I deleted my account almost two years ago after not using it for a year. I reactivated it simply because I got tired of waiting to upload and download family photos via email. I consider deleting my account pretty regularly because I am concerned about privacy, I don’t want to see what my ex-bf and his wife are up to (and my life with my husband and family is probably not of interest to them, but it is what it is when you have mutual friends), and it sucks up time. But I like being able to see photos of family and friends who are far away. I am torn and have just decided to be very careful about the photos I upload and the information I share.

I’m getting off Facebook shortly: http://post.ly/fOQl

A business account as a rule will not list any information that is so personal you would rather not share it with anyone. Thanks for a great article – very thought provoking!

Privacy is often mentioned as a reason to consider to or leave Facebook
Facebook offers a number of privacy tools to control how “public” or private we want to be, that’s a lot more than most large corporations trading our very personal information allows us to control. Where is the uproar there?
There is a myth about how private our information is, but goggle yourself and you will be surprised at how much is available on line and how much more can be bought for less than $20.00… by anybody willing to shell out a few $$…all that perfectly legally.
Facebook is a public place and should be treated as such, you can control who has access to everything you post, all it takes is a little attention, a little time and learning Facebook privacy tools.
On the other hand, Facebook is a fantastic platform to network, meet people who have similar interests, find and stay in touch with long lost and/or faraway friends,
It’s a place to get feedback, learn about products and services.
Facebook is growing as a recruiting platform and another place to show of your wares, your expertise, network with recruiters, learn about new positions, trends, follow target companies and influencers in your field. A place where recruiters get a feel for who you are and answer the “fit” question.
I have found quite a few people who became Facebook friends, them became valuable LinkedIN connections.
Is there a risk being on FB, sure there is, is there a risk going to a networking event? Of course there is. Any public meeting place is an opportunity to shine or make a fool of yourself. Facebook is no different.
Would you stop going to public events or networking events just because a potential employer or your boss could potentially see you make a foll of yourself? Probably not, Facebook is just another public tool.
Philippe Gadeyne
Social Media from strategy to implementation
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Thats is good idea.

Most likely going to delete it.

Their service as a means of getting in touch is one thing. Turning everything people do and say into a bought and sold permanent marketing record is another. Info that is shared voluntarily should never be corrupted like that – it’s like sleeping with someone and then rifling their wallet.

And I find the CEO’s attitude towards privacy disingenuous. That might wash with those on the payroll, but the public doesn’t work – or exist – for the likes of anyone. If FB wishes to transform from a service to a master, that is their prerogative; and it’s the public’s prerogative to reject “being serviced” by them.

Some people can ruin a day at the park. And some people will refuse the mark.

I deleted, or deactivated it a couple of days ago. It’s difficult to explain why I did in a few words. Somehow, it seems I have better things to do with my life than wondering what is being done with my private information by a bunch of faceless (pun intended) individuals who, at the end of the day, could not care less if I lived or died.

Forget the cynical, thieving philosophy that facebook is built on! I hate it for giving wide-eyed innocents the impression that they can skip knowing web standards, html, common sense information management, if they can use facebook. I think it set the web’s ability to present information in comprehensible, accessible form back to zero.

With so many organizations assigning their web master functions to people who don’t know what they’re doing, important public information can wind up on their facebook pages instead of on their websites. In order to see the information, you have to log in as a facebook member.

My town of Irondequoit, NY, for instance, has a facebook account where it listed membership openings in the town committees (instead of listing on the town website where people would expect to find that info). So, in this town, if you don’t have a facebook account of your own and check the town’s facebook page, you can forget about having access to some public information.

With nearly everyone applauding Social Networking, Facebook really needs to step up the content for a mature audience who don’t want to be exposed to the endless silly applications, invites from horrible bands and other useless garbage that would entertain a pre-schooler.

Over 100 Million users now? A group of five could never agree on the same thing so with the population of Facebook there will never be a perfect solution to an endless problem. And why is is so difficult to sign-up for a Facebook profile, other than keeping in touch with friends, while the content is so weak?

If you can’t say something in 148 characters or less, back to school for you!

No need to delete. No need to deactivate. Just remove anything you don’t want the world to know. In fact, if you don’t want the world to know, what are you posting there in the first place. If there is something so private, such a dark secret that you really want to keep it private, there is a handy new invention called the telephone. There is also email. And there is the far corner of your favorite watering hole. Anybody who comes to the Web for privacy is starting off riding their horse backwards.

First the CEO is wrong in saying you shouldn’t expect privacy. To the fullest extent possible a service should work towards protecting you, not exploiting you.

As soon as a new service comes along that promises such, people will drop Facebook in mass. People are quite fickle even with free services. After all, even though it is free for people, the company makes money from ads, etc.

Facebook’s only goal at this point seems to be to exploit people as much as possible.

I should be able to share “private” stuff with friends that are half-way across the US or world. It doesn’t have to be sexual or salacious. It can be as simple as sharing pictures of a dance recital. I just don’t feel the need to share those with the world.

For now, I haven’t deleted. But am hoping a different service comes along that understands that we care about our privacy and we should “control our story” as others have pointed out.

cd :O)

I deleted it because there was no seperation of Family, business and Friends. Well the problem is still there but I returned anyway due to the fact I just enjoy seeing so many old friends and I also get a kick out of seeing how dooped they are by the mainstream liberal media and how brainwashed and blinded they are. It’s really sad.

Yes it is.

Why do I or anyone else ‘need’ a facebook account, only junkies have a ‘need’ and that’s for heroin, which is just like a facebook account to those that are hooked. I haven’t got one and I’ll never have one, just the same as I have no mobile phone.

I actually do face to face with human beings, does anyone else in this day and age even know what it means to talk with others ?

I usually use facebook to promote my business, for this, facebook is a powerful tool, I considered time ago to delete my personal account, but finally I didn’t.

Actually , you are the owner of your privacy, you have to be aware about what you have to show or share in Internet or not, I mean, if you have a photo and share with your friends in internet , you have to be aware this photo can travel over Internet for the rest of your life.

Be careful with the information you share on Facebook, do not show your smart car, yourexcellent house or your paradise vacation place, there are outside too much eyes looking around.