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In reply to the discussion: Quit Facebook and delete the App from your Smartphone. Seriously, delete it. NOW! [View all]LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)1. "What difference does it make, anyone can obtain your information on the web."
True, but that is not what is being talked about here as the users of this application did not sign up to have their contact information, messages and who knows whatever else -- read by Facebook and Shared/Sold to Whomever.
2. "My Friends, Family, Dog, Cat could not EVER be reached like EVER if it was not for Facebook, therefore I must keep it."
Really? Did phones stop working all of a sudden? What about snail mail? What about just stopping over someones home for a wellness check? Facebook is NOT a need, it is a WANT. Acknowledge it and move on from the lame excuses.
3. Well Twitter, Google, MSN, (Insert - Name Any Social Media Tool) Sells Your Data Too!
Maybe, but they have NOT at this point to be as Evil in the intent of doing so (Yet??) as Facebook obviously has been. Point, Blank, Period. Facebook sold your data to a Russian Firm to target your thought patterns to heavily influence how you might vote or not vote in an election. That is the reality of Facebook. Deal with it and don't make excuses for them or you.