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Why would I want to delete my Facebook account? I abhor Facebook, I never log on, I haven’t used WhatsApp or Facebook messenger, etc. for several years, So I d
by cascom 5y ago
Why would I want to delete my Facebook account?
I abhor Facebook, I never log on, I haven’t used WhatsApp or Facebook messenger, etc. for several years, So I don’t feel like I’m giving them any information, but deleting my account only hurts me by giving away a free option? What am I missing?
- tremon 5y agoYou're adding to Facebook's network value by having a Facebook presence, however minimal you deem it to be. You're inducing other people into giving Facebook information on them by maintaining a Facebook account.
- eddieroger 5y agoIsn't this why they consider Daily/Monthly Active Users and not just accounts? If I have a Facebook account that I never log in to, I'm upping their count of users, sure, but not the DAU/MAU count, which is what marketers care about for reach.
- cascom 5y agoSure, but they're not getting much if anything out of me + i don't to be impersonated / i just view it as a parking a domain
- VLM 5y agoThe way to fight people who advise to use FB less or just don't login and scroll all day long, is to reframe the problem as an extremist binary choice, either use FB three hours per day every day or go to huge effort to delete everything. Most people will choose the less extreme of the "binary" options of continuing to use FB. Its a common sophistry trick.