Begin forwarded message:
From: Dan Gillmor <dan@gillmor.com>
Date: December 18, 2009 11:55:07 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: re Facebook
http://mediactive.com/2009/12/12/facebook-starting-over/
The privacy changes — and my continuing uncertainty, given the number of pages you have to look at to modify your settings — made me realize I’d rather take fewer chances. So I’ve made a fairly drastic change.
This morning, I deleted my account. Then I started a new one.
Actually, I scheduled the old one for deletion several weeks from now, which is all Facebook allows. The company figures, perhaps correctly, that some people will have made this decision rashly and wants to give them a way to reconsider. And it’s clearly in Facebook’s interest to avoid as many cancellations as possible for business reasons.