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Can't you ask them for alternative contacts?

Agreed, and if I used an alternative I would have to spend hours searching on google, trying to import "iContacts" or whatever format into whatever other format when I change my pc, phone, loose all the data, or whatever might happen.

Its like downloading your email and organizing it into sub folders instead of using gmail.

You can always send them a message asking for their email addresses or phone numbers before deleting your account.

That's too inconvenient. The nice part about facebook is that you can forget about people, but then they post a status update that they are currently somewhere in your country and you can meet them.

I imported all of my Facebook contacts into https://www.monicahq.com/, which delightfully enough, I found during a Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295

Did you manually import them all? What was your process?

The ol copy paste while binge watching a Netflix series on the couch method.

Yes I just use the messenger app for this reason. I haven't opened the actual FB app on my phone for ages.