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Title: It's not just me!
Post by: Hawkmoon on July 09, 2019, 10:32:58 AM
Apparently I'm not the only person in the universe who doesn't have a Facebook account.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7225593/Apple-founder-Steve-Wozniak-says-Facebook.html
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: brimic on July 09, 2019, 10:53:07 AM
Apparently I'm not the only person in the universe who doesn't have a Facebook account.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7225593/Apple-founder-Steve-Wozniak-says-Facebook.html

I quit FB a few months back already simply by deleting the app from my devices.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to delete your account(s).
I was hooked on it for a few years, but I don't miss it anymore.


OTOH, a good friend of mine once told me, that its good to be on FB in order to not look out of place- simply raise the noise to signal ratio by continuously posting food pictures and cat recipes.

Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 09, 2019, 11:00:11 AM
I use it mostly to stay in touch with friends, keep tabs on my home town (or what's left of it), and keep up with birthdays and anniversaries. I could count on one hand the number of posts I make a year.

Brad
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: WLJ on July 09, 2019, 11:04:26 AM
I started a FB account only so that I could check out certain pages on there such as ones for lost pets when one of my cats went missing.
My account contains my name only with zero posts.

On a side but related note to that I get e-mailed two or three times a day with friend recommendations everyday. Despite my name being Anglo as heck 99.9% of them have names that are from south of border, "urban", and Arabic. A little manipulation there FB?
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: fifth_column on July 09, 2019, 12:03:43 PM
I started a FB account only so that I could check out certain pages on there such as ones for lost pets when one of my cats went missing.
My account contains my name only with zero posts.

On a side but related note to that I get e-mailed two or three times a day with friend recommendations everyday. Despite my name being Anglo as heck 99.9% of them have names that are from south of border, "urban", and Arabic. A little manipulation there FB?

I think that's more of an indication of scammers attempting to manipulate FB. 
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: K Frame on July 09, 2019, 12:48:55 PM
So, NOT having a FB page (or having one that is very, very inactive) is now a form of virtue signaling.

Gotcha...

 :rofl:
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: WLJ on July 09, 2019, 12:52:18 PM
I think that's more of an indication of scammers attempting to manipulate FB.  

I'm pretty sure it's FB
It doesn't bother me, it's more of curiosity
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: brimic on July 09, 2019, 01:03:31 PM
So, NOT having a FB page (or having one that is very, very inactive) is now a form of virtue signaling.

Gotcha...

 :rofl:

That is so last week.
Pointing out that people are virtue signalling is the new virtue signalling.
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: K Frame on July 09, 2019, 01:37:08 PM
"Pointing out that people are virtue signalling is the new virtue signalling."

Yes it is. AND I *expletive deleted*ing OWN THAT VIRTUE!

 :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: fifth_column on July 09, 2019, 02:21:51 PM
(https://cdn1.imggmi.com/uploads/2019/7/9/bb4938901cf7514c5c7714e467ce125e-full.jpg) (https:///)
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: MechAg94 on July 09, 2019, 02:45:19 PM
(https://cdn1.imggmi.com/uploads/2019/7/9/bb4938901cf7514c5c7714e467ce125e-full.jpg) (https:///) upload (https://imggmi.com)
What the hell is this?  Looks like some sort of app install link.
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: fifth_column on July 09, 2019, 03:08:14 PM
What the hell is this?  Looks like some sort of app install link.

It was nothing more than a simple link to the website where the image is stored.  I removed it. . . . . .   ;/

Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: MechAg94 on July 09, 2019, 03:13:48 PM
It was nothing more than a simple link to the website where the image is stored.  I removed it. . . . . .   ;/


I hit the link and it put something about about checking my computer for something so I closed it.  Maybe it was just an ad.
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: Fly320s on July 09, 2019, 03:16:29 PM

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to delete your account(s).

Yes, it is.  At least Facebook says they delete your account.  I deleted mine a few months ago.  You can download all of your Facebook data before you delete your account.
Title: Re: It's not just me!
Post by: Fly320s on July 09, 2019, 03:19:40 PM
This is the method I used to delete Facebook, in addition to deleting the apps and softwere from my computers.

https://imgur.com/gallery/VBL0D