Deleted Facebook Account
 

Just deleted my Facebook account that I've had for the better part of the decade.

Final straws were:

-Wife got gas at the local Sonoco and she told me later that day some random dude tried to befriend her on FB. She looked at his profile and he works at the Sonoco station.

-Companies associated with TransUnion/Experian are building credit risk profles based on who your friends are on FB.

-Email from FB yesterday explaining that any/all data submitted on your profile can be used for whatever purpose they desire.

CONS > PROS

<AOL_MAIL_VOICE> Goodbye </AOL_MAIL_VOICE>

Not a single **** given how, or why, or when...

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I got promotion at work being a supervisor.... Deleted

I know a dance mom that says hi

Deleted is the wrong word. They'll delete nothing.

Sadly, this is true...

LMAO Dude got skillz

I deleted mine back in 2003 when anyone with an email account could sign-up.

Been just fine without it...

Your info is still out there, bro.

Cool thread though.

Deleted? Love your sense of humor.

The first two bullets can easily be solved with privacy settings, though you're obviously right that you can't do much about FB's privacy policies.

Whatever makes you happy.

Kind of cool that he still wanted to be her FB friend after she farted all over his workplace.

Probably a good move Rocka.

I don't know what my opinion is without pics of your wife.

That gas station clerk was probably just befriending your wife to warn her of a shady character he saw slip into her back seat while she was filling up.

**** Facebook twitter and MySpace. Red tube pornhub and bangbros FTW

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Sharing this to my timeline.

That's not really true, they still delete data....just usually not intentionally....:D

Oh yea and in three days I reach 15 months Facebook free! PBJ PBJ PBJ

Once it's on teh interwebs it's like an 80's male perm: never forgotten...

Don't ever play games on Facebook. I talked to a scammy marketing company a while back, and they proudly told me how they've created some games on Facebook. To play the games you do that "give permission" thing, and they use it to grab all your personal data and sell it.

Would like to hear more about how your belief this is happening comes about

None of that crap ever passed my smell test. I block all those games.

There are some key elements to that story people are glossing over....

1) Where these companies operate
2) Who they are targeting....
3) And key point to all things....when a lender is in business here in the US they are governed by laws that prevent the type of games that could be played using Social Media

This may work overseas in markets less sophisticated than here in the US but it will never fly here.

That's what you think

The first one is pretty creepy, but you can prevent your profile from showing up in search results and limit who can send you messages and friend requests.

You can also block others from seeing who you are friends with.

The 3rd thing is pretty much true for the entire internet, outside of the obvious like banks using your account info to buy stuff... it's generally a good idea to only have stuff in your profile that you would bring up casually to a friendly acquaintance. It's not like facebook is unique in that regard.

Also none of these companies are associated with TransUnion or Experian.

Someone listed Sonoco as an employer on Facebook?

i removed my profile about 5 years ago when it got hacked - NEVER going back - NOTHING good comes of it.

I wouldn't go that far. I've kept in touch with dozens of friends who I probably would have never seen again if it weren't for Facebook. And since we maintain that mild relationship, it doesn't seem awkward to say "Hey, I'm coming to town!" and then meeting up in person.

I love it when people are too cool for facebook.

I have nothing against it but it does seem like you need to watch out.

I like a lot of band and record label pages, my news feed is like a cloud of new music. The friends aspect I could live without.

Get better friends? :shrug:

/Mavericks Ace

'Hacked' is a strong word for obtaining a password. Funny non-techie.


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good move, leaving facebook will prevent men from trying to **** your wife....

I don't see these as problems at all.

I get requests from people who I barely know. I just decline them. The dude probably thought your wife was attractive & tried to look her up on fb. She apparently has her security settings set so he couldn't creep on her account so he tried sending out a friend request which she presumably denied. People are creepy, but this probably worked out as it should.

meh. Pay your bills & keep your house in order. You won't have problems with credit. Also, don't hang out with shitbags.

Don't post incriminating & overly embarrassing stuff on the internet & you won't have any problems.

Did you make you wife close her Facebook account to?

Eh, my friends are the best and I hang with them regularly. I just don't need them on my portable devices. Generational thing I guess.

Nothing? Really?

So choosing to not have a Facebook account means someone is "too cool?"

My nieces (sisters) like to say they've "hacked" each others' Facebook accounts when one of them forgets to sign off and the other posts as them. I kind of want to slap them for it.

The important thing is that you feel superior to those who still use facebook.

Fair enough. My friends use fb to organize social activities.

Not necessarily.

Same here. I've got a close-knit group of friends from high school that I still keep in touch with and see regularly. Way back before Facebook was cool, I started a little tiny message board for us to keep in touch, but the software is now WAY outdated, and Facebook does basically everything it does better with a closed group.

Unfortunately, one guy (out of 5 guys and 4 wives) won't join Facebook, so I still have to check this stupid little message board from time to time just to see if he's posted anything.

Just join the damn thing under a pseudonym and don't "friend" anyone other than those in the group. :cuss:

Just wasn't clear on the meaning of your statement. I've never had a Facebook account and really have never felt I needed one. I call or text my friends when I need/want to communicate with them. I don't look on others negatively for using Facebook, but it is just not something I need in my life.

Yeah. Even worse when it's adults saying they're getting hacked by their kids. Seriously? You're barely 40 years old. Computers were around prior to your birth. The internet was accessible when you were in college. You're not 75 years old. Act like you have a ****ing clue. You weren't hacked by your kid, dumbass. And it doesn't make it sound like your kid is clever or smart when you claim they "hacked" you. It makes your whole family look stupid.

Me too. I'm old fashioned I guess. If I could get away with it, I wouldn't have a cell phone.

Damn dude.

No shit! We have one friend who refuses to get an account & he misses shit every time we forget to send him a special e-mail or call him.

I work in the networking (computer) industry - so i tend to use terms that others use in the "general population" - i have been accused of using terms no one understands and some people get a little put-off - that is mostly in conversation however. Hence the term "hacked" - but yes - someone used a bot that generates passwords and guessed mine.

yes - true - I got out early and did not see any of these benefits - so you are correct.

Unfortunately I use mine for work, so I can't go this route. Or I would.

Gotcha, just giving you shit... and yeah, one of the speakers at a recent company-wide meeting said "one thing we all have in common is that we can't ever explain to family and friends what we do for a living..." ...which is true, so I know the feeling.

i'd be against it, if friends of friends on facebook didnt get me laid. I cant ever hate that.

But how will all your friends know that you're having a shitty day if you're not on there typing in ALL CAPS FULL OF RAGE mode?

Sounds to me like he got hacked.

My concern is that the IRS is using Facebook info to start audits. I remember the good old days when the Government had to have a search warrant to access your personal information and credit card accounts.

Or that some asshole turned off the lights when you're taking a shit....

Deleting Facebook because of privacy seems silly if you still use the Internet at all. Someone is always watching.

Dude....your sig....LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO

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Nice stealth edit too.

could have been avoided if you did a better job with your privacy settings.

Facebook is a joke. If you care about family then you will keep in touch. Friends the same. I hate facebook. As if a person can really care about or even know their 300000000000 facebook friends.

Privacy is an illusion on the internet. Facebook is not the issue here if you know how to configure your security settings.

Your profile/data is not gone. It's cached. You are still out there. You accomplished nothing.

/Realistic checkpoint

I get that. But it has been nice to at least know what is going on in a few peoples lives that I fell out of contact with for a bit. Of course, I'm only friends with people I want to have contact with. I don't just accept any and all friend requests.

Again, Facebook is what you make of it. I have about 250 friends on there, and probably 150 of those are just on my aquaintences list, so I never see their stuff unless it's 1) a big story (getting married, having a kid, etc.) or 2) I intentionally go look for it.

It doesn't have to be this crazy obnoxious thing unless you let it be, and if you really take control of it, it's a great way of staying in touch.

ROFL I don't follow...:evil:

I think we need pics of your wife to determine if this was a good idea or not.
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Yeah I literally took my list down from 350 to 100 yesterday. I used the question, "would I invite this person to my home?" as the qualifier. If the answer was no they didn't make the cut. 250 poor souls are friendless today because of my actions.

But my only other options are douchebags or bags of dicks! Worst advice ever.

You care too much. I have like 900 facebook friends, 700 of which are barely acquaintances and many from college that I met like 1 or 2 times. I don't have enough desire to go through the entire list and pick and choose who is worthy of my virtual friendship, who gives a shit

I have never had one which is strange considering I'm not exactly old. My wife has one though so the only thing I would use it for at this time is for our poker group. So whenever there is an event it shows up for her.

The funny thing is how often employers use that on employees or potential employees. Before I got my job they said they searched for me before hiring me. I never really made the connection that I could have one anyways and they wouldn't have seen it.

You're such a little bitch I doubt anyone wants to interact with you in any way anyhow.

yeah, I have never been big on having coworkers on my facebook profile. I have one right now, but I knew him before I was employed at my job and he is a CPer.

I have my profile pretty locked down though. You can't really find me at all if you don't know me. Not saying it is impossible but the average user won't know how to do it.

So what you're saying is, if I saw you and didn't know who you were, I wouldn't know that it was you?

Crap. I'm dumped, huh?