Are You Going to Delete Facebook?

bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 00:51
Last edited 21/03/2018 - 09:03

With the recent revelation of the massive data leak to Cambridge Analytica by Facebook as reported by the New York Times from the whistleblower Christopher Wylie, who's had his Facebook account suspended, and potentially Australians being effected, what's your take on this? Are you going to #DeleteFacebook?

EDIT: Just wanted to point Ed Snowden’s tweet regarding this: “Businesses that make money by collecting and selling detailed records of private lives were once plainly described as "surveillance companies." Their rebranding as "social media" is the most successful deception since the Department of War became the Department of Defense.”

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  • DarthAntz on 21/03/2018 - 00:57
    +44

    i deactivated back before christmas to 1. avoid christmas facebook and 2. get 2 hours + per day back in my life. ive used that 2 hours to improve my personal study and do reading.

    i'll never go back to the waste of time that social media is.

    p.s. ive forgotten the names of all my friends' children, and most of my friends who i never spoked to, or never liked what they posted.

    • Nugs on 21/03/2018 - 06:13
      +18

      where do you get your memes from now?

      my use for FB;

      sporting club updates
      memes
      videos of people hurting thermselves

      .

      • xoom on 21/03/2018 - 07:17
        -3

        9gag got the memes without the awkwardness FB has forcing you to be social.

        • pegaxs on 21/03/2018 - 07:44
          +32

          9gag? Really? Or is that a meme in itself?

          Reddit or Imgur is where 9gag steals all their content from…

        • xoom on 21/03/2018 - 07:48
          +4

          @pegaxs: was never claiming where 9gag users get their content from. Was just saying if one does not want the awkwardness that fb inherrently has. Its an option.

        • rodinthink on 22/03/2018 - 09:59
          +2

          @pegaxs:
          O really? more like O'reily

        • Munki on 22/03/2018 - 13:22
          +1

          @pegaxs: Reddit and imgur for reals. 9gag sucks. Bunch of thieves.

        • c0balt on 22/03/2018 - 16:45

          @Munki:

          This isn't 5 years ago, Reddit has changed significantly and for a long time has banned a lot of the dank memes that conflict with the Reddit hivemind (hard progressive leftism) that facebook pages have become known for.

          Facebook is where unadulterated fresh memes have been born for quite a few years now, with Reddit being the one playing catch up due to heavy moderation stifling creativity.

        • Munki on 22/03/2018 - 17:24

          @c0balt: I think it depends which subreddit you're in…Also, imgur would definitely have all of them anyway.

        • c0balt on 23/03/2018 - 10:32

          @Munki:

          Imgur has all the memes? That's a very ambitious statement and something very easy to disprove.

          Also Imgur doesn't pay people to host memes, Facebook does. There's actually a financial incentive on the FB side for creatives to upload there, as opposed to Imgur where they won't make a cent.

        • Munki on 23/03/2018 - 18:11

          @c0balt: imgur has all of the memes. Allllllllll

      • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:46
        +4

        4chan.

        • Zachary on 21/03/2018 - 09:11
          +3

          …always thought 4chan was some malicious/pr0n site……

        • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 09:30
          +16

          @Zachary: that's where memes are born fam.

        • Zachary on 21/03/2018 - 09:36

          @FUBR: I thought memes came from reddit…? Well regardless, steam blocks/censors the name…just like how they censor swear words and removes malicious/pr0n links….

        • mskeggs on 21/03/2018 - 09:55
          +4

          @Zachary:
          4chan is just an anonymous, no rules message board.
          It can be very entertaining and/or very disturbing.
          If malicious/pr0n doesn't sound like something you would go investigate, it isn't for you!
          It is a bit too wild west for my sensibilities (fans face and swoons).

        • ONEMariachi on 21/03/2018 - 10:30
          +4

          @Zachary: Memes are created on both 4chan and Reddit. 4chan was the original board but is now a cesspool of shit. Reddit is slowly moving into cesspool of shit territory though.

          A new website needs to be born.

        • rodinthink on 22/03/2018 - 10:02
          -1

          @ONEMariachi:
          Too many libtard and republicant shitposting after so many mainstream news media's propaganda reference

        • macrocephalic on 22/03/2018 - 11:40

          @rodinthink: Just unsub from places with too much shit, only go to subs with stuff you're interested in.

        • hooyn on 22/03/2018 - 11:45
          +1

          @Zachary:INFAMOUS HACKER KNOWN AS 4CHAN

        • scooba on 22/03/2018 - 13:38

          @ONEMariachi: What do you mean “now”? 4chan has always been bad b/ro…

        • scooba on 22/03/2018 - 13:40

          @rodinthink: This I would believe as the media has to blame someone other than themselves.

      • DarthAntz on 21/03/2018 - 15:58

        memes - ozbargain comments are better, friends on skype
        Sports - MATCH OF THE DAY on youtube
        People hurting themselves - liveleak

        • Nugs on 21/03/2018 - 16:09

          sports clubs - i.e. groups/clubs I am personally involved in

          .

        • DarthAntz on 21/03/2018 - 18:26

          @Nugs:
          Yeah I joined facebook in the first place as pressure from club and associations. Foregone now. I still prefer that 2+ extra hours per day not wasted on FB

      • Wystri Warrick on 21/03/2018 - 19:12

        Nugsi haven't seen you on Ozbargain in ages.

      • CI on 22/03/2018 - 08:28
        -2

        How has no one mentioned Reddit!

      • cdaddy on 22/03/2018 - 08:50

        Facebook memes are shit and old use reddit.com/r/dankmemes

      • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2018 - 09:13

        videos of people hurting thermselves

        Go to LiveLeak, you'll never facebook again.

      • spacemansparrow on 22/03/2018 - 11:13

        Use Reddit. /r/funny
        Is where more than half of FB memes come from anyway

      • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2018 - 21:02

        Nice try Mark Zuckerberg

    • ShortyX on 21/03/2018 - 10:22
      +6

      Deactivation is the best. You can keep using Facebook Messenger but friends can't tag you in anything.

      • nothommus on 22/03/2018 - 10:25

        Wait, really? Is this a thing? I only really use facebook to message people, so if so, im totally on board with this.

        • SaberX on 22/03/2018 - 13:47

          i thought they supposedly monitor and analyse your facebook messaging too? which is scary.. not sure if google gmail was also analysing emails and convos for picking data. either way it's pretty offputting. not that i have much to hide.

        • nothommus on 22/03/2018 - 14:50
          +3

          @SaberX:
          They do, but im not really concerned about that, on the internet you're pretty much always being analysed. I just want to be able to lose the temptation of wasting hours away on facebook. Time that could be much better spent on ozbargain..

        • SaberX on 22/03/2018 - 15:54

          @cheese510:

          yeah, i still browse aimlessly. need to get onto reading books and improving myself but it is pretty hard to not tune in. i believe times change as you get older. in uni and all it was full of parties, events, photos, updates. I find most people lurk now too and there is alot less content on there.. similarly i've gotten slacker uploading photos. if i went through my uni days every event had photos, now people go out to dinner etc and not a single one is posted up. maybe the odd mobile phone selfie or dinner. not sure if times are maturing or if it naturally occurs as one gets into working life age haha.

  • garetz on 21/03/2018 - 01:07
    +29

    if you're not paying for the product/service, you are the product, or your data is.

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 01:14
      +2

      you're only as valuable as the data that comes with you.

      • swanny246 on 22/03/2018 - 11:21
        +1

        Yeah but I think a problem is Facebook's data isn't just what you are specifically sharing. The amount of data that can come from just browsing the web as well can be quite irksome.

    • Wystri Warrick on 21/03/2018 - 19:13

      Everybody wants to buy me.

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    • rodinthink on 22/03/2018 - 10:06

      So Does that mean Google, YouTube , Wikipedia & OZB have authorization to suddenly kidnap me out of nowhere and smuggling my organ

      • swanny246 on 22/03/2018 - 16:22
        +2

        rodinthink's organs $29 AUD from OzOrgans Direct (normally $149 AUD)

        • rodinthink on 22/03/2018 - 18:55
          +1

          High-Yield Investment Organ

    • macrocephalic on 22/03/2018 - 11:40
      +1

      So, what is ozbargain doing with my data?

      • xoom on 22/03/2018 - 13:39
        +3

        Selling to the highest bidder to fund scotty's private jet. Unfortunately. No bids at all. Been on the market for a while though. So youre good for now.

        /s

  • urahara on 21/03/2018 - 01:08
    +1

    Started #deletefacebook techcrunch chrome extension to remove my old data.Will keep new data though.

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 01:14

      Try the "Social Book Post Manager" extension if you're keen on deleting old stuff.

    • Flying Ace on 21/03/2018 - 08:37
      +2

      It's funny using a Google product to delete Facebook. Google uses your data just as much as Facebook does.

      • xoom on 21/03/2018 - 08:43

        So what you are saying is. Use apple and ios instead? Clearly you are not going to suggest windows os on phones.

        • Scrooge McDuck on 21/03/2018 - 11:12
          +2

          Ever heard of Firefox?

        • xoom on 21/03/2018 - 13:49
          +6

          @Scrooge McDuck: im still using mosaic browser. I hear netscape navigator is the bomb though.

        • macrocephalic on 22/03/2018 - 11:41

          @xoom: Yes, Firefox is a decent browser. In case you weren't aware, Mozilla Firefox is the extension of the Netscape Navigator project.

      • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:48
        +2

        Almost every product is going to use our data one way or the other. It’s just about making sure we’re not giving them too much.

      • urahara on 21/03/2018 - 15:32

        There is a different between a browser and a social networking website.
        Its like comparing apples with lemons

        • freakatronic on 21/03/2018 - 22:44
          +2

          Maybe in terms of function, but not in terms of outcome. Things that I search for and browse are soon advertised to me on both Facebook and through Google's AdSense system.

        • urahara on 21/03/2018 - 23:50
          -1

          @freakatronic: Use Adblock or Ghostery if you want to prevent tracking, what FB has is much more than that.

        • NobalaKoba on 23/03/2018 - 13:48

          @urahara: Ublock Origin uses fewer resources than adblock does and has better results in most cases. Takes literally seconds to change from adblock to it.

        • urahara on 23/03/2018 - 15:39

          @BradleyDS2: That was for a newbie Easier to use than ublock ..Looks flashy as well

        • NobalaKoba on 23/03/2018 - 16:48

          @urahara: How's it easier?

          A newbie will install and then it'll do everything they want out of the box, and if they decide to learn a bit more they will discover the dropper tool for custom blocking and all the other features adblock has.

          I find ublock origin to look nice as well, not that I understand why it matters what it looks like.

      • aerom on 22/03/2018 - 07:43
        +7

        @ Flying Ace duckduckgo.com

        • Kangal on 22/03/2018 - 14:35

          The most underrated comment here

  • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2018 - 03:21

    No, tbh I would miss all the meme pages I follow.

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:48
      +6

      reddit/twitter/4chan should suffice very well.

      • pegaxs on 21/03/2018 - 10:21
        +4

        @FUBR, Agree'd. Considering that 99% of the memes on FB are 12 month old posts from the above mentioned sites..

      • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2018 - 20:40

        They all have their merits. I still feel like Facebook shows me things I regularly don't see in other places.

    • kehuehue on 22/03/2018 - 08:14
      +1

      I got two. One for memes which I open regularly. Other for family which I never open, but keep for storing pictures of trips etc. almost everyone on my family Facebook is unfollowed lol. Use that for tech news mostly

      • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2018 - 15:26

        Yeah I do the same. I have my personal account for real life stuff and my shitpost account for internet stuff.

  • zonra on 21/03/2018 - 03:41
    +5

    Meh, I've never posted anything important enough to warrant all the worrying that's happening.
    The influence a phone app can have on your life/privacy can be as much or as little as you want it to be.

    Don't want people to find out that you're part of the Klan? Well maybe skip that in the "About me" section.
    Ashamed of that photo of you in a bikini next to an exceptionally attractive goat? Maybe give it some thoughts before posting it up..

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:49
      +2

      We’ve all posted some embarrassing shit back in 2010.

    • macrocephalic on 22/03/2018 - 11:43

      Facebook collects a lot more data than what you post. If you have the app installed on your phone, then they know pretty much everything about where you are, and who you're contacting.

  • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2018 - 04:19
    +6

    What is the Facebook thing you speak of?

    • Kangal on 22/03/2018 - 14:36
      +1

      It's where LooseLips sink (friend)ships

  • Scrooge McDuck on 21/03/2018 - 04:32
    +12

    I've never had a Facebook account other than a stub with a random name used for obtaining freebies.

  • o53djz7qTPY4der on 21/03/2018 - 05:29
    +5

    I removed Facebook almost two-years ago. I took these steps to avoid me falling back into the trap:

    1) change my password to something long… (30+ characters auto-generated)
    2) deactivate account
    3) request to close account.

    This meant I could not reactivate it before it was closed as I would not remember the password.

    I also recently got rid of Instagram.

    As someone said recently, perhaps Snowden, Facebook et al are data collection companies masquerading as social media. No more, no less.

    • EightImmortals on 21/03/2018 - 07:23
      +3

      Oh that's just the tip of the iceberg. :)

      • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:44
        +20

        or the Zuckerberg.

        • CocaKoala on 22/03/2018 - 10:49

          Zuckerberg: Slovakian for "tip of the iceberg".

          (not really)

        • FittyFitty on 24/03/2018 - 16:27

          @CocaKoala:

          More like Sugarmountain in Yiddish…

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:51
      +6

      We used to call them “surveillance companies”. Nowadays they’re branded as “social media”.

      • Kangal on 22/03/2018 - 14:39
        +1

        Well, to be fair I didn't know any "Surveillance Company" from back in the day which allowed you to send messages, upload and view photographs before.

        • [Deactivated] on 24/03/2018 - 15:59

          It's cheaper to provide a service in exchange for info than to track people without their permission.

  • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2018 - 08:01

    I only use messenger to send gifs to my friends

  • yk300 on 21/03/2018 - 08:34
    +1

    I still get some value out of it. But I have reduced my usage since reading an article on how in-dept the tracking FB does.
    I uninstalled from my phone and now only access from specific web browsers from my laptop and desktop.

    I started learning Italian with an app as a substitute (on my phone).

  • Donaldhump on 21/03/2018 - 08:35
    +12

    no, i would miss all the people who check-in air airports.

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:53
      +3

      I’m sure all your grandmas, bosses, bullies from year 10 will miss when you leave Facebook.

    • xoom on 21/03/2018 - 09:02
      +1

      Could never understand posting images of your full airline ticket. Surely if your friends dont believe you messaging them you are going somewhere. Then you are either usually full of sh*t or you just like to brag.

      See when i and many others go overseas. They don't get the need to make a song and dance number of it.

  • poboy on 21/03/2018 - 08:53
    +5

    Delete Facebook from your phone. Keep it on your PC. Or, if you must have it on your phone - use it via a browser tab.

    • bugger off on 21/03/2018 - 08:56

      Yeah turning off location services for the Facebook app is a must. Also to point out, your old user data from 2010 is worth taking a look at and maybe review whether they still need to be there.

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