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Yossarian

RedDave2 wrote:

MyNamesKrisG wrote:

So, after deactivating several times, each time being for a longer period of time, last night I re-activated my Facebook account and, after 5 minutes, realised that place truly is no longer for me. The last straw was taking a look at my local Tory MP's page and seeing people who live in my village thanking him for the great impact he's had in the last two years. I wanted to respond, asking what impact that was exactly, but.... I'm too dispirited to waste my time anymore. I've finally gone all in for a full deletion of the account. x

Dont think they ever fully delete the account. i closed off my personal accouint years back, just kept one for work. A few months ago when logging in, it gave me the option to restart the personal account. So they must have the data still in place. Bastards.

Send them a request to delete the data under GDPR and they’ll delete it.

b0r1s

Definitely an option to delete completely. It sits there for 30 days (or used to) before final deletion. Did mine 5 years ago and never looked back.

Wookienopants

b0r1s wrote:

Definitely an option to delete completely. It sits there for 30 days (or used to) before final deletion. Did mine 5 years ago and never looked back.

I really want to delete mine but without it I miss out on so much of the martial arts circuits I run in

Wookienopants

I miss the old days of email newsletters....

Gremill

b0r1s wrote:

Definitely an option to delete completely. It sits there for 30 days (or used to) before final deletion. Did mine 5 years ago and never looked back.

Yep, don't miss it at all. I recently setup a new Twitter account after getting rid of it a few years ago, but that's also rapidly heading for the bin. I don't think insta will be far behind it.

RedDave2

b0r1s wrote:

Definitely an option to delete completely. It sits there for 30 days (or used to) before final deletion. Did mine 5 years ago and never looked back.

OK, maybe I just suspended the account? Would like to delete it for good. Facebook such a shit app.

b0r1s

Here you go. Their UI pattern definitely encourages people not to delete so it’s understandable if you missed it.

https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674

RedDave2

Cool, much appreciated. I'm guessing I fell into the trap of only temporarily dactiviting the account.

Its a bit like Amazon when you go to cancel Prime - Do you not want to not lose your benefits etc?

Kow

Deleted all my social media, beginning last year sometime and it's the best. It's not just that I don't miss it, I'm delighted it's not there. Twitter went just recently. Actually I have LinkedIn but that's purely for work related visibility and I never look at it.

[Deleted User]

Not all of it...

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davyK

You have done the best thing for your mental well being @MyNamesKrisG, not to mention the time you will get back that you will have wasted looking at it.

Social media can be great but it should only be used for specified purposes and not be browsed or used as a way of passing time.

I'm going to ditch my Facebook account.

All I'll have left is a youtube account. I find generally YT useful for reviews , how-tos and I upload my shmup videos onto it. I have a small number of subscriptions which I manage which is why having an account is useful (apart from needing one to upload).

I will retain a couple of WhatsApp family/friend groups.

RedDave2

My biggest social media time sink is youtube and this place.

davyK

RedDave2 wrote:

My biggest social media time sink is youtube and this place.

me too.

b0r1s

davyK wrote:

RedDave2 wrote:

My biggest social media time sink is youtube and this place.

me too.

Me three

Diluted Dante

I don't get why people call YouTube social media. Are you all in the comments section?

poprock

I think it’s because of the ‘like and subscribe’ mechanic.

I dunno, I struggle to think of it as social media. Feels more like broadcast to me. Maybe you have be someone who makes and uploads videos to feel like it’s more of a two-way street.

Diluted Dante

I mean I do that, but I still think of it more like Netflix than Facebook.

poprock

YouTube is public access television for the Internet age. Its ‘like’-driven algorithm ensures that commercial voices rise to prominence, but technically it’s still open to all.

afgavinstan

I've never looked at or posted in a youtube comment section in my life. The use of its app on telly works wonders for that.

davyK

I will post from time to time on some videogame review channels.

b0r1s

I post very rarely but the direct communication to content creators definitely puts it in the social media category for me. There is a lot of Comms on popular video game posts.

davyK

The shmup community is quite small. I find myself commenting on some shmup.com members' channels.

I have also commented on some film reviews.

poprock

afgavinstan wrote:

I've never looked at or posted in a youtube comment section in my life. The use of its app on telly works wonders for that.

Bingo.

[Deleted User]

davyK wrote:

You have done the best thing for your mental well being @MyNamesKrisG, not to mention the time you will get back that you will have wasted looking at it.

With FB it's been a very long time coming. Brexit was the end for me with hindsight. In the last 5 years or so it was only used for drumming up charity stuff whenever I did a challenge, but injuries have seen to the end of that chapter. For while, my excuse was, "Twitter for following artists, FB for following my friends", but the reality is, and always has been, I'm in actual real life touch with my real friends. The rest are simply old contacts who I used to know and clearly never formed close friendships with to begin with.

Years ago I set up a blank account, that simply said, "I'm not here, feel free to contact me", along with my email address. Nobody has used it, which says it all!

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Yossarian

Elon Musk sent a new letter to Twitter, saying the spam bot stuff "is a clear material breach of Twitter’s obligations under the merger agreement... Musk reserves all rights resulting therefrom, including his right not to consummate the transaction..." https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922068347/tm2217761d1_ex99-o.htm

To be crystal clear: The deal is still on as of right now, but this is the first step in what could be a legal battle to negotiate a lower price, or a termination.

https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/1533795813129916417

RedDave2

Diluted Dante wrote:

I don't get why people call YouTube social media. Are you all in the comments section?

Meant to get back to this - you're quite right it really isnt the typical social media but I think what seperates it from Netflix and normal tv is it is very much full of public generated opinion (which can be both good and bad) and it is way more interactive than normal media. Apart from the like and subscribe part of things, its share function is very important to it. You arent likely to share a link to a netflix show or a spotify song other than usually to say to someone check this out but youtube clips are shared often as part of conversations. The content is also often not just to entertain but to engage and create some form of participation from the viewer.

It walks the boundary between both and I guess it depends on how you use but if I was categorising I would still think of it as Social medai, even if you ignore the comments section. Which you clearly should

Kow

Only a lunatic reads the comment section on Youtube. Or anything for that matter.

GurtTractor

You realise this forum is one big comment section?

Dark Soldier

Kow only reads his own comments, everyone else is on block

RedDave2

Dark Soldier wrote:

Kow only reads his own comments, everyone else is on block

The ultimate bubble.

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