Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Sorry,Facebook...You're Just Not Worth It.




Lately, Facebook has been seeing a decline of millions of users per month.  And like the Liberals who just got slammed in the November 2014 Mid-Term Elections, Facebook would rather make excuses than face the cold hard facts.

Yes, their excuse that Twitter and Instagram have attracted younger users may hold some weight, however, users are also switching off in Canada, Spain, France, Germany and Japan, where Facebook has some of its biggest followings. 

However, the facts that Facebook won't admit, at least not in public, is that people are tired of Facebook's intrusion into their private lives. 

With changes in Facebook's privacy policies, third party companies having access to personal information, NSA profile mining, and the latest breech of our security... Facebook's roll out of their creepy mobile app which allows Facebook to turn on the microphone on YOUR PHONE!  (Read the story here)

According to an email from Zdziarski to Motherboard, Facebook Messenger for iPhone logs almost all activity a user executes on the app, down to every individual tap, screen turn and time used

So imagine my shock when Facebook locked my profile last week and told me that I had to "verify my identity by sending a picture ID", acceptable forms of ID are:


  • Passport
  • Driver's License
  • State Issued ID
  • Immigration ID with Signature


Now let me get this straight, I don't need to have an ID to vote, I can come to this country illegally and be granted amnesty without ID, but I can't stay on Facebook without submitting my ID?

Well Facebook, although tempting, the opportunity to submit my private information to your company is,well, a no go.  You see your spying, your sharing, your eavesdropping proves that you cannot be trusted with my ID.

So after 5 years on Facebook, and 3,000 friends...it's time to say:  "Sorry, Facebook....You're just not worth it!

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