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I see it as nothing more than an expression of the transitory and meaningless nature of most online relationships. Facebook is simply afraid of losing user bas
by NathanKP 17y ago
I see it as nothing more than an expression of the transitory and meaningless nature of most online relationships. Facebook is simply afraid of losing user base because the automated tools make it so easy to leave.
In Facebook's defense I must say that any web service or startup would probably complain if another service made it easy for users to destroy their account, especially if the content associated with the account was an indexable source of traffic, and destroying the account (unfriending) would possibly hurt other users.
- ugh 17y agoHow is that a defense? “Others would also suck“ is not a good argument to make. Any web service should give the user full control of their data. Leaving should be easy, not hard. (And it is hard. I seem to only ever use the help pages of web services when I want to leave.)
- NathanKP 17y agoI'm just saying that I can understand why they would complain. Sending a cease and desist might be a little extreme, but it seems only natural for them to complain.
- loup-vaillant 17y agoThe only reasonable way to have full control of your (personal) data is to have it a home, stored in hardware you own (or at least fully control). That means no Facebook and no Gmail, unless you trust them to not use you data for anything you didn't expressly specified.