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You don’t have to quit Facebook – just start lying about yourself

5 pointsby iansinkeabout 7 years ago

5 comments

DrScumpabout 7 years ago
This strategy seems pointless because the one remaining &quot;category killer&quot; aspect of Facebook which they can then market is the <i>friends</i> communication interface. If people stay on Facebook and maintain the same friend interconnections, Facebook wins 85% of the battle anyway.<p>I thought of advising friends to set up a fresh browser specific to Facebook usage, using it only incognito and clearing after every session (as I do), but benefits of such precautions would be wasted in the big picture of interconnected friends, most of whom see no downside to being productized.
ithilglin909about 7 years ago
This is too much trouble. Also, Facebook has intrusive ways of extracting information you choose to not share, like asking your &quot;friends&quot; what your current city is. Better to just delete it.
rndmindabout 7 years ago
I misread the title as, &quot;just starting lying to yourself&quot; I thought this was appropriate due to the cognitive disoance involved.
nugiabout 7 years ago
Why not do both?
a-fried-eggabout 7 years ago
That&#x27;s tedious. Just quit.