Making Control Simple

#1

Post by dnaquin » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:04 PM UTC

Re: Making Control Simple

#2

Post by mootothemax » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:17 PM UTC

Fair play to Facebook, they've done exactly what they said they would, and to the same timeline.

I don't like the long preamble trying to justify themselves, but now that I can turn off Facebook Platform entirely, it's a small price to pay.

Re: Making Control Simple

#3

Post by noelchurchill » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:21 PM UTC

I wonder if anyone who deleted their profiles now want them back?

Re: Making Control Simple

#4

Post by nano81 » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:26 PM UTC

noelchurchill wrote: post #3

I wonder if anyone who deleted their profiles now want them back?

I doubt many people followed through and deleted their accounts entirely.

Marks says at http://www.businessinsider.com/live-facebook-rolls-out-new-p... :

On quitting the site: "We've seen no meaningful change on the stats on any of that stuff."

Re: Making Control Simple

#5

Post by mootothemax » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:26 PM UTC

noelchurchill wrote: post #3

I wonder if anyone who deleted their profiles now want them back?

From what I understand, if you log back in to your account within 14 days* then the delete request is cancelled and everything goes back to normal.

It makes me wonder if Facebook had a bad couple of days of people deleting their accounts and Mark Zuckerberg thought "Right, we've got 7 days to fix this and get them logging in again, let's get to it!"

* I could have the precise timeframe wrong

Re: Making Control Simple

#6

Post by singer » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:27 PM UTC

I suppose this might put an end to the Diaspora dream.

Re: Making Control Simple

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Post by aristus » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:31 PM UTC

mootothemax wrote: post #5

noelchurchill wrote: post #3

I wonder if anyone who deleted their profiles now want them back?

From what I understand, if you log back in to your account within 14 days* then the delete request is cancelled and everything goes back to normal. It makes me wonder if Facebook had a bad couple of days of people deleting their accounts and Mark Zuckerberg thought "Right, we've got 7 days to fix this and get them logging in again, let's get to it!" * I could have the precise timeframe wrong

This is unfortunately a common misperception. If you deactivate your account you can bring it back. If you delete it the data is deleted.

Re: Making Control Simple

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Post by kilps » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:33 PM UTC

singer wrote: post #6

I suppose this might put an end to the Diaspora dream.

I sure hope not - decentralised social networking (whoever makes it) is the only logical way forward. Imagine email was controlled by one company.

Re: Making Control Simple

#9

Post by expertcs » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:33 PM UTC

I don't understand why people are jumping back in the band-wagon. Facebook has shown its intention, clearly. Reverting back is only a temporary solution.

Re: Making Control Simple

#10

Post by callahad » Wed, May 26, 2010, 6:34 PM UTC

noelchurchill wrote: post #3

I wonder if anyone who deleted their profiles now want them back?

There's a 14 day delay between the delete request and the profile actually being deleted. I'd wager that many folks can reclaim their profiles with sufficient ease.