Earlier this week, the NY Times reported that it was very difficult to leave Facebook. To erase one's data from the site, you had to contact customer service and delete your profile information line by line.
On Tuesday, Facebook responded to the uproar and will now make it a lot easier to both check out and leave Facebook when you are done with using the service.
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I have to say I think it is rediculous that it is so dificult to remove yourself from facebook. The article talked of one man who tried for more than two months to remove himself from the website, which is absurd.
The majority of people who are on facebook are college students. At one time, one had to have a college e-mail address to even have a facebook account. With this, facebook pages are going to be "college appropriate" rather than "job appropriate". It is not uncommon for college students to have facebook accounts. It should be easy for students to wipe clean their facebook accounts when it comes time to enter the job market.
Students should not be penalized for having an account while in school. I do not think employers should be able to see an employee's facebook, but if they are going to, one should be able to get rid of it before that time comes.
I think it is all in what you put out there. You have to think to yourself who could possibly see this? I understand his concern being a manager with employees being able to look at your profile...would not be a good idea. But as Megan stated, it should be easier to delete your account.
From a technology standpoint, I think having the information archived on their servers is simply awesome (assuming that it actually stays private). I know many people that come and go from those websites, and it's nice that it keeps track of all their photos & information for them.
I understand why people want to leave, especially if the privacy is a huge factor. There are so many kinks to work out with Facebook privacy that it may be more frustrating for professionals than it's worth. At the same time, I think deactivating the account should be sufficient.
Once again, the media wants to turn websites in something evil. I guess politics doesn't keep them busy enough. :)
I would have never thought that facebook would be so hard to leave; especially when facebook was just becoming popular I wasn’t able to join because I had taken some time off from school and did not have an active email (college) address. When I did finally joined at the age of 20 I wasn’t thinking about how it could affect me when I graduated and tried to get a job.
I don’t think it is fair for future or current employers to view your facebook or myspace but I guess if they are going to do it then I hope the facebook company will allow me a chance to get ride of anything that may hinder me getting the job.
Now that there have been many people to voice their opinion it will be easier for the rest of us to leave when ever we may decided… or at least I hope! The internet is a fascinating thing and still new in its own way, therefore I guess we all need to start thinking about how an action today on the internet could potentially come back to us 20 years from now.
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