Is Facebook the new Internet and how soon before Microsoft tries to buy it?

Re:Is Facebook the new Internet and how soon before Microsof... by Carcarius on Thursday April 22, 2010 @12:40PM (#1285573)

So, will Facebook destroy the Internet or simply change it's identity? Change it's identity, haha, get it ... ahem... (:P

Personally, I don't like where this is heading. I deactivated my account (can't delete it outright for some reason!) so I should no longer have a presence on facebook. However, this is not the case since I can log back in and my account is instantly re-activated. Whatever I shared on that site previously will always be there.

The privacy concerns are a serious problem and I think people need to critically look at this and decide if this is what they want their Internet experience to be going forward.

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Re:Is Facebook the new Internet and how soon before Microsof... by tokenadult on Thursday April 22, 2010 @01:00PM (#1285639)

I deactivated my account (can't delete it outright for some reason!)

I haven't tried this myself, but here

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16929680703

is supposedly advice on how to permanently delete a Facebook account. Maybe some HN participant will do the experiment and report back to us how it goes.

I do know (from my son trying the experiment) that Facebook account deactivation is very rapidly reversible.

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Re:Is Facebook the new Internet and how soon before Microsof... by olefoo on Thursday April 22, 2010 @12:53PM (#1285622)

> can't delete it outright for some reason!

The hotel California approach to growing your userbase.

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