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[Robin Bignall]

On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:43 -0500, James Morrow
<jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote:

>In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1@news.eternal-september.org>, spam@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

[Bast]

Robin Bignall wrote:
> On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:43 -0500, James Morrow
> <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1@news.eternal-september.org>, spam@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.

[Dustin Cook]

"Bast" <fakename@nomail.invalid> wrote in
news:hsf6gr$15a$1@news.eternal-september.org:

> Robin Bignall wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:43 -0500, James Morrow
>> <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <hs5f6u$i3g$1@news.eternal-september.org>, spam@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

[siljaline]

Robin Bignal wrote:
> How does one close an account and remove oneself from Facebook?

Login to your account, go to the below URL, hope for the best.
<https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account>

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_

[Robin Bignall]

On Wed, 12 May 2010 22:47:11 -0400, "siljaline" <spam@uce.gov> wrote:

>Robin Bignal wrote:
>> How does one close an account and remove oneself from Facebook?
>
>Login to your account, go to the below URL, hope for the best.
><https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account>
>
Thanks you.
--
Robin
(BrE)
Herts, England

[siljaline]

Robin Bignall wrote:
> Thanks you.

You're welcome, did it work, then ?

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_

[Robin Bignall]

On Thu, 13 May 2010 18:53:44 -0400, "siljaline" <spam@uce.gov> wrote:

>Robin Bignall wrote:
>> Thanks you.
>
>You're welcome, did it work, then ?
>
Apparently. I got a message today saying that I'll be removed if I
don't log in within 14 days. I never used FB at all, just created a
profile.
--
Robin
(BrE)
Herts, England

[siljaline]

Robin Bignall wrote:
Apparently. I got a message today saying that I'll be removed if I
don't log in within 14 days. I never used FB at all, just created a
profile.

If you do not delete your account per previously posted instructions,
your data, however small, will be retained by Facebook for an indefinite
period of time.

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_

[Bast]

siljaline wrote:
> Robin Bignall wrote:
> Apparently. I got a message today saying that I'll be removed if I
> don't log in within 14 days. I never used FB at all, just created a
> profile.
>
> If you do not delete your account per previously posted instructions,
> your data, however small, will be retained by Facebook for an indefinite
> period of time.
>
> Silj


That seems just as deviant as Ebay.
Once you sign up there they keep your information on file forever too.