...leaving Facebook isn't as easy as you may have thought. An article in today's New York Times discusses the many frustrations some have had in trying to delete their Facebook accounts. Facebook offers an option to deactivate an account but user information may be kept on the company's servers indefinitely. A user can then contact Facebook directly to have the information deleted but even then the results have not been immediate or definitive.
Why might you want to leave Facebook? One example provided was a businessman who joined and then found himself in a small office where all his co-workers were also on Facebook -- and he did not want those he supervised to be witness to his personal life.
This is more than just a technology hassle but another example of privacy issues confronting social networking and other new online technologies.
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