out “engagement” by appealing to our baser psychological habits and offering each user little actual value. I still find myself typing “fb” in a browser bar sometimes as I’m surfing and bored, but I don’t miss it; I’m spending more time reading NYT, WaPo, the New Yorker, The Atlantic, and researching topics of my own interest.