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Question: Does this create more problems? i.e. "I don't have a social media"; "Sureeeee buddy"; "I really don't, I deleted it"; "We'll wait here until you do"

Question: Does this create more problems? i.e. "I don't have a social media"; "Sureeeee buddy"; "I really don't, I deleted it"; "We'll wait here until you do" Some scary variation above.

sneak 1y ago
This is only the case today because it makes you an outlier. When it’s common to have deleted your accounts due to widespread privacy impacts, it won’t be such a showstopper. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
catlikesshrimp 1y ago
Now that we are there, deleting social media presence for privacy concerns, you will need to keep a "Stub" account to access the parts of life that require social media accounts: marketplace, local groups, immigration.
- jjulius 1y ago
  I killed my accounts with fire some time back and have yet to come across a single instance where I've felt that I've needed some kind of "stub" account. YMMV, however.
bigbacaloa 1y ago
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BLKNSLVR 1y ago
I have vague but genuine concerns about that. I legitimately don't have any social media accounts. Does HN count? Well, none that can be casually associated to the name on my passport.
- GJim 1y ago
  > Does HN count? Social media is where one shares ones social life (it's in the name!). Technical discussion forums are something entirely different. Naturally, there is sometimes crossover (I'm thinking of a motorbike forum I frequent), but to suggest the likes of HN is social media is demonstrably false.
  - Symbiote 1y ago
    "Github" is on the drop-down list of social media identifiers for a US ESTA (visa waiver) application.
    - GJim 1y ago
      Saying that Github is social media (!) does not make it true!
      - Symbiote 1y ago
        It makes it social media for American law regarding visas, which is the relevant context here.
  - zarzavat 1y ago
    Under your definition Reddit and Twitter/X aren't social media either, since you're mostly interacting with strangers. I believe your definition doesn't reflect how the term is used.
    - GJim 1y ago
      Bizarre response. One can share ones social life with strangers! In fact Reddit is a prime example of a site with crossover between technical discussion forums, social media forums and mixed ones.
  - 0manrho 1y ago
    Thats some semantic pedantic gymnastics. Even if you could persuade me to agree with you (and I very much do not) it does not matter. The only definition that matters here is the governments, and they LOVE overreach.
    - GJim 1y ago
      > Thats some semantic pedantic gymnastics. Ummmm. No. It's a statement of fact. > The only definition that matters here is the governments, No. It's the courts.
herbst 1y ago
Talked to police guy once for something unrelated. The moment I mentioned I don't have a telephone number all alarm bells went off in this man and you could tell the police guy was suddenly suspicions.
jajko 1y ago
Not at all, many friends have at least tried to cancel FB account, even when those assholes are making it a very lengthy and painful process. We talk about doctors and surgeons here in their 30s and 40s, wife is a doctor who waits for second year to get her FB account deleted so these are our social circles. Its sort of a mark of upper class (or just having a class) in more developed societies these days. Sidenote - all folks here working for meta - shame on you. I get the greed part, but then you define what sort of human being you are and what your legacy is.
OrangeMusic 1y ago
Simple solution: have 2 accounts, the real one and the public one, which only has like 3 posts in the last 10 years about the weather.

Question: Does this create more problems? i.e. "I don't have a social media"; "Sureeeee buddy"; "I really don't, I deleted it"; "We'll wait here until you do" Some scary variation above.

sneak 1y ago

This is only the case today because it makes you an outlier. When it’s common to have deleted your accounts due to widespread privacy impacts, it won’t be such a showstopper. Be the change you wish to see in the world.

catlikesshrimp 1y ago

Now that we are there, deleting social media presence for privacy concerns, you will need to keep a "Stub" account to access the parts of life that require social media accounts: marketplace, local groups, immigration.

jjulius 1y ago
I killed my accounts with fire some time back and have yet to come across a single instance where I've felt that I've needed some kind of "stub" account. YMMV, however.

bigbacaloa 1y ago

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BLKNSLVR 1y ago

I have vague but genuine concerns about that. I legitimately don't have any social media accounts. Does HN count? Well, none that can be casually associated to the name on my passport.

GJim 1y ago
> Does HN count? Social media is where one shares ones social life (it's in the name!). Technical discussion forums are something entirely different. Naturally, there is sometimes crossover (I'm thinking of a motorbike forum I frequent), but to suggest the likes of HN is social media is demonstrably false.
- Symbiote 1y ago
  "Github" is on the drop-down list of social media identifiers for a US ESTA (visa waiver) application.
  - GJim 1y ago
    Saying that Github is social media (!) does not make it true!
    - Symbiote 1y ago
      It makes it social media for American law regarding visas, which is the relevant context here.
- zarzavat 1y ago
  Under your definition Reddit and Twitter/X aren't social media either, since you're mostly interacting with strangers. I believe your definition doesn't reflect how the term is used.
  - GJim 1y ago
    Bizarre response. One can share ones social life with strangers! In fact Reddit is a prime example of a site with crossover between technical discussion forums, social media forums and mixed ones.
- 0manrho 1y ago
  Thats some semantic pedantic gymnastics. Even if you could persuade me to agree with you (and I very much do not) it does not matter. The only definition that matters here is the governments, and they LOVE overreach.
  - GJim 1y ago
    > Thats some semantic pedantic gymnastics. Ummmm. No. It's a statement of fact. > The only definition that matters here is the governments, No. It's the courts.

herbst 1y ago

Talked to police guy once for something unrelated. The moment I mentioned I don't have a telephone number all alarm bells went off in this man and you could tell the police guy was suddenly suspicions.

jajko 1y ago

Not at all, many friends have at least tried to cancel FB account, even when those assholes are making it a very lengthy and painful process. We talk about doctors and surgeons here in their 30s and 40s, wife is a doctor who waits for second year to get her FB account deleted so these are our social circles. Its sort of a mark of upper class (or just having a class) in more developed societies these days. Sidenote - all folks here working for meta - shame on you. I get the greed part, but then you define what sort of human being you are and what your legacy is.

OrangeMusic 1y ago

Simple solution: have 2 accounts, the real one and the public one, which only has like 3 posts in the last 10 years about the weather.