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Ask HN: What are the pros/cons of deleting Facebook if you a developer?

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Hi guys, recently just read this shocking article(http://veekaybee.github.io/facebook-is-collecting-this/) on how facebook uses your private data. I've taken the decision to delete my facebook account.

But before I do, I just wanted to find out if theres any real disadvantages to this action as Im an app developer?

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There are no cons of deleting a facebook account, IMHO you can keep your private life private. Concerned people are not using Facebook for the privacy reasons.

I quit Facebook almost 3 years ago, and a am actively deleting any personal information from the internet the day I got learned about the importance of privacy.

Myself, I am a developer and entrepreneur I face Zero cons in deleting my own Facebook account. For the development reasons you can keep a dummy/fake account to manage the page/apps you work. I am managing it with the help of my friend.

I've deleted mine 5 years ago and im using a fake acount to do stuff if needed, so i don't see how it can effect from a developer perspective. From the human point of view, I usually hear about stuff two days after my friends and sometimes miss a joke, that it.

In a few weeks you will probably find yourself more reading than refreshing and that is a good thing for a developer

By the time I had decided not to use Facebook (around 2 years ago) I had already signed up at a lot of places using Facebook. I could have gone to each and every product and set a password there but I thought "why not just keep it there, remove everything and use it as it is". So I have been using Facebook since then only for the sign ins.

Apart from that, I don't have Facebook's app. I have killed my habit of randomly opening facebook.com. So I'm good. I just use it for Logins even on the apps I have made.

More pros than cons. Also, I think it's a better idea to create a fake profile just for the apps & make one of your active friends an admin so that even if you lose the account, the other person holds it.

As a developer, you need a Facebook account even if your product doesn't use Facebook's data. For example : Facebook ads.

There are no cons of deleting a facebook account.

i just stopped logging in about a year ago. because deleting an account would mean that i might loose some friends or contact. plus it would be just to extreme for a measure.

Not logging in is easy because now i have an option available when ever u need.And i don't get distracted as well

None. Why would there be any? You can later create a dummy account for advertisments, thats what i did at least because facebook ads were really helpful for a while (hint they arent that much anymore anyway)

I assume you're not being able to focus on your job because of Facebook.I believe the problem isn't the Facebook. I mean there are lots of other media resources online that'll distract you forever. It's on you whether you have everything under control. Use Facebook and maintain moderate connectivity among your friends. Whether you're a developer or not, it doesn't matter, interaction with others is still important.

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