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From: siljaline on 9 May 2010 00:54 This pretty much sums up where Facebook is as of the last week or so. <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/> Silj -- "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time." - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
From: James Morrow on 11 May 2010 23:23 In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, spam(a)uce.gov says... > This pretty much sums up where Facebook is as of the last week or so. > <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/> > > Silj > > I feel strongly that what Facebook has done is morally wrong. But like so many web sites, they make to rules, I have a Facebook page which contains minimum content. I'll soon close my account. But once data is uploaded to such a site you can't control it or its use. No Facebook or Twitter for me. I chose to leave and thus I control my data. Privacy is not a game but a principal. I've posted to Usenet for over a decade now with no real problems. But the social networking sites are pervasive in their intrusiveness. I chose to go. That is my decision. I am in control. -- James E. Morrow Email to: jamesemorrow(a)email.com
From: Robin Bignall on 12 May 2010 16:04 On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:43 -0500, James Morrow <jamesemorrow(a)email.com> wrote: >In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, spam(a)uce.gov >says... >> This pretty much sums up where Facebook is as of the last week or so. >> <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/> >> >> Silj >> >> >I feel strongly that what Facebook has done is morally wrong. But like >so many web sites, they make to rules, I have a Facebook page which >contains minimum content. I'll soon close my account. But once data is >uploaded to such a site you can't control it or its use. No Facebook or >Twitter for me. I chose to leave and thus I control my data. Privacy is >not a game but a principal. I've posted to Usenet for over a decade now >with no real problems. But the social networking sites are pervasive in >their intrusiveness. I chose to go. That is my decision. I am in >control. How does one close an account and remove oneself from Facebook? -- Robin (BrE) Herts, England
From: Bast on 12 May 2010 17:27 Robin Bignall wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:43 -0500, James Morrow > <jamesemorrow(a)email.com> wrote: > >> In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, spam(a)uce.gov >> says... >>> This pretty much sums up where Facebook is as of the last week or so. >>> <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/> >>> >>> Silj >>> >>> >> I feel strongly that what Facebook has done is morally wrong. But like >> so many web sites, they make to rules, I have a Facebook page which >> contains minimum content. I'll soon close my account. But once data is >> uploaded to such a site you can't control it or its use. No Facebook or >> Twitter for me. I chose to leave and thus I control my data. Privacy is >> not a game but a principal. I've posted to Usenet for over a decade now >> with no real problems. But the social networking sites are pervasive in >> their intrusiveness. I chose to go. That is my decision. I am in >> control. > > How does one close an account and remove oneself from Facebook? No slight intended, but WOW, if you are a member and have to ask that. I think that pretty much validates the article.
From: Dustin Cook on 12 May 2010 19:51
"Bast" <fakename(a)nomail.invalid> wrote in news:hsf6gr$15a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > Robin Bignall wrote: >> On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:43 -0500, James Morrow >> <jamesemorrow(a)email.com> wrote: >> >>> In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, spam(a)uce.gov >>> says... >>>> This pretty much sums up where Facebook is as of the last week or >>>> so. <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/> >>>> >>>> Silj >>>> >>>> >>> I feel strongly that what Facebook has done is morally wrong. But >>> like so many web sites, they make to rules, I have a Facebook page >>> which contains minimum content. I'll soon close my account. But once >>> data is uploaded to such a site you can't control it or its use. No >>> Facebook or Twitter for me. I chose to leave and thus I control my >>> data. Privacy is not a game but a principal. I've posted to Usenet >>> for over a decade now with no real problems. But the social >>> networking sites are pervasive in their intrusiveness. I chose to >>> go. That is my decision. I am in control. >> >> How does one close an account and remove oneself from Facebook? > > > > No slight intended, but WOW, if you are a member and have to ask that. > I think that pretty much validates the article. > > > I have to agree... -- "Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior |