Congrats 👏!! This must have been super hard to do. I remember having mustered the courage to go through with it and my dad in 2019 discouraged me from doing so. Although I rarely use FB, I didn't delete it because he said not to. He has now passed away and it's even harder to delete it now. The delete action isn't hard, I'm just making sure that when I do it, it was obvious because it was the right thing to do and I'm super convinced the memories live forever inside of me. Good God It felt so good to read this post. Thank you.
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Sorry about your dad's passing. Like you said, memories will stay with you. I was hesitant at first because I was attached to the memories. I reliased that I can keep the photos and the memories. My motivations are:
1.) My data. Leaving it on Facebook would mean someone else is capitalising on my data even though I was not using it. It does not sit well with me.
2.)Setting an example. I have nieces and nephews, they are addicted to FB. So if I make a point, I need to show it by action. My family is in the Philippines. Their way of contacting me is through FB Messenger. When I deleted it. It forces them to use other apps like Simplex.
3.) I have out grown Meta and Mark Zuckerberg! Want nothing from his app.
In short, the reasons for deleting it must be important for you. Otherwise, you will waver when you review the photos and face the memories. It must be your courage — the reasons. ☺️
Oh wow I really love all your reasons. I also love the Simplex approach because you can just post it on FB for a while to give time for folks (who want to keep in touch with you) to adjust smoothly and do so within a reasonable timeframe, while giving the finger to Zuckerberg because you still have to approve whoever is trying to connect with you.
Other apps are more difficult in that area IMO. So yeah I like this approach, I haven't thought about it that way I have to admit.