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Back in ~2016 I deleted my Facebook account, because it was a horrible place that brought out the worst in people. A few days ago someone alerted me that my acc

Back in ~2016 I deleted my Facebook account, because it was a horrible place that brought out the worst in people. A few days ago someone alerted me that my account was live again and posting weight loss scams. So I logged in and changed my password and deleted my account again. Facebook tells you that it will take 30 days to delete your account. This is obviously user hostile bullshit. Meanwhile somehow the scammer is still posting weight loss stuff on my account. Feel like I've jumped through enough hoops so I'll just let that person pollute Facebook more. Their problem now. And I won't call them Meta, what a joke. Everyone should quit, get ahead of the layoffs, useless company. Your work there makes the world a worse place. You can do better.

college_physics 4y ago
In the first instance you probably did not delete yor account, you just declared that you are deceased or some obfuscation of that sort (talking from personal experience - and I am not calling in from the dead yet 8-)
pelagicAustral 4y ago
I deleted my account circa 2016 as well... Far as I can remember, they force you to suspend your own account for 30 days before being able to apply for a full deletion, but that takes 90 days, if at any point you log back in within the 90 days, the whole process is restarted. And this bullshit was only after you went through a squid game tier UI Olympics just to find the place where to kick off the process.
- adharmad 4y ago
  Facebook is one of the most end-user-hostile companies ever. No interface is what it seems to be. Even downloading your own pictures is very difficult with the actual image hidden in some weird link in a maze of javascript. And the original one can never be downloaded - only a crummy scaled down version. It is a one-way trap.
naraga 4y ago
100%. after all the evil they did in the world i dont understand how are they able to retain so much talent working for them. do people dont give a f* about their impact to the world? many shake their heads after someone exposes engineering team working in rusian army configuring Iskanders yet the same people work for facebook that spreads worst dissinfos, sells user data and basically plays parts in genocides.
- blue039 4y ago
  People have to eat. Maslow's hierarchy of needs and all that. Fact of the matter is Meta has problems almost no one else has. Acting like people will choose less pay and boring work over interesting work and more pay on a moral basis is a little naive. But I see you apparently have a political axe to grind. Meta is not a morally acceptable place to work I agree. However, if you were offered 350,000 USD to work on something hard like a compiler or a data pipeline designed to ingest petabytes of data I'm sure you'd at least think twice about it. For example, you could work at Meta and use the money they pay to fund organizations you support that run counter to Meta's mission. This all not even mentioning having Meta on your resume is basically a golden ticket to the industry for the rest of your career.
  - barbazoo 4y ago
    > Acting like people will choose less pay and boring work over interesting work and more pay on a moral basis is a little naive. That's a bit simplistic. There is plenty of well paid meaningful or at least less destructive work than working for FB.
    - blue039 4y ago
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- megaman8 4y ago
  i really don't understand why people don't like facebook. they're no worse than apple or your ISP (now they're truely evil). dissinfo? just unusubscribe or don't follow that account? do you really want facebook censoring everything you can see or don't see based on political correctness? or some other filter? and how is it "selling user data". I've always found this to be wholly inaccurate. it's targetted advertisement. do you really prefer untargetted advertising? I'm no facebook fanboy. personally i don't use it much. i've read articles on the matter but they never make any sense. Is there an article somewhere that explains all the vitriol towards facebook, because i really don't get it.
specialist 4y ago
> my account was live again and posting weight loss scams Disappointed but not surprised. I kept my accounts because I feared they'd become sock puppets. Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Now I'm just squatting on my own IRL user name. No content, no profiles.
mint2 4y ago
Did you go into the profile and find where it lists signed in devices and log them all out? It’s buried in there somewhere but they don’t automatically do it when you do a password update because they’re afraid of causing any friction in the process of browsing their ads.
kjok 4y ago
> Everyone should quit, get ahead of the layoffs, useless company. Your work there makes the world a worse place. You can do better. This is everything I wanted to say about FB. Always wondered why so many talented folks (with PhDs) choose to work there.
- blsapologist42 4y ago
  My friend works there. In 2021 they made $1.5 million. Last year it was less I guess with the stock drop, but still, I can't fault them.
- temende 4y ago
  Probably because they pretty consistently had the highest total compensation packages for engineers.
- barbazoo 4y ago
  People will say it's their compensation but there are many many places that pay well that don't make the world a shittier place. One doesn't have to sell their soul to the highest bidder.
  - RestlessMind 4y ago
    > there are many many places Can you please name 5 of those alternatives which pay as well as Facebook and yet are a better corp for the world?
    - Ancalagon 4y ago
      Nit: they did say "pay well" not "pay as well". "Pay well" might mean less than Meta but still at a comfortable level, subjectively.
      - RestlessMind 4y ago
        Okay, let's start with "pay well" then. Edit: I cannot reply to barbazoo so will edit here - you still haven't provided me 5 names who "pay well".
r00fus 4y ago
Did you revoke all your oAuth tokens? While a password reset should do that (as should account inactivation) I wouldn't put it past FB to goose retention numbers by not automatically doing this.
blsapologist42 4y ago
To be fair, it's common for people to want to 'undelete' their account, so that's why they have a 30 day grace period. I can easily imagine the opposite situation where someone says deleting with no delay is 'user hostile bullshit'.
bitL 4y ago
I deleted my FB account ages ago and two years later a friend pinged me that I should look at my FB account. I was like what account? I never looked there afterwards anyway so not sure what was going on.
dcist 4y ago
Deleted my account around them. I've just valued privacy more as I've aged. I don't want to "connect" with people I have no interest in connecting with.

college_physics 4y ago

In the first instance you probably did not delete yor account, you just declared that you are deceased or some obfuscation of that sort (talking from personal experience - and I am not calling in from the dead yet 8-)

pelagicAustral 4y ago

I deleted my account circa 2016 as well... Far as I can remember, they force you to suspend your own account for 30 days before being able to apply for a full deletion, but that takes 90 days, if at any point you log back in within the 90 days, the whole process is restarted. And this bullshit was only after you went through a squid game tier UI Olympics just to find the place where to kick off the process.

adharmad 4y ago
Facebook is one of the most end-user-hostile companies ever. No interface is what it seems to be. Even downloading your own pictures is very difficult with the actual image hidden in some weird link in a maze of javascript. And the original one can never be downloaded - only a crummy scaled down version. It is a one-way trap.

naraga 4y ago

100%. after all the evil they did in the world i dont understand how are they able to retain so much talent working for them. do people dont give a f* about their impact to the world? many shake their heads after someone exposes engineering team working in rusian army configuring Iskanders yet the same people work for facebook that spreads worst dissinfos, sells user data and basically plays parts in genocides.

blue039 4y ago
People have to eat. Maslow's hierarchy of needs and all that. Fact of the matter is Meta has problems almost no one else has. Acting like people will choose less pay and boring work over interesting work and more pay on a moral basis is a little naive. But I see you apparently have a political axe to grind. Meta is not a morally acceptable place to work I agree. However, if you were offered 350,000 USD to work on something hard like a compiler or a data pipeline designed to ingest petabytes of data I'm sure you'd at least think twice about it. For example, you could work at Meta and use the money they pay to fund organizations you support that run counter to Meta's mission. This all not even mentioning having Meta on your resume is basically a golden ticket to the industry for the rest of your career.
- barbazoo 4y ago
  > Acting like people will choose less pay and boring work over interesting work and more pay on a moral basis is a little naive. That's a bit simplistic. There is plenty of well paid meaningful or at least less destructive work than working for FB.
  - blue039 4y ago
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megaman8 4y ago
i really don't understand why people don't like facebook. they're no worse than apple or your ISP (now they're truely evil). dissinfo? just unusubscribe or don't follow that account? do you really want facebook censoring everything you can see or don't see based on political correctness? or some other filter? and how is it "selling user data". I've always found this to be wholly inaccurate. it's targetted advertisement. do you really prefer untargetted advertising? I'm no facebook fanboy. personally i don't use it much. i've read articles on the matter but they never make any sense. Is there an article somewhere that explains all the vitriol towards facebook, because i really don't get it.

specialist 4y ago

> my account was live again and posting weight loss scams Disappointed but not surprised. I kept my accounts because I feared they'd become sock puppets. Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Now I'm just squatting on my own IRL user name. No content, no profiles.

mint2 4y ago

Did you go into the profile and find where it lists signed in devices and log them all out? It’s buried in there somewhere but they don’t automatically do it when you do a password update because they’re afraid of causing any friction in the process of browsing their ads.

kjok 4y ago

> Everyone should quit, get ahead of the layoffs, useless company. Your work there makes the world a worse place. You can do better. This is everything I wanted to say about FB. Always wondered why so many talented folks (with PhDs) choose to work there.

blsapologist42 4y ago
My friend works there. In 2021 they made $1.5 million. Last year it was less I guess with the stock drop, but still, I can't fault them.
temende 4y ago
Probably because they pretty consistently had the highest total compensation packages for engineers.
barbazoo 4y ago
People will say it's their compensation but there are many many places that pay well that don't make the world a shittier place. One doesn't have to sell their soul to the highest bidder.
- RestlessMind 4y ago
  > there are many many places Can you please name 5 of those alternatives which pay as well as Facebook and yet are a better corp for the world?
  - Ancalagon 4y ago
    Nit: they did say "pay well" not "pay as well". "Pay well" might mean less than Meta but still at a comfortable level, subjectively.
    - RestlessMind 4y ago
      Okay, let's start with "pay well" then. Edit: I cannot reply to barbazoo so will edit here - you still haven't provided me 5 names who "pay well".

r00fus 4y ago

Did you revoke all your oAuth tokens? While a password reset should do that (as should account inactivation) I wouldn't put it past FB to goose retention numbers by not automatically doing this.

blsapologist42 4y ago

To be fair, it's common for people to want to 'undelete' their account, so that's why they have a 30 day grace period. I can easily imagine the opposite situation where someone says deleting with no delay is 'user hostile bullshit'.

bitL 4y ago

I deleted my FB account ages ago and two years later a friend pinged me that I should look at my FB account. I was like what account? I never looked there afterwards anyway so not sure what was going on.

dcist 4y ago

Deleted my account around them. I've just valued privacy more as I've aged. I don't want to "connect" with people I have no interest in connecting with.