Welcome to Hotel California

tw · 02-10-2008, 09:22 PM

From the NY Times of 11 Feb 2008:

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How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free
“It’s like the Hotel California,” said Nipon Das, 34, a director at a biotechnology consulting firm in Manhattan, who tried unsuccessfully to delete his account this fall. “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”

classicman · 02-10-2008, 09:24 PM

Ha ha ha ha - - - serves him right for getting on that stupid thing in the first place.

Aliantha · 02-10-2008, 09:25 PM

I had an account for a few months but I recently closed it and requested no emails etc and I've recieved none so far. They did send me a goodbye letter saying I could come back any time I like though. I assume if I ever decide to log in again it'll all still be there.

Drax · 02-10-2008, 11:29 PM

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Facebook servers keep copies of the information in those accounts indefinitely.

To be fair, a lot of sites do that. At least, it seems like that to me.

02-10-2008, 09:24 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Ha ha ha ha - - - serves him right for getting on that stupid thing in the first place. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-10-2008, 09:25 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I had an account for a few months but I recently closed it and requested no emails etc and I've recieved none so far. They did send me a goodbye letter saying I could come back any time I like though. I assume if I ever decide to log in again it'll all still be there. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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