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How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch

How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch

In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete
Rebecca Bellan (TechCrunch)
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ExtremeDullard
ExtremeDullard
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I certainly hope a majority of Fediverse operators will decide to defederate Threads. I always thought it was important not to help Zuck grow his walled garden for free, but now it's clearly a matter of decency.
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Ephera
Ephera
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Decency or even legality. If Zuck knowingly hosts hate speech, you don't want that federated onto your platform or you can be sued, too.
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TCB13
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I love how journalism is all garbage, even the one around technology. It just took a bunch of declarations and suddenly Meta/FB is the target to avoid and cancel. As if there weren't many more and much better reasons to NOT use those platforms than this simple and expected political realignment.
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Aatube
Aatube
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Come on. The last time searches for deleting Facebook trended this much was in 2012. And even then, they posted pretty much the same thing but for just Facebook in 2022.

If you can't leave Facebook, know these Facebook privacy settings | TechCrunch

Here's how to reclaim — or delete — your Facebook data with a step-by-step guide in Facebook's privacy settings.
Carly Page (TechCrunch)
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atrielienz
atrielienz
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The Cambridge Analytica thing happened in 2018. I think the point is that Facebook has been a bad platform for awhile now and these recent articles don't do justice to their history and appear extremely inflammatory as a result.
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SouthEndSunset
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Could say it’s always been bad given the story behind it being created.
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Aatube
Aatube
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Yeah, and 1. Even in 2018 there was only like 25% more searches compared to the 2012 and 2025 peak of 100% more 2. TechCrunch covered #deletefacebook when that happened anyways 3. 2012 was “The Year Facebook Finally Tried to Make Some Money”. I don’t see what people mean by “not doing justice”, as TechCrunch seems to be covering how to delete Facebook when people want to delete Facebook.

2012: The Year Facebook Finally Tried to Make Some Money

From Gifts to Pages — and, oh yeah, Instagram — the year Facebook went public was the year Facebook proved it could make money, mostly through advertising, and even on your phone. Here's how, month by month.
Rebecca Greenfield (The Atlantic)
#deletefacebook
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atrielienz
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Yeah. I don't disagree with that. But I think it's rather more about (from what I can see in the original comment) not the techcrunch media coverage, but the idea that techcrunch runs lots of articles about meta and Facebook, not all of them aimed at the problems with the platform and there is no cohesion (in each of these posts), explaining each time they have before given info on leaving Facebook and the important events that lead them to do so.

The article doesn't really start off with a "haven't we been here before", or anything acknowledging what came before. Perhaps that's their complaint.

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PunnyName
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All of journalism? Um. No.
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dexa_scantron
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Yes, I only respect journalists who never update their opinions or recommendations given new information. Everyone needs to use psychic foresight to determine the best takes and then never ever change them. Meta was always exactly as bad as it is today. /s
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robla
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I've been looking for an alternative to Facebook that I could recommend to non-tech-savvy relatives, but I haven't been coming up with many compelling options. I posted on DailyKos ("Alternatives to the 'F-word'?"), but it seems that BlueSky was the only popular option (which is really designed to be an alternative to Twitter rather than Facebook). Do y'all think that BlueSky will become a bona fide alternative to Facebook before the mainstream public gets religion regarding the Fediverse?

Alternatives to the "F-word"?

Regarding social networks: I’ve found myself torn. I have long felt trapped by Facebook, and have been eagerly awaiting a serious competitor. But my friends and family are still on Facebook, and it’s difficult to walk away from Facebook’s enormous...
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