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Pros and Cons of Facebook
By: RubyCat Date: June 12, 2018, 6:57 pm
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I've never been a big Facebook user, partly because I'm rather
private and partly because I just don't have that much to say.
When I graduated college, I opened an account so that if any of
my classmates (or anyone else) wanted to send me a message
they'd be able to find me. I rarely post and up until recently
only lurked and liked some posts now and then.
Lately, I've been reading article after article about all the
different things Facebook tracts and even though I have nothing
to hide (my life is boring - not that that's a bad thing), it
makes me slightly uneasy. I'm really considering deleting my
account but I'm wondering if there are any repercussions that I
haven't thought about. Our home owner association has a page
and I'll miss that but I really don't care much about the rest
of it.
I might just choose to keep the account and never log in and if
someone needs me they can message me. If I do go ahead and
close the account, is it acceptable to just do it and just
disappear? Do I owe anybody on there any kind of explanation or
notification? I am not great with this social media stuff and
it would be helpful to hear other's ideas on this.
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Re: Pros and Cons of Facebook
By: Pattycake Date: June 12, 2018, 8:04 pm
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[quote author=RubyCat link=topic=368.msg5309#msg5309
date=1528847853]
I've never been a big Facebook user, partly because I'm rather
private and partly because I just don't have that much to say.
When I graduated college, I opened an account so that if any of
my classmates (or anyone else) wanted to send me a message
they'd be able to find me. I rarely post and up until recently
only lurked and liked some posts now and then.
Lately, I've been reading article after article about all the
different things Facebook tracts and even though I have nothing
to hide (my life is boring - not that that's a bad thing), it
makes me slightly uneasy. I'm really considering deleting my
account but I'm wondering if there are any repercussions that I
haven't thought about. Our home owner association has a page
and I'll miss that but I really don't care much about the rest
of it.
I might just choose to keep the account and never log in and if
someone needs me they can message me. If I do go ahead and
close the account, is it acceptable to just do it and just
disappear? Do I owe anybody on there any kind of explanation or
notification? I am not great with this social media stuff and
it would be helpful to hear other's ideas on this.
[/quote]
No, you don't owe anyone anything. It would be nice if you just
posted a farewell, like "sorry folks, I have decided FB is not
for me any more. if you need to contact me, you have my
email/phone #/whatever" but you don't have to. Leave it up for a
week or so in order for everyone to have the opportunity to see
it, then close it. I think you still have the option of
reopening it within 90 days, so if you decided you did miss it,
you could reactivate.
Having said that though, if you are just lurking mostly and not
posting, not playing games, not doing those "test your IQ" etc
type of things, you're not putting anything out there for anyone
to track. Don't fill in the About stuff, don't post pictures,
that sort of thing. Then you can still see other people's posts
and the groups you are interested in.
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Re: Pros and Cons of Facebook
By: RubyCat Date: June 16, 2018, 6:59 pm
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A belated thank you for your advice. I do not take surveys or
post pictures, etc. It's reassuring to hear that there isn't
much to track if I avoid those things. I'll probably keep the
page, at least for now but it's helps to know how to "bow out"
if I should choose to do so. Thanks!
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