Attention: This article is only meant for those Facebook users who want to permanently delete their account.
Facebook has become a part of every person's life. Whoever owns a computer or smartphone can be seen using Facebook. But I don't know why they use this nonsense website. It is called as a social networking website, but I call it social notworking website. It is one of the biggest cause of several problems like wastage of time, poor health, unemployment, loneliness, suicides, identity theft, burglaries, poor marks in exams, cyberbullying, online frauds, etc.
Facebooking consumes a lot of time. You want to always stay online for checking latest comments, friends request or status updates. You become addicted to it. You wake in the middle of night to check if there is any new message for you.
You are not able to utilise time for productive things. Instead of doing those works which give you some rewars like studying for exams, preparing for job interviews, playing an outdoor game, or spending more time with your family and friends in the real world, you stay online on Facebook to chat with some strangers or posting silly comments on someone's ugly photo. Instead of devoting your precious time on it, you should do those works which are beneficial for you.
Facebook and all other social networking sites make money from your private information. They sell all those information which you post like your date of birth, favourite food, likes and dislike etc. Advertising is perhaps the only means of revenue for Facebook. If you love your privacy do not use these sites.
Also, your information and identity can be stolen from by conmen. They can impersonate you and cause heavy loss of life and property. It is easier for these conman to steal your identity if you have not set maximum privacy options. But even then they can get information from you through chatting etc.
Now a days all major companies recruit new employees after investigating their online reputation. They check their Facebook profile to judge their personality. If you have put a lot of crap on your profile then forget getting a job. The lesser you are present on FB the more you have chances of getting selected for a job.
Today Facebook is synonymous to social networking. I do not hate it. But I do not love it either. I think world would have been much better without it. There would be millions of person who agree may agree with me. They want to leave it but they lack will power. When they feel irritated they deactivate their account but come back within a few days or weeks. Every sane person would realise that Facebook is nothing for than crap. I am not conspiracy theorist but I think Facebook is an ideal tool for collecting information about each and every person on earth. And as such it is very useful for megacorporations to know about their prospective consumers, for intelligence agencies to know about every person. You gave your whole information in platter to all good and bad guys.
Facebook should make it easier to deactive the account. It should not ask questions before deactivation. It should ask to write image captcha. It must make it easier to delete the account. The account should be deleted within a few seconds and not in 14 days. It should put a button for for deleting account on the front page of profile. Facebook should not act a prison.
If you want to delete your Facebook account, you should download your information. Once you delete your account you can retrieve any information like photos, comments or contact details. So it is adviced to backup your information. Go to this link to backup. And go to this link to permanently delete your Facebook account. If you want to deactivate your account go to this link.
Before deleting your account you should try to remove all your comments and other posts which you made on other's profiles. Facebook retains those comments and posts even after you delete your account. Facebook deletes accounts after 14 days from the date of request for deletion. If you login in between this time your account become live once again. So do not feel urge to come back. Satisfy yourself before deleting it. Your decision should be final.
Feel like a free bird when you get rid of Facebook. You will have more free time, more privay, more real friends and so on.
Some useful links:
How to Permanently Delete a Facebook Account [wikihow.com]
Facebook Data Use Policy [facebook.com]
How to Contact Facebook [marismith.com]
Staying Private on the New Facebook [nytimes.com]
Some useful links:
How to Permanently Delete a Facebook Account [wikihow.com]
Facebook Data Use Policy [facebook.com]
How to Contact Facebook [marismith.com]
Staying Private on the New Facebook [nytimes.com]
