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May 18 / 4:16pm

Deleting my Facebook account

Today I reactivated my Facebook account just to be able to delete it
completely. If you find Facebook useful, you should at least be aware
of its potential privacy issues, and tune your privacy settings to a
level that you find comfortable. Here are some links where you can
find more information:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/
http://www.fastcompany.com/1624745/time-to-audit-your-facebook-privacy-settings
http://www.fastcompany.com/1648478/online-privacy-check-yourself-before-you-w...

Personally, I don't find Facebook useful enough to go through the
hassle. My account has been deactivated for the last couple of weeks
and I haven't missed it, so now it's time to permanently delete it.
Clicky clicky: https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

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May 11 / 10:42am

The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook and why I'm dropping off

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via mattmckeon.com

This is a very good analysis, and is why my Facebook account is currently deactivated, and probably will be deleted. Contrary to Matt, I don't find Facebook very useful. Mostly it's served me to be found by people by whom I wasn't all that interested in being found, to see relatives' photos (which I can also receive through other means), to be endlessly spammed by people playing Farmville and, most usefully, to contact people whose email addresses I don't have or can't bother to remember. None of these are indispensable or irreplaceable to me.

I have a significant online presence, so if someone is interested, I'm really easy to find. I'm just not comfortable with having to keep tabs of what Facebook is doing so I can go tweak my settings every time they decide to change something.

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