I finally took the plunge and deleted the time-wasting cesspool that is facebook. I've been considering it for a while, but kept it around for whatever reason. I did download all of my data, which ended up being a ~270MB zip file. If that were the average amount of data on each active user, that's 602 petabytes of data. A petabye is a million gigabytes. Going off of google's storage pricing (https://cloud.google.com/storage/archival/) that would be $4.2 million per month just in storage fees. I'm guessing I'd have far less data than the average user as I haven't post much over the last several years, so that number could be way higher. That's an f-ton of data.

All that aside, if you've ever considered getting rid of facebook, I'd definitely recommend it.

I'd probably never get rid of it just because it serves a purpose of long-distance communication. My son was born a few weeks ago and I was easily able to update my cousins/aunts/uncles spread across the country the details of it. 

I don't let it aggravate me. Someone's consistently irritating? Hidden from newsfeed. I only post something (usually related to my kids) once or twice a month. 

I'll never, ever understand people that get on there and just argue (sometimes with complete strangers) about shit endlessly. That's a huge mystery to me. 

posted by justincredible

All that aside, if you've ever considered getting rid of facebook, I'd definitely recommend it.

I never joined Facebook, mainly because I knew how much time it would suck.

Finally I can be "forward-thinking" instead of a fossil!

Facebook is what you make of it. Hope this helps.

posted by friendfromlowry

I'll understand people that get on there and just argue (sometimes with complete strangers) about shit endlessly. That's a huge mystery to me. 

Are you familiar with the internet?

I don't exactly remember when I walked away from FB, but I fucking hate the place.  I reactivated last spring to promote a basketball tournament I was putting on, but immediately deactivated once promotion was over.  So, for that, it served a small purpose.

What is this downloading of data?  Do you remove it from their servers?  Do you trust that this actually happens?

Tried to delete fb yrs ago, but then I couldn't use Spotify. Tried to delink spotify from FB and there is no way to do so. Thus I still have FB due to fucking spotify, I'm still pissed at that decision to set up Spotify via FB.

posted by Commander of Awesome

Tried to delete fb yrs ago, but then I couldn't use Spotify. Tried to delink spotify from FB and there is no way to do so. Thus I still have FB due to fucking spotify, I'm still pissed at that decision to set up Spotify via FB.

Can't you just create a new subscription? 

posted by Automatik

Facebook is what you make of it. Hope this helps.

This is certainly true. So I made it go away.

I mostly like it.

Facebook is a hellsite and I fucking hate it. I look at it frequently, but I only post something once a month at most. 

I look at Facebook everyday but never post anything anymore. I learned that posting something was like throwing meat into a piranha infested river for friend requests. I get a hoot out of "people you may know". I either don't know them or can't stand them if I do.  

I'm on myspace. No drama.

posted by BRF

... for friend requests. I get a hoot out of "people you may know"....

I understand a "free" site has to make money somehow, but LinkedIn is doing the same thing and it's getting annoying.  they force you to log in to see a profile (they used to let you see a summarized "public" version without logging in).  Constantly asking me for access to address books to find people I know, etc...

And I guarantee they are going to ruin LinkedIn letting people randomly connect who have never met or even talked.  That's lazy networking.  I'd bet hiring managers have long figured out connections "in common" don't mean squat because of people who serially connect to connections of connections of connections....I get phished by sales people all the time who just want to link to my connections for leads.  Also just had a bunch of China folks inviting me, which I'm guessing were all fake profiles.  LOL, I guess I should start a LinkedIn thread.

posted by Commander of Awesome

Tried to delete fb yrs ago, but then I couldn't use Spotify. Tried to delink spotify from FB and there is no way to do so. Thus I still have FB due to fucking spotify, I'm still pissed at that decision to set up Spotify via FB.

Spotify customer service will unlink it for you. Just reach out to them.  

I deleted the app off my phone because it was using 3 GB of my storage. I occasionally get on through my web browser but I never scroll the feed. Just clear out my notifications and get back out. Spend less than 10 minutes per week. 

posted by GOONx19

I deleted the app off my phone because it was using 3 GB of my storage. 

Same here. 

I'll never get rid of it either because it serves a purpose for me, and that is being able to not only keep it constant contact with family and close friends, but to watch long distance nieces and nephews as they grow up. However, what I did do was to do a Facebook "cleanse" and unfriend two thirds of those on my friends list, and what a difference that made. It not only got rid of most of the bullshit and clutter, but allowed me to see only the posts I wanted to see.

posted by Fab4Runner

Facebook is a hellsite and I fucking hate it. I look at it frequently, but I only post something once a month at most. 

lol---this has oxymoron written all over it

posted by vball10set

lol---this has oxymoron written all over it

That's fine. Like you, I have family and close friends all over the US and I like to keep up with them on the hellsite known as Facebook. I also have a very active friend group and a lot of our activities are planned using the event tool.

That doesn't change the fact that Facebook still sucks. 

posted by Fab4Runner

That's fine. Like you, I have family and close friends all over the US and I like to keep up with them on the hellsite known as Facebook. I also have a very active friend group and a lot of our activities are planned using the event tool.

That doesn't change the fact that Facebook still sucks. 

I guess we interpret our facts and what sucks a little differently then...carry on.

I have never had a Facebook account or any other social media bs.  What a crock.

posted by QuakerOats

 

 

 

I have never had a Facebook account or any other social media bs.  What a crock.

Arguably, sites like this one qualify as "social media".

posted by queencitybuckeye

Arguably, sites like this one qualify as "social media".

Since he uses this site almost solely to be a politard spewing blind partisanship, one could argue that he's gotten the "obnoxious social media twat" persona down to a tee.

It is a great shitposting device.