To have deleted Facebook

[beekindx]

I have only had Facebook for a year.
I hate it, rarely go on it and now have several WhatsApp groups for friends and family. so I decided that I would delete it. No drama involved, just logged on and deleted it.
Since then I have had a whole bunch of people WhatsApp and text me to ask why I have deleted them or blocked them on Facebook. One friend said I should have announced that I was deleting it first so as to not cause offence.
I'm very confused about why what I have done is wrong. I didn't think to announce it really and feel that even if I did I would have thought it was a bit dramatic to announce on Facebook that I was coming off.
AIbu for just deleting it without announcing it first?
All seems a bit over the top to me, Im not exactly a regular poster and can go days without any activity on it, but maybe I'm insensitive.
Tia.

Assuming you mean you deleted your account, rather than the whole website...
you didn't do anything wrong but the way Facebook is set up it's not always clear to people what's happened when they can no longer see someone. But if they've been able to ask you and you've been able to tell them then there shouldn't be a problem.

Hardly anyone I know posts on Facebook more than once a month or so tbh. it's filled with ads and promoted posts etc.

I don’t think anyone uses it that much anymore, certainly not enough to know who had blocked / deleted / deregistered their account

So I’m going to say the people you know are weirdos

Yes my account not the entire Facebook website

Don’t worry about it. I deleted my account back in 2017 and didn’t bother announcing it, I just disappeared. (And it was so liberating!)

Surely all the FB ‘friends’ that you care about and know well will actually have your number and/or email, so they can contact you if they’re concerned or have any questions.

Be free!

Well exactly that, anyone that's a real 'friend' and not associate/ work colleague, I have on WhatsApp.

I deleted it a few years and loved it.

I since had to reopen a different account due to training and groups, but no one knows I have the account so none of the usual crap/politics.

I love being SM free, and encourage people to talk to each other

Even if you had announced it, half of those people wouldn't see it anyway.

You're not being unreasonable but people are strange, I guess! A friend deleted her Instagram account and a year later still has people asking her why she did it and saying she should join Instagram again (even when she explains she had to delete it for safety reasons).

Why are people so bothered that she doesn't have it anymore? I don't get it,I'm not bothered by anyone who is/isn't on social media. I would even think to mention it to them.

I deleted all mine fb, insta, snapchat and had similar questions. "Why don't you have Facebook?" "It's so weird you don't have any of it anymore how are we supposed to stay in touch?" Mm by text messages or see me in real life?
Think people tend to forget that social media isn't real life and get sucked into it. I also found friends tend to bother less now I'm not on it.
Doesn't bother me in the slightest though, I really hope social media dies a death one day.

I wouldn’t have announced it, people would only think you were attention seeking & that you were hoping everyone would beg you to stay. It’s only older people that still use it to brag about grandkids & bore us all to death. Or kids looking for elderly parents, as they’ll probably find them on there.

I wouldn't worry. I deleted mine a few years ago and didn't tell anyone. Interesting to note who doesn't bother keeping in touch anymore as a result.

I remember the people who used to say things like, 'I'm going to be cutting down my friends list - if can still see me later then you've made the grade!'

This.

That's very true. I can't believe the last line. They sound like cocks. Oh the arrogance 😂

FB causes me to feel rage sometimes (when I know people are embellishing or gloating). My DD asked me to not post her pictures, I have happily complied. I "like" things occasionally and go on for local groups. It can be vomit inducing however.

I miss the 90s when you had to actually talk to people's faces.

I thought it would come across that way once someone had mentioned it and I bothered to think about it. It's such a non-issue to me that it really didn't cross my mind. People are weird.

I've seen people say things like that- how grotesque to have such a sense of importance. I just hate the whole SM culture. It feels good to not have it anymore and leading up to getting it last year o didn't feel like I was missing out.
I tried it for a year as people were pressuring me to at least try it, I did, I hate it, I'm off it.

Oh jeez some people are so dramatic. You've deleted Facebook not them. I deleted my Facebook this time last year once I figured out I could still retain Facebook messenger without the actual Facebook which I thought was a great deal. I got fed up with my Facebook news feed full of suggested news articles, adverts, etc.

The thing is that if you post something and then delete your account, the post will be deleted with it so anyone who didn't see it in just that moment will have missed it.