Deactivated My Facebook Account
I’ve deactivated my Facebook account.
Now, this really isn’t a very big deal for me. I hardly ever logged in to my account, preferring instead to make my life visible on my blog. But for those people who spend an unhealthy amount of time on Facebook, I could see it being a nearly Herculean accomplishment to click that “deactivate” button. I guess it would be akin to asking a hard core World Of Warcraft player to cancel their toon or a hipster to give up his traditional morning triple latte macchiato.
When deactivating my account, this captcha appeared. No, Facebook, I'm quite sure I want to deactivate. Thankyouverymuch.
What had me concerned about Facebook was their lack of security and their willingness to sell my personal information to third parties. Any site that requires me to take ten steps to secure my personal information isn’t for me. Shouldn’t all of these steps be enabled as a default setting? And with new buttons popping up, it seems as if Facebook is doing all it can to take your information and disseminate it to anyone asking for it.
And so, to my legions of followers on Facebook (all five of you), I’m sorry for dropping out. My profile pic will never darken your wall again. Feel free to keep up with me on my blog. Sure, I can’t poke you from here, but I think I can live with that.
Hey Herman, you do remember when I wrote about the suicidemachine.org? I haven’t deleted my profile on facebook, and I am not using Facebook often, but the same goes for all the social networks – not my thing, no time for it, etc. – and with the same love for blogging like you I guess…
Now that you mention it, I do recall your post. Argh! I blew my chance to commit digital suicide.