#Facebook delete

[messagesfromaghost]

I think it is time for me to leave Facebook and Instagram. I haven't yet and am already grieving the sense of community I have had there, along with Tiktok. I truly feel it is what I need to do. Anyone else coming back here again, feeling kind of lost?

[elsaclack]

Yeah okay so like I said in the tags of the last post I’m rising from my tumblr grave to say that the ban on TikTok is symptomatic of a MUCH larger and more terrifying problem. Because yes, on its surface it’s silly dances and asmr and cooking videos and whatever, but in truth and at its core, TikTok single-handedly revolutionized the way 170 million Americans communicated with each other AND the rest of the world. Non-Americans love to point out how America-centric Americans are, but fail to realize that we are purposefully raised in an isolated, insulated environment where we are told from basically day 1 that America Is The Best and not to even bother taking a look around because it’s all downhill from outside of here. TikTok has, for MANY Americans, single-handedly destroyed that notion and allowed them (us!!) to broaden our world-view and realize that actually, things are better in other countries, and it did so in a kind, empathetic, and compassionate way.

And yeah most people wake up to the truth of that on their own as they get older, but holy shit!! The VAST majority of the Americans on TikTok are millennials and gen z (and even some older gen alpha)!! People who are becoming disillusioned with “The American Dream” (said with the HEAVIEST sarcasm) while they’re still school-aged or are just entering young-adulthood!! People who are entering - or TRYING to enter - the American workforce who suddenly have an unfiltered window into non-American lives and are wondering why tf we’re struggling and penny-pinching and toeing the line of poverty while our rich elected officials sit around and fight and argue over everything that actually matters to the citizens they supposedly represent and get richer all the while. THAT is why they’re banning the app, and that fact alone should terrify every single American citizen.

Not to mention the precedent it sets for other social media platforms!! You think some nebulous, unproven, and unfounded “threat to national security” will stop with TikTok?? They’ve already censored Adult Material on tumblr, who’s gonna stop them from coming back and doing it again or getting rid of it altogether for the exact same reason? It’s a blatant act of censorship and a direct attack on the American first amendment right to free speech.

NOTHING radicalized me the way tiktok did. I watched people in my life who were STAUNCH Trump supporters in 2016 AND 2020 wake up to the truth and vote blue for the first time in their lives BECAUSE OF TIKTOK, and did so with al the nuanced understanding that even Democrats are severely failing this country, but are at least better than the alternative. That level of awareness and presence in the average US citizen scares American politicians.

The fact that the vast majority of them - including the ones loudly opposing the ban!! - bought stock in Meta BEFORE the ban was legalized/upheld by the Supreme Court?? That Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk were legally allowed to lobby congress to ban TikTok when BOTH stood to DIRECTLY financially gain from their biggest competitor being banned in the US and are guilty of unethically gathering data and selling it to MULTIPLE third parties?? The fact that Trump is now teasing that he may or may not intervene to save TikTok when he was the one who talked about banning it in the first place AND ALSO OWNS HIS OWN COMPETING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM??

It’s the burning of Alexandria. It’s the loss of a significant chunk of culture. It’s the sharp and sudden loss of contact with the rest of the world for more than half of all American citizens. It’s the loss of $240 BILLION dollars in the GDP when the country is already TRILLIONS of dollars in debt. And on an individualistic level, it’s the loss of millions of small businesses and primary income streams for so many individuals and families who found their primary audience on TikTok. Is the app perfect? HELL no. Are there significant changes needed to make it a safe environment for all users? ABSOLUTELY. But that can also be said of ANY social media platform. TikTok openly fostered connection and communication and creativity and compassion that is completely unique to that platform! It made so many people - myself included!! - feel less alone. I get the feeling I know what the general consensus is about TikTok on this site, but the ban on this app should scare the shit out of everyone.

[thakurbabanews]

के तपाईंलाई आफ्ना पुराना फेसबुक पोस्ट देखेर लाज लाग्छ ? सबै पोस्ट एकैपटक यसरी डिलिट गर्नुहोस्

काठमाडौं । सामाजिक संजाल मध्येको सबै भन्दा पुरानो एक फेसबुक हो । यहाँ पोस्ट गरिएका कुनै कुनै पुराना पोस्टहरूले गर्दा हामीलाई कहिलेकाहिं लज्जित हुनु परिरहेको हुन्छ । यस्तोमा तपाईंले आफ्नो फेसबुक अकाउन्ट डिलिट नगरिकनै आफ्ना सबै पुराना असान्दर्भिक लाग्ने किसिमका पोस्टहरू एकसाथ हटाउन सक्नु हुन्छ । यसो गर्दा तपाईंले आफ्नो पुरानै फेसबुक अकाउन्टलाई ताजा रूपमा प्रयोग गर्न सक्नु हुन्छ । यदि तपाईंलाई…

[morganbritton132]

A video goes around TikToks of a girl saying, “My mom is friends with Eddie Munson’s husband on Facebook and just so you know, they match each other’s freak.”

The background of the video is the girl scrolling through Steve’s Facebook where it’s like:

Scroll: *pictures from Eddie’s last concert, a lot of which focus on his hands. Its got a long rambling Gen X-vibe caption that does mention Eddie’s ‘talented hand work’ three separate times*

Scroll: *picture of Steve’s bulletin board in his classroom*

Scroll: *picture of Eddie open mouth drooling on the couch. The caption is: ‘Celebrity Crush.’*

Scroll: *shared gossip article that says Eddie is about to be a new dad. The caption is ‘The rumors are true. I’m pregnant.’*

Scroll: *Long post about Eddie being in New York for a few days and how much he misses him*

Scroll: *Post responding to an article by the Hawkins Post calling it stupid*

Scroll: *video of Eddie showing Steve his yo-yo skills. The video is simply captioned ‘I want him.’*



[hlm-evolve]

Encourage your friends to leave/delete meta apps and join Tumblr or non meta owned social media. Let them fight amongst themselves. Let them implode themselves.

[jessiarts]

Was recently reminded by my friend @teeg of just how much info Facebook collects to track you, and I want to share how to make that harder for them with the rest of you.

If you still have facebook/can't get rid of it (for any reason- we're not here to judge today) then you're going to want to clear your off-Meta activity.

You read that right, Meta tracks what you do off it's apps as well. It tracks other apps and websites that you use- whether you connected them to Facebook or not, AND places you visit IRL and when you visited. This includes not just stores and other businesses, but also allegedly includes hotels, schools and hospital/doctors offices. (I'm unfortunately unable to confirm the last three for myself as I didn't look closely at mine before deleting- and it's been years since I've graduated or stayed at a hotel, and months since I've been to a doctor. If anyone cares to confirm in the notes I'll update this post.)

This post will show you how to clear your off-Meta activity. (You'll also want to toggle off Ads data permissions, but I'll make another post about that later.)

First, go to your Profile Icon, then to Settings and Privacy to get to your Settings.

Once in Settings you're going to click See more in Accounts Center. On desktop it should be in a box on the upper-left of the page.

Once in Accounts Center you're going to click Your information and permissions, then Your activity off Meta technologies at the bottom of that window.

Once in the Your activity off Meta technologies window you're going to notice at the bottom three buttons, Disconnect specific activity, Clear previous activity, and Manage future activity.

You're going to want to first clear your previous activity and disconnect future activity. This will also automatically clear any activity that would be under the Disconnect specific activity tab, as it's just for picking and choosing what activity to delete.

An added benefit to this is that it will also clear out some of the data Meta uses for its AI programs- not all, but hey- that's something.

Also, even if you can't delete your Facebook account, I urge you to please delete/uninstall the app from your phone as that's the #1 best way to keep it from tracking you everywhere you go IRL and online. That said, if you delete no other Meta app from your phone- make sure to delete FB messenger- it's literally the worst one, but that's another post, which I'll hopefully get to after the FB ads one I promised above.

Stay safe out there, and remember- fuck Facebook.

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

Guys I’m going to be honest I can’t think of any threats (that I could post on tumblr or that would be funny) that beat what I and my fellow Americans are going through right now in sheer horribleness.

All I can say is stay alive, stay strong, and don’t let them scare you into hurting yourself. Things are scary, yes. That’s why you have to stay alive. Don’t make it easier for them.

[outtox1cated]

I opened facebook by accident (after not unsing it for years) and this was the first thing i saw

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

okay i'm curious

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

Hey if any of you have a Facebook account, starting next month they're gonna use people's accounts to train AI. It's an opt-out thing, you have to fill out a form and if they decide your reason to refuse this isn't good enough, they might ignore it.

[thelovelymarsargo]

:3

Posted on Mars Argo’s instagram

[peonypyxels]

i’m not crying you are

[boyofzoot]

[tomorrowusa]

« It is up to all of us to fix this. It’s not gonna be because someone comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizen -- the ordinary person who says, 'No, that’s not right.' »

— President Barack Obama at a presentation at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York on Thursday.

He also said that we have become too complacent. We won't be able to protect democracy unless we are willing to sacrifice for it.

His reference to us being the source of our own salvation is reminiscent of a favorite quote by Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Nobody will save us from us but us.

Go outside and get more active in your community.

People in Ukraine are risking their lives for freedom. People in this country who claim to be for democracy need to understand that their rights are not handed to them on a platinum platter. We need to work and sometimes fight to sustain those rights.

The simplest and easiest things to do right now are to get off of broligarch social media and to pause Amazon Prime indefinitely. Saying that you don't look at the ads or don't click the ads on Meta or Twitter/X misses the point. They make money just by you being there. You make Zuck and Musk richer (and more able to back Trump) just by using those platforms. By posting that vacation selfie on Instagram you chip away at our freedoms. Find untainted platforms which do not undermine democracy.

[thatstruwu]

is it really true love if your husband does not hold your inhaler (/j) for you

(again read the tags thanks a bunchhh)

[theoverstimulated]

"One of the immediate actions I took was to delete a bunch of my social media accounts. I deleted (both of) my X (Twitter) accounts, my TikTok, and all (three) of my Instagram accounts. I already knew that getting rid of my Facebook account was a blessing, as it forced me to communicate directly with the people I wanted to be in my life and to release those who were not making any effort (beyond spectating), so it effectively strengthened my existing relationships. I know how scary it can be to think that you might lose what tentative connections you have, but please hear me when I say that those superficial connections are taking up your time, space, and energy that could be better spent elsewhere creating actual community."

Behind-the-scenes work to get your life aligned with your values isn't glamorous, but it is very necessary if you're trying to actually change your life to be one you're happy living. Self-betrayal through adhering to the status quo will eat at your soul.