Re:The Truly Scary Part About Facebook Open Graph
by Groxx on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @04:15PM
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I think a lot of people define a lock-in as a monetary lock-in. You can't leave without spending X dollars to terminate early.
But given the time to re-do a large portion of your data on FB (assuming you've used it a fair amount, as many people on it do), at minimum wage, it's probably nearly as "expensive" to leave FB as to switch cell phone providers.
I know it's not a 1-to-1 comparison at all, and I've deleted my account and felt no loss. But my use of FB was incredibly minimal compared to most of my friends who are on it, and I hear "I hate Facebook, but everyone is on it" echoed from nearly everyone I encounter.
Re:The Truly Scary Part About Facebook Open Graph
by whatusername on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @10:09PM
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exactly.
It's not my data that binds me to facebook. It's the fact my friends are all there.
And though I realize others may feel differently, I'm of the mindset that the costs are relatively low in walking away from facebook without my data. I have all my pictures anyway. Other peoples' pictures of me? Na... I don't own them. Statuses, messages, connections, likes, events? Sayonara without qualms.