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Permanently close your Facebook account.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️I'm torn. I have a super old Facebook account that many, many years ago I used to use but haven't used seriously in over a decade. I still keep it open, not to actually use, but to occasionally go in and post meaningless gibberish to fuck with their AI training. I try to post stuff thats hand written (by me) and kind of looks like English, but doesn't make any meaningful sense. I'm aware that it would still count as one of their monthly active users though.
Not sure whether closing it or continuing to post AI poison to it is the best anti-Facebook use of this account.
Thoughts?
Don't they track your visits to other websites even when you are not on Facebook? I closed my Facebook account after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
@Nigel_Purchase
Yes, but they do that even if you don't have an account. An account is one datapoint of many they use to ID you.
Yes, but they do that even if you don't have an account. An account is one datapoint of many they use to ID you.
@Nigel_Purchase
Many of them, yes. If a website has the Facebook tracking pixel / like button etc, and you don't have a browser extension blocking it then, yes, they are tracking you. That said tracking isn't a yes/no state. It's more about how many data points they can connect together into a comprehensive profile that is effective to modifying your behavior. A recognized account is a very strong data point, but not the only one.
Many of them, yes. If a website has the Facebook tracking pixel / like button etc, and you don't have a browser extension blocking it then, yes, they are tracking you. That said tracking isn't a yes/no state. It's more about how many data points they can connect together into a comprehensive profile that is effective to modifying your behavior. A recognized account is a very strong data point, but not the only one.