However, I found it really interested the process of deactivating facebook. First off, it's impossible to delete facebook for good (as far as I can tell), you can only deactivate it. Second, when you finally find where to deactivate your account, facebook provides all these means to try to convince you not deactivate your account. Let me elaborate.
When you click on "deactivate my account", a number of your facebook friends appears with this above their pictures "David will miss you" "Ann will miss you" "Cody will miss you"...."are you sure you want to deactivate you account?" If that doesn't dissuade you, then you continue on to click a reason of why you want to deactivate your account. When you click on one of the reasons, a little response appears to give you a solution. Here are just a few examples:
Reason:"I get too many emails, invitations, and requests from Facebook"
Reason: "I don't find Facebook useful."
Response: "You may find Facebook more useful by connecting with more of your friends. Check out our Friend Finder to see who you know on the site. Also, check out the Help Center to get an overview and tips on using Facebook."
Reason: "I spend too much time using Facebook."
Response: "One way to control your interaction with Facebook is to limit the number
of emails you receive from us. You can control what emails you receive here"
So this is the conclusion I have come to: Facebook does not want you to leave!!!
I have been wanting to deactivate mine for a least a little while but I can't bring myself to do it. The process sounds quite ridiculous though. They don't want us to leave because they know we'll probably be fine without it!
ReplyDeleteHaha that is interesting. I have never deactivated my account, so I didn't know they did that. But I am not at all surprised. The only way they have achieved their bazillion users is by trying their darndest not to let a single one of us slip through the cracks.
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