or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Deleted My Facebook Profile.
phew! So the deed has been done. My part has been(, or so I think). It will take another 14 days for the overlords at Facebook to get back to me, and let me know if the account has actually been deleted.
phew! again.
Guess what was one of my captcha words for the deletion…
what??!!! how will your exes stalk you now?? how cruel!!!
Faceless, friendless – the human condition.
Welcome back!
How does being back in civilisation feel?
Preeti: aww… you are, like, totally, being the patron saint to them exes. :) so cute.
Falstaff, Veena: I am sure you both will enjoy the captcha I got while deleting my account – here
*chuckle* Facebook: Ve haf vays of making you talk….errrr…to your friends.
Wonder if Facebook’s Corporate Headquarters are secretly located in Minehead, Somerset
What is this FaceBook that you people speak of?
And “Gestapo Joan” sounds like a friendly, matronly German woman in a bad Holocaust movie.
Oh, and I am sure you’ve seen this on Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook
Falstaff: I wait for the day you will run out of python ammunition. then I will have the last word (on something, some day).
km: yes, I did see the gizmodo piece. I am sure you have seen the south park episode on the book-that-shall-not-be-named. There were excerpts on gawker – here
km: Though I have to admit, I like a lot of things facebook can do for you. Hopefully someone like the diaspora* guys will make a version that won’t suck your soul in return.
Now, who will feed the chicken, who will harvest the watermelons and what about all the unborn sheep ?