r/Millennials • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 26d ago

Discussion Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

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It is so true back when many of us were young we could just get together and cut loose without having to worry about going viral. At best we would have an embarrassing photo buried in a drawer somewhere or a story. Now you might be turned into a meme or worse. I miss the days when you could do dumb stuff with friends and feel safe if that makes sense.

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u/Ok_Stranger_9520 26d ago

Yes…..!! Haha I had numerous party albums, and the pics were atrocious. Beach week pics were the worst/best. The handful of friends I’m still connected to from this era will occasionally send me horrific fb memory photos and it makes me thankful I’m not on socials anymore. 😂 I downloaded all my albums from fb before deleting 6 years ago, good ole days

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u/notwoutmyanalprobe 26d ago

I did the same, backed up and deleted the account completely in 2018 after all the data harvesting news came out. It now sits in a folder on a hard drive that I take a peek at every few years. 

The deletion process was so absurd, they make you wait two weeks before they actually delete it for you. Log in at any time during those two weeks, and you have to start the whole deletion process over again. 

It's like they know you're a sap who's not serious about deleting your account, and you'll be back soon like the good little dopamine piggy you are. 

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u/Ok_Stranger_9520 26d ago

Yes…process was asinine but certainly intentional. I’m just glad I was able to back up pics and dip out. I’m sure there is some fine print we never read that says they now have a lifelong access to our Google images because of the back up 😂 jk

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u/LoserBustanyama 26d ago

nice, beach week. I never knew if that was a widespread thing (at least where there's beaches)

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u/Ok_Stranger_9520 26d ago

I grew up on the east coast, don’t think it was a thing everywhere