Mad as hell Facebook users quit en masse

[siljaline]

<paste> TENS of thousands of disgruntled Facebook members are expected to quit the social networking giant on
Monday as the global revolt over the site's privacy standards hits fever pitch. </paste>

<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/mad-as-hell-facebook-users-quit-en-masse/story-e6frg6nf-1225872280315>

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_

[siljaline]

siljaline wrote: in message news:htvkid$9oq$1@news.eternal-september.org...
<paste> TENS of thousands of disgruntled Facebook members are expected to quit the social networking giant on
Monday as the global revolt over the site's privacy standards hits fever pitch. </paste>

<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/mad-as-hell-facebook-users-quit-en-masse/story-e6frg6nf-1225872280315>

Apparently overhyped >
<paste> Quit Facebook Day = yawn

..005% of Facebook's user base quite, or apparently did.
</paste>

<http://www.veign.com/blog/2010/05/30/quitfacebookday-com-yawn/>

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_