Deleted Facebook Account

[ChiefRocka]

Just deleted my Facebook account that I've had for the better part of the decade.

Final straws were:

-Wife got gas at the local Sonoco and she told me later that day some random dude tried to befriend her on FB. She looked at his profile and he works at the Sonoco station.

-Companies associated with TransUnion/Experian are building credit risk profles based on who your friends are on FB.

-Email from FB yesterday explaining that any/all data submitted on your profile can be used for whatever purpose they desire.

CONS > PROS

Goodbye

[Fish]

Sharing this to my timeline.

[CrazyPhuD]

Originally Posted by frazod

Deleted is the wrong word. They'll delete nothing.

That's not really true, they still delete data....just usually not intentionally....

[CrazyPhuD]

Oh yea and in three days I reach 15 months Facebook free!

[Rausch]

Once it's on teh interwebs it's like an 80's male perm: never forgotten...

[Rain Man]

Don't ever play games on Facebook. I talked to a scammy marketing company a while back, and they proudly told me how they've created some games on Facebook. To play the games you do that "give permission" thing, and they use it to grab all your personal data and sell it.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by ChiefRocka

-Companies associated with TransUnion/Experian are building credit risk profles based on who your friends are on FB.

Would like to hear more about how your belief this is happening comes about

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Would like to hear more about how your belief this is happening comes about

http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/26/tech...-credit-score/

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Don't ever play games on Facebook. I talked to a scammy marketing company a while back, and they proudly told me how they've created some games on Facebook. To play the games you do that "give permission" thing, and they use it to grab all your personal data and sell it.

None of that crap ever passed my smell test. I block all those games.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by DaFace

http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/26/tech...-credit-score/

There are some key elements to that story people are glossing over....

1) Where these companies operate
2) Who they are targeting....
3) And key point to all things....when a lender is in business here in the US they are governed by laws that prevent the type of games that could be played using Social Media

This may work overseas in markets less sophisticated than here in the US but it will never fly here.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by ChiefRocka

Just deleted my Facebook account that I've had for the better part of the decade.

That's what you think

[Bearcat]

The first one is pretty creepy, but you can prevent your profile from showing up in search results and limit who can send you messages and friend requests.

You can also block others from seeing who you are friends with.

The 3rd thing is pretty much true for the entire internet, outside of the obvious like banks using your account info to buy stuff... it's generally a good idea to only have stuff in your profile that you would bring up casually to a friendly acquaintance. It's not like facebook is unique in that regard.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

There are some key elements to that story people are glossing over....

1) Where these companies operate
2) Who they are targeting....
3) And key point to all things....when a lender is in business here in the US they are governed by laws that prevent the type of games that could be played using Social Media

This may work overseas in markets less sophisticated than here in the US but it will never fly here.

Also none of these companies are associated with TransUnion or Experian.

[KCUnited]

Someone listed Sonoco as an employer on Facebook?

[ottawa_chiefs_fan]

i removed my profile about 5 years ago when it got hacked - NEVER going back - NOTHING good comes of it.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by ottawa_chiefs_fan

i removed my profile about 5 years ago when it got hacked - NEVER going back - NOTHING good comes of it.

I wouldn't go that far. I've kept in touch with dozens of friends who I probably would have never seen again if it weren't for Facebook. And since we maintain that mild relationship, it doesn't seem awkward to say "Hey, I'm coming to town!" and then meeting up in person.