I just deleted my Facebook account
Jul. 9th, 2021 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kestrellI just deleted my Facebook account. Facebook has never been as accessible as I thought it should be, and it's always been a pain in the ass to use. In addition, this recent deal to sell advertising to Oculis so it appears on people XR headsets is really creepy: seriously, sighted people, advertisers are not going to be happy until they can feed advertising to you in your sleep.
I signed up for many of these social media accounts when I was in the media studies program at MIT, when social media seemed all shiny and new and full of promise, but the accessibility hasn't improved all that much since then, while the privacy and security risks have increased exponentially, especially over the past year. It's past time to sign off.
My next step is to delete my Twitter account.
So don't panic: I'm not dead, I'm just not on Facebook or Twitter anymore.
I signed up for many of these social media accounts when I was in the media studies program at MIT, when social media seemed all shiny and new and full of promise, but the accessibility hasn't improved all that much since then, while the privacy and security risks have increased exponentially, especially over the past year. It's past time to sign off.
My next step is to delete my Twitter account.
So don't panic: I'm not dead, I'm just not on Facebook or Twitter anymore.
Re: As you know, Bob, I totally approve of this!
Date: 2021-07-12 08:37 pm (UTC)It feels like my life is totally online, but actually I've been backing away some.
In the winter, though ....
Re: As you know, Bob, I totally approve of this!
Date: 2021-07-12 09:39 pm (UTC)