Facebook Exodus
[Facebook to
simplify its controls by Tim Bradshaw in London and Joseph Menn] “Facebook is to simplify its privacy controls after
controversy over its handling of personal information.
The number of Facebook users considering deleting their accounts appeared to
rise after censure from European data protection officials and critical press
coverage prompted several prominent technology commentators to remove their data
from the site.
According to figures from Google, the largest search engine, global queries for
“delete Facebook account” have more than doubled in the past week, reaching a
high...
We believe we are innovators in helping people manage their identities and
reputations online, in contrast to the lack of control that exists on the
internet as a whole,” Mr Schrage told the Financial Times..." Full
text:
Facebook to simplify its controls
Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals: "Rule 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it..."
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "People won't quit Facebook. The addiction is too strong."
I don't see the appeal. I post a thing
for the day
and move on.
I get out of there fast if I see a person in "chat".