I Deleted My FB Account Today And I’m Excited.

I'm not deleting it, I just use it to see when others post pics like instagram. However, I'm hardly ever on it to begin with

I only go on it when someone insists i communicate there, for some reason.

But it's silly to be proud of deleting FB by crowing about it on Datalounge which is also social media.

R2 silly to you, but not to me. I find FB to be very petty and I finally took back control. Its just seems like bragging. I am so tired of seeing everyone laying in hospital beds, etc. I found myself becoming petty and felt like high school. No thanks!

I FB to chat with a few friends who live across the country. Hardly ever post or even look at other posts. Never been a big thing for me in terms of a time wasting. Now DL on the other hand...

I know I don't go on Facebook but once or twice a month. It depresses me because I'm looking at all these people living good lives and having fun with family and friends. I sends me into a deep depression. I have no friends anymore and I have no family. My facebook friends are just people that I once met or people that I used to know. It's incredibly sad how I fucked up my life. I sit in a stew of regret. Datalounge has replaced the hours I used to spend on Facebook. At least here, you can laugh.

I condole you R5. Stay the hell off FB.

I deleted Facebook back in 2009 and never looked back, OP.

Well done, OP.

FB sober for 2 years. Could not be happier.

I hadn't used mine in a few years and I finally deleted it for good this week as well.

I thought it was impossible to actually delete a FB account.

Deleted last spring. One of the best decisions I ever made.

Thinking of deleting mine. Its mostly family and people I haven't worked with in years. I figure why bother on both counts.

R5 that's the same reason I avoided FB. Everyone appears to have such exciting fabulous lives while I'm exactly where I was 30. Life is hard enough without having to see how other people present their lives.

I quit FB when my mental health started to deteriorate after I broke up with my partner. Quitting FB was the one thing that eventually restored my sanity even though I also quit doing drugs (mostly blow and booze) at the exact same time. For me it was easy to grow out of drugs and find other interests, however I kept jonesing for FB for months. Ten years after the facts, I still feel elated I did it and ditched those unfortunate habits. Yay you to all of you who did the same in this thread.

Oh, that’s a relief, OP.

I thought you just unfriended me.

Yay!!

R11, it's not "impossible."

It's very easy to permanently DELETE your Facebook account.

I think i underutilize Facebook. I use it to stay in touch with family and friends. I get local news feeds, and I like various institutions like our local art center and a couple of environmental groups. That's it. I don't do strangers and I probably have about 40 friends on Facebook, if that. So I'm not going to boycott it. Hell I might forget Uncle Joe's birthday.

Where all the 40-and-unders going now? Snapchat?

After I watched 'The Social Network,' I vowed I would never get Facebook, and I never have. Never had Twitter either.

Zuckerberg alone is reason enough to drop FB.

I rarely look at it unlike years ago. But I do check up on family and a few friends.

I have it, but don't use my own page at all. It's only because of "the others" that I go there.

I never got on Facebook for the same reason I never go to high school reunions. I have direct contact information for friends and family. When did everyone forget that email is a miracle?

Without the Russiapublican propaganda contract- how will Zuck stay afloat? It will be Myspace in a couple years.

I had one briefly a while back because loved ones wanted to leave things there for me. It was not under my real name and the 40 or so people who used it were people I actually knew. Eventually they all moved on to Instagram and other platforms and I deleted it. I have no other social media. Datalounge is social but because it’s anonymous it doesn’t seem as narcissistic to me.

I miss the old usenet groups. Social media has been overrun by bots, trolls and bratty children.

I use Twitter. Every fucking day. Get all my news feeds, Washington Post, NYT, BBC, and BLoomberg, MSNBC, NBC,CBS, ABC, then I also get certain journalists and commentators. So Rachel Maddow, Soledad O'Brien, Sam Stein, Lemire, Dan Rather, etc. It takes me about 15 minutes to scan my news feeds and read what I feel like reading, and then I check again in the evening, and I've discovered that if you use credible sources, you can stay on top of just about everything you need to know. I also follow my local ABC affiliate and our local newspaper. it's efficient. Oh, I follow Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Sean Patrick Maloney, and Adam Schiff too.

Everyone is just posting anti-Trump memes on FB. So boring and stupid!

R30 seriously, you are right. It’s so stupid. I see the same people constantly posting shit. Then I see posts about their illness or in their hospital bed? Also, there are those that post everytime they pee, just to make you think their life is full of happiness.

I chose not to start using my Comcast email account because I asked them, if I cancel my service, can I keep my email address?”, and they said “no”.

I went through that with att, who does let me keep a free Email address after I canceled service, and their customer service is simply zero. But not being able to keep a free Comcast account would be restricting. It would be hard to stop using it, if I ever wanted to, so I didn’t start.

I deactivated my FB haven't deleted it yet but I have a feeling I will. I spent a lot of time building it over the years. I may give it the once over first to make sure I still have all the pics I uploaded stored elsewhere. There are some people I friended that I will miss but I'll find alternative ways to stay in touch.

Is like to deactivate my LinkedIn account, but they don’t offer the option. FB does.

I deleted mine in 2006. I graduated college in 2005, and after that Facebook seemed silly.

Bump.

I've been gone since the Cambridge Analytica scandal which is, what, about two years now? Haven't missed it in the least.

I never created a profile so I have nothing to delete.

I never created a profile so I have nothing to delete.

You cannot delete a Facebook account. It just deactives but the keep what you had in there forever.

R40 really? So, you can always log back in to FB? My name has been removed and shows as FB user. I do have a 30 day wait period. No thanks, I’m done.

Mine’s only a fake profile to spy on people I hated in school.

R20, Snapchat is played out.

R5 They don't call it FAKEbook for nuthin.

So brave, OP! You deleted Facebook then came onto the DL to announce that to a bunch of people who you don’t know.

I bailed out when a friend started posting graphic pictures of her spinal operation. Thankfully she didn't have a hysterectomy.

All you are lying A-holes who say you deleted or never get on it. You're on it all day. Lying mofo's for sure, it's just like people say they don't go to WM then you see their ass there.

Isn’t this “social media?”

no R48 its a message board

I'm one of those people who has an unhealthy relationship with Facebook. I'm on it way too much and usually end up agitated and very depressed. Yes seeing people from high school or old friends "living it up" while I feel like shit about myself. Or staring at peoples families while I am single. I also think it's responsible for losing a best friend of mine because his posts were so braggy and obnoxious.

Really most of my feed is animals or the environment. There's very few people I follow but I can still click on their pages.

But I'm worried I'll be even more isolated without Facebook. Sometimes if I feel lonely I'll share a post or photos and it's nice to get responses. But then again, I guess it's all "fake" in a way.

I also used to use the excuse that it's for the event invites or knowing what's happening in my city but I'm not using those as much.

I did delete Instagram almost 2 years ago and never looked back. That one really fucked with me. Happy to be gone. I use Twitter but it's not socially connected to anyone I know. I like to follow sports and breaking news.

Anyway I'm struggling with Facebook because on one hand I hate it, I really do, but I'm afraid I'll be worse off than I am now (isolated and going through a breakup).

Thanks for checking in, all-seeing, all-knowing God at R47.

Congrats OP! Deleting the Devil Facebook was not easy. I didn’t think they would ever let me go..... the waiting.... free at last, free at last ..,,

R45 thank you. I had friends asking why I posted such an such. They thought it was directed at them. I had been very ill and just had surgery. So, having people bombard me was insane. Like I have time to look for items to post and hopefully wish that someone eohld see it? Crazy. So, yes, I am proud.

Zuckerberg is evil and his information harvesting and brainwashing tool is fucking up the world. I quit FB over a year ago, no regrets. Friends can and do email/text/call me instead, without the whole world looking in.

I have a quasi-anonymous Twitter where I follow hobbies and science and generally stay out of politics.

No other social media but your granny's social media, Datalounge.

I look in on FB once a day briefly, to catch any local cultural events or news from some interest groups I follow. A network that promises to connect me to the world now connects me to local things most of which I wouldn't find easily elsewhere.

I used to share an occasional news item of interest but never liked it as a means to share personal info: birthday, marriage, a new dog, new haircut...

I came late to the game about 7 years ago and was never deeply invested. A few old friends found me which has been nice; a few acquaintances found me which has had no consequence. Now I only post every few months a vague everyday life photo of something of my surroundings, nothing more. Wouldn't miss it at all but for the news and the very rare news of far-flung friends (as most of my friends are)

I hate Twitter, hate LinkedIn even more, Instagram I like for the images - pretty pictures, not celebrities, not selfie-whores, not self-absorption (though that can easily be found there if it's what you seek.)

I never spent much time or effort at FB, and now it's much less still, a quick scan like I might give a newspaper between metro stops. Nothing more.

Never having shared that much or had.much more interaction with real friends on it than a LIKE it still feels as if the place is dying (even if many of the remaining inhabitants seem to think it's vital still.).

Disconnect from the Borg.

Sure, dip a toe or two in the water on occasion but:

GET OUT OF THE WATER!

I forgot to add that I loathe LinkedIn. And now that I'm not in a 9-5 type of job and not trying to impress anyone with my resume, I stopped using it and am so happy. I never liked it but felt obligated to be active there when I worked in marketing or was job hunting. It's not only annoying but the platform seems weak and poorly constructed.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

The OP is Mark Hamill

Did you read the news

In 20 years, I think we'll be back to landlines for a lot of media. I believe all this wireless isn't as benign as people want to believe. I think there will be enclaves - for so many reasons - safety and health, and I think wireless will be limited somewhat in enclaves for the privileged few. Wireless devices will seek and use very close landlines

Similarly, the science will be in about the negative psychological and physical effects of social media and people being too attached to online devices and many many people will be avoiding such things, like we do transfat today.

R59 interesting.

R51 seems that you got triggered, are you one of those FB liers? I think so, you sound like it.

I'm thinking about setting up a Myspace page. I hear it's lots of fun to design your page and have people post on your wall.

I sometimes thing about deactivating my account but instead I have just actively either unfriended certain people or unfollowed others, mostly if they post anything that leads me to think they are Faux news junkies or Trump supporters.

What totally worked for me was to delete people who weren’t really close friends from my friends list.

This way, I actually cared about the people I’d get updates about.

Most of the BS is gone and it’s a pleasant experience

The only social media I have is Facebook. I never set up an Instagram or Twitter account and I’m totally fine.

Now, kids tell me about so many new social media sites that no one can keep up

I never had a Facebook account - at first it just seemed creepy to have people you haven’t seen in decades contact you - now it really does seem evil in many ways. I’m in my 50s but people are still surprised when I tell them I don’t use FB. Twitter also seems like a useless time suck - for that I have DL.

Good for you OP, facebook is so 2010.

I never had one because I thought it seemed stupid.

DL is my outlet. I'd prefer to get my news from well read gays and lesbians than idiots from high school.

I do have FB, but only to chat with a few friends who live across the country. One doesn't text. I love her so much! A vet doc that I met playing a trivia game on an app and we just became fast friends. So random. In the last five years, she has been there for me through career annoyances, partner problems etc, I've been there for her through her kids leaving the nest, etc. And that's all been through FB chat. So I have to thank the evil Zuck for at least that.

I literally have a email account where the password is "fuckoffzuck". Needless to say, I don't use Facefuckbook.

When the under-40s turn against you- it's like a mass shunning. They will groupthink you into oblivion.

R70 seriously, I almost spit out my drink. Lmao.

I just deleted my FBI record. Jealous, bitches?

R73 omg 😱 Lmao

When my mom and her friends got Facebook accounts, I knew it was time to go.

I have a page, but on New Year’s Eve while watching a movie, I deleted all past posts except for a few I kept from a trip—which I marked as viewable only by me in Privacy. I don’t intend to post anything anymore for the many reasons listed by others above. Now it’s just an empty page with a generic cover and photo. People can contact me, but I won’t be adding any new friends.

FB is now just a broadcasted bragbook—and most people don’t really follow anyone—and usually only comment on others’ posts when they have the chance to be offended. An elderly acquaintance added me as a friend - then accused me of being a devil worshipper because a trailer to IT 2 was added to my profile (and her News Feed) when I saw the film and checked in at the theater. WTF. I deleted everyone except a handful of friends and don’t intend to use it anymore for my own mental health. Like others here, I don’t like the idea of being isolated from long-distance friends, but I realize social media is just an illusion - a false sense of connection that I’d rather learn to live without it via discipline.

R76 I completely agree.

Don't feel too bad r5 it's just an illusion people want to make it look like they're having a great time living life. They could be even more depressed than you are but hey will never show it. I lived in Los Angeles fir over 20 years. It's all about image, just like social media. You created a scripted, enhanced life that other people wish they could have.

It's all smoke and mirrors.

If you want to delete Facebook, instead you should screw them over. You do this by making a totally fake profile. Change all your data and download things like Hello Kitty and My Pony (probably poor choices from the types that read this site, but you get the idea).

Then all Facebook has to sell is not accurate and it will decline.

Fuck Fackbook, Zuckerberg, and his pro-Trump agenda!

I use FB for one hobby, and that's it. I'm not on any social pages or groups, I don't follow anyone, and I don't accept invites from people not in the hobby (which is all old geeks, anyway), so I'm not generally bothered by whatever is going on with FB.

It’s hard to exit stage left on FB because invariably someone gets offended. You never hear from someone for years, but un-friend them, and then get a message asking why. You sheepishly re-friend them to save face, then you stop hearing from them again. From now on I’m going to respond, “If I add you again, will I start hearing from you occasionally?”

I had a few friends I used to share music and videos with some friends and family members to laugh at or comment on, but when you see the messages are seen but not responded to, it’s a bit demoralizing. These friends talk about how busy they are, but yet they have time to post an extensive photo exposé of little Hayley’s daily play dates, so you see they are making a choice.

If you loved 9th grade you'll love Fakebook.

Things I like about FB : I can see what hot-button issues are being discussed and/or complained about in my community (road work, school construction, taxes, real estate development). I like to know what is going on and unfortunately without FB the only way I would know about these things is a friend would tell me he "saw it on Facebook". I have a teenager in school so I also learn from other parents things I need to know about college testing, happenings at the school, fundraisers etc. Of course a lot of this information is obtainable by other means but not nearly as easily especially since local newspapers are practically extinct. So kill me but i also don't mind seeing the prom and graduation photos of kids I have gotten to know through my son over the years, vacation photos, etc. To me those are happy things. I can totally understand if I was in a bad place seeing all that "happiness" might sink me further, but I am in a good place right now so these things bring me happiness. So it would be hard to live without it in my current situation, but like I posted upthread I have either unfriended or hidden anyone who posts anything even hinting of right-wing crackpottery. One of the worst things about social media is I have learned who some people really "are" and I would prefer to not have know that. It has made me dislike people I used to think were okay.

Stop enriching Mark Zuckerberg. Delete Facebook now.

Demand that websites which use Facebook for logging in and/or commenting likewise delete Facebook.

NEVER use your facebook profile to log into other sites. That's how the other sites get ALL your information and that of your Facebook friends.

Frau at R84. Ugh.