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Sweet Lord grant me the strength. The whole reason why we posted (notice I didn't say give, we didn't give them anything) our info was because of the inherent

Sweet Lord grant me the strength. The whole reason why we posted (notice I didn't say give, we didn't give them anything) our info was because of the inherent understanding that they wouldn't do anything stupid with it. Like saving it forever ever even after we want to delete it. And once again, like I mentioned in my first comment, once this trust was breached, people exercised their right (yes, we do have rights here) to delete their accounts. Bottom line - if they want to use our info to market ads towards us, fine, the site is expensive to run and I can certainly understand and support their efforts, for as long as I maintain my info there. It's an equal give and take - I use the site and they make money off my info. But once I delete my info, it's only common sense for them to delete it all as well. How is this so hard to understand?

tptacek 18y ago
No offense, but that was dumb of you. You will never get that information back. You might as well organize a protest in front of Experian. You had no contract with Facebook requiring them to do anything at all with your information once you left.
- knightinblue 18y ago
  You're right. There was no contract. It was based on a silly thing called trust. It was dumb of me to blindly trust them. No argument there. Lesson learned. I know now that when I launch my startup, my focus will be on maintaining customer trust. The first question I will ask myself when it comes to any changes will be "can I achieve the desired outcome without hurting my userbase?" Facebook taught me that.
  - andylei 18y ago
    Actually, there was a contract. It's called the terms of service.
  - blader 18y ago
    'The first question I will ask myself when it comes to any changes will be "can I achieve the desired outcome without hurting my userbase?"' Judging from their growth rate, it looks like they asked that question and the answer was yes.

tptacek 18y ago

No offense, but that was dumb of you. You will never get that information back. You might as well organize a protest in front of Experian. You had no contract with Facebook requiring them to do anything at all with your information once you left.

knightinblue 18y ago
You're right. There was no contract. It was based on a silly thing called trust. It was dumb of me to blindly trust them. No argument there. Lesson learned. I know now that when I launch my startup, my focus will be on maintaining customer trust. The first question I will ask myself when it comes to any changes will be "can I achieve the desired outcome without hurting my userbase?" Facebook taught me that.
- andylei 18y ago
  Actually, there was a contract. It's called the terms of service.
- blader 18y ago
  'The first question I will ask myself when it comes to any changes will be "can I achieve the desired outcome without hurting my userbase?"' Judging from their growth rate, it looks like they asked that question and the answer was yes.