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Cleanup your social media apps? How about delete your Facebook account to start 2014. Facebook is so 2010... I deleted my account years ago.

LukeB_UK 13y ago
Does HN now stand for Hipster News?
- 01Michael10 13y ago
  What does this replay have to do with my comment? Why has my comment been down voted? The point of the post is social media apps cause a privacy concern. What about Facebook itself? This is like go remove a couple of small cancerous tumors but let's not treat the lung cancer.
kayoone 13y ago
i would, but FB is till the defacto standard to keep in touch with friends/contacts if you aren't living in the same city/country with them anymore.
- 01Michael10 13y ago
  Email? IM? Skype? Text? The main reason I left Facebook was because of family members getting on it...
  - MojoJolo 13y ago
    I think he has a point. My father, mother, and even my grandfather uses Facebook. Why are they using it? Because it enables them to keep in touch with their classmates and friends. Long lost friend especially. They are too long apart that email, IM, Skype, and text does not exist yet. Additionally, for email, IM, Skype, and text, you need to know their email address, username, or number to contact them. In Facebook, there's a chance that you can find them by just searching their name.
    - 01Michael10 13y ago
      I have never wanted to re-live high school myself. If someone (family or not) does not have my email address and/or phone number there is a reason for it so certainly won't want them contacting me on Facebook...
      - kayoone 13y ago
        i was abroad for quite some time and lived in various different cities. While i dont necessarly need to email/im with all the people i met, its certainly nice to see whats going on in their lives and contact them from time to time. I know that i wont if id had to write an email, which i dont even have for many of my contacts from these times.
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nettletea 13y ago
How do you know if someone isn't on Facebook? They'll tell you ;) Facebook is still attractive despite the negatives, and I haven't yet seen a good wholesale replacement for it. Personally I'd like a better feed manager built into the browser itself. And a very simple way to publish too. Access control is the difficult problem.

LukeB_UK 13y ago

Does HN now stand for Hipster News?

01Michael10 13y ago
What does this replay have to do with my comment? Why has my comment been down voted? The point of the post is social media apps cause a privacy concern. What about Facebook itself? This is like go remove a couple of small cancerous tumors but let's not treat the lung cancer.

kayoone 13y ago

i would, but FB is till the defacto standard to keep in touch with friends/contacts if you aren't living in the same city/country with them anymore.

01Michael10 13y ago
Email? IM? Skype? Text? The main reason I left Facebook was because of family members getting on it...
- MojoJolo 13y ago
  I think he has a point. My father, mother, and even my grandfather uses Facebook. Why are they using it? Because it enables them to keep in touch with their classmates and friends. Long lost friend especially. They are too long apart that email, IM, Skype, and text does not exist yet. Additionally, for email, IM, Skype, and text, you need to know their email address, username, or number to contact them. In Facebook, there's a chance that you can find them by just searching their name.
  - 01Michael10 13y ago
    I have never wanted to re-live high school myself. If someone (family or not) does not have my email address and/or phone number there is a reason for it so certainly won't want them contacting me on Facebook...
    - kayoone 13y ago
      i was abroad for quite some time and lived in various different cities. While i dont necessarly need to email/im with all the people i met, its certainly nice to see whats going on in their lives and contact them from time to time. I know that i wont if id had to write an email, which i dont even have for many of my contacts from these times.
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nettletea 13y ago

How do you know if someone isn't on Facebook? They'll tell you ;) Facebook is still attractive despite the negatives, and I haven't yet seen a good wholesale replacement for it. Personally I'd like a better feed manager built into the browser itself. And a very simple way to publish too. Access control is the difficult problem.