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obxhead

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2. I deleted my FB account last Sunday.

Tue May 15, 2012, 11:47 AM

May 2012

The primary reason is the escalation in the number of employers asking for FB login info. As I'm on the job hunt I decided it was better to simply answer with the truth if it came up, I don't have FB.

I was hoping Zuckerberg would take a strong, active stance against this practice, but then I realized FB was created to do just what these employers are doing, violate my privacy. From day 1 that was FB's purpose.

The second reason I deleted FB is what it was teaching me. I was learning that valued family members and friends were bigots, homophobes, and extreme right republicans. I was learning things about people I've known for 30+ years and wished I had never read. People will post things to FB they would never say in public. It a phenomenon I just don't understand.

So I deleted my FB acct. I'll miss some of the things about it, but overall I found it to do more harm than good.

As for the stock? No I don't think FB is worth even 25 billion much less 100. I also see the stock rising quickly at first release, then plummeting within a few weeks back to or below it's offering price.

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Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad [View all] marmar May 2012 OP

I would leave Facebook in a New York minute... renate May 2012 #1

There are... several, in fact. daaron May 2012 #6

I deleted my FB account last Sunday. obxhead May 2012 #2

A lot of people probably still think FB is a place where you post pictures of your lunch and patrice May 2012 #3

Wait, it isn't? Quantess May 2012 #14

and announcements about "beer-time" - or private jokes, conversations we aren't really part of etc. patrice May 2012 #20

That's the lounge. Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #27

Facebook has been going strong for quite a long time now to be just a fad. phleshdef May 2012 #4

What is Facebook? TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #5

How else am I gonna play Farmville??? Seeking Serenity May 2012 #7

I love Farmville! Don't play it anymore, though. & HATED Yo-ville!! patrice May 2012 #21

I don't think so. It has revolutionized the way people keep in touch Arugula Latte May 2012 #8

I started out on FB..and quit the day AsahinaKimi May 2012 #9

Most of that half are probably over 40. Odin2005 May 2012 #10

It will go the way of Myspace Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #11

And they posted just that on their Facebook timeline. MineralMan May 2012 #12

Right up there alongside 8-track tapes, Earth Shoes, and the Pet Rock... KansDem May 2012 #13

Not surprising since much of the population is boomers and parents - lynne May 2012 #15

boomers are afraid of the internet? lol. HiPointDem May 2012 #23

Yes, a surprising number of them are - lynne May 2012 #30

I'm not on FB either, but i'm not afraid of the internet. Everyone I know in my age group is on the HiPointDem May 2012 #31

it's an annoying fad Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #16

See America Online (AOL) Yavin4 May 2012 #17

And MySpace. FSogol May 2012 #19

That's a great analogy. Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #28

Or Blockbuster Video. Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #29

Something like it will come along to replace it, the way it replaced MySpace. Starry Messenger May 2012 #18

That's something I may do myself. obxhead May 2012 #22

Good point, thank you for adding that! Starry Messenger May 2012 #25

Well, I'm not buying its stock! Bake May 2012 #24

the other half posted it was a fad on Facebook Johonny May 2012 #26