Just Get It Over With: The Stupidity of the Facebook Suicide Pact
In the hubbub over the past few days about the latest Facebook privacy problems, I came across a comment on a blog post in which the visitor proudly declared he or she had made a commitment to Facebook suicide.
And when was everyone planning to drink the privacy Koolaid? October 10th, 2010.
Let me state the obvious: joining a Facebook group to commit suicide means you’re still on Facebook. Over the months you’re waiting to do your profile in, Facebook will presumably continue to make things worse, sharing more and more of your data with god-knows-what third parties and the general public.
The other problem with the sometime-in-the-semi-distant-future suicide pact is that timing is everything. When you’re training your puppy not to piddle on the rug, or training your child not to hit his siblings, you know that consequences not immediately delivered are pointless.
If you want Zuckerberg to stop chewing on your privacy, do something now.