So I've been getting quite bored with facebook lately and don't really see the point in it anymore. I think it served its purpose while I had, which has been since my senior year in high school. It's not even a distraction anymore, more like something I just want to get rid of. I'm already connected with all of my close friends and family and I don't really use it for networking purposes.
When I tired to deactivate my account, it told me that at any time if I want to come back all I have to do is enter my email/password information. So it seems as though even if I deactivate my account, it won't be completely gone like I want it to be. I think this is facebook's way of keeping us forever to tempt us to sign on even once our account is deactivated. When I canceled my myspace account, it never let me log back on with the same email and password, I would have to create a new everything.
Once on facebook, forever on facebook I assume.
The thing that gets me is that, once we post stuff on the internet its on file. Nothing that we do on the Internet is secret. I'm sure if anyone wanted to know anything about me, after I deactivate my Facebook, there is someone out there that has access to records of every friend I made, comment, wall post, message etc. It's scary because we all leave a digital trail. Even though we got rid of our Myspace accounts, some authorities reserve the power to go back and view your profile. There was a kid at my high school who got arrested and he got rid of his myspace months ago and when the story ran on the news, the cops discovered he had gang ties from pictures on Myspace. Even though you can get rid of your Myspace, it's just as bad as Facebook because the information is kept on record and never really deleted. Scary.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Very scary, but I guess the important thing is to not post anything that we wouldn't mind others seeing. No private or personal information. I normally just put random stuff up
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