It sure is possible, because I untagged myself from all pictures people had tagged me on before deleting all comments I ever wrote, all pictures I ever posted myself and then deleted my Facebook after that.

For years, the only thing that kept me on Facebook was that I had a few people I only had contact with through messenger due to us being from differnet countries.

When I learned about Signal, I immediately got those people onto that app so we could stay in contact and then I went on a mass destruction rampage of my profile. Literally went from “but I have to keep it because of my connections” to “let me simulate digital dementia, bitch”.

I understand that most people can’t do what I did. For me it was several years of gradual detachment from the platform that made it super easy to pull the plug in the end. It’s a bit harder for those who actively use fb every day for social connections and jobs and so on. So I get it.

But yeah, you can’t really control whether or not people keep posting about you after you leave. I have already had that happen after visiting an old friend and honestly, I cannot bring myself to care about it.