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<div class="grid_6"> <input type="checkbox" name="tweetit" id="tweetid" checked /> Let QuitFaceBookDay tell Twitter that you're going to quit too! We'll tweet it with your name, a hashtag and a link to this page.</div>
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<div class="grid_3"><h6>Committed Facebook Quitters</h6></div>
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<a name="why"></a><br><span style="font-size:18px; color:#165474; font-weight:bold;">Why are we quitting?</span>
<p>For us it comes down to two things: <a href="http://bit.ly/fawkfb">fair choices and best intentions</a>. In our view, Facebook doesn't do a good job in either department. Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but
<a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15065184?nclick_check=1">they aren't fair choices</a>, and while the onus is on the individual to manage these choices,
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lock-down-your-facebook-profile-2010-5">Facebook makes it damn difficult </a>for the average user to understand or manage this. We also don't think Facebook has much respect for you or your data,
especially in the context of the future.</p>
<p>For a lot of people, quitting Facebook revolves around privacy. <a href="http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/">This is a legitimate concern</a>, but we also think the privacy issue is just the symptom of a
<a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/">larger set of issues</a>. The cumulative effects of what Facebook does now will not play out well in the future, and we care deeply about the future of the web as an open, safe
and human place. We just can't see Facebook's current direction being aligned with any positive future for the web, so we're leaving.</p>
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<a name="know"></a><span style="font-size:18px; color:#165474; font-weight:bold;">What should I know?</span>
<p><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Delete-a-Facebook-Account">Quitting Facebook</a> isn't easy. Facebook is engaging, enjoyable and quite frankly, addictive. Quitting something like Facebook is like quitting smoking. It's hard to
stay on the wagon long enough to actually change your habits. Having peer support helps, but the way to quit Facebook is not to start a group on Facebook about leaving Facebook.</p>
<p>Part of quitting is understanding the nature of the problem, and there have been a number of <a href="https://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook">recent articles</a> and
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/5534736/more-reasons-why-you-should-still-quit-facebook">posts</a> that do a much <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_facebook_is_wrong_about_privacy.php">better job</a> than us at articulating
<a href="https://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/11/go-ahead-quit-facebo.html">what's wrong</a> with Facebook. We encourage you to read them and <a href="http://www.diaspora-news.net/">form your own opinions.</a> Moving on will be easier to do
when you have <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/183180">made a clear and conscious choice</a> about why you'd prefer your online life to be Facebook-free.</p>
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<a name="options"></a><span style="font-size:18px; color:#165474; font-weight:bold;">What are my options?</span>
<p>There are alternatives to Facebook. Understanding what is best for you will depend a lot on what you need out of your social graph on a daily basis. For some, a combination of services like email, Twitter and Flickr might work. For others, a
<a href="http://www.ning.com/">Ning group</a> or a <a href="http://akoha.com/">specialized social site like Akoha</a> might be an option. If the entire population of Brazil can use Orkut, we think that there's hope for you to find a new home
on the web. Wired, ReadWriteWeb and others have recently called for an <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/more_web_industry_leaders_quit_facebook_call_for_o.php">open alternative to Facebook</a>, and
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/maggieshiels/2010/05/the_antifacebook.html">we're personally excited about the potential</a> of the
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr">Diaspora project</a>. At the moment, there aren't a lot of great options for direct replacement, but know that you're not alone. When
there's a market need, it's not long before better options appear. In our minds, the best thing to do is to contribute to that need - and that's what Quit Facebook Day is about.</p>
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<a name="options"></a><span style="font-size:18px; color:#165474; font-weight:bold;">Who set this up?</span>
<p><a href="https://www.twitter.com/mmilan">@mmilan</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/josephdee">@josephdee</a>. Putting that for disclosure, but we want the focus on the real issue: Should you leave Facebook?</p>
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Why are we quitting? What should I know? What are my options? Send me a reminder SICK OF FACEBOOK'S LACK OF RESPECT FOR YOUR DATA? ADD YOUR NAME AND COMMIT TO QUIT! Change languageChinese-simpChinese-tradDutchFrenchGermanGreekItalianJapaneseKoreanPortugueseRussianSpanish 41327 Why are we quitting? For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn't do a good job in either department. Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren't fair choices, and while the onus is on the individual to manage these choices, Facebook makes it damn difficult for the average user to understand or manage this. We also don't think Facebook has much respect for you or your data, especially in the context of the future. For a lot of people, quitting Facebook revolves around privacy. This is a legitimate concern, but we also think the privacy issue is just the symptom of a larger set of issues. The cumulative effects of what Facebook does now will not play out well in the future, and we care deeply about the future of the web as an open, safe and human place. We just can't see Facebook's current direction being aligned with any positive future for the web, so we're leaving. COMMITTED FACEBOOK QUITTERS What should I know? Quitting Facebook isn't easy. Facebook is engaging, enjoyable and quite frankly, addictive. Quitting something like Facebook is like quitting smoking. It's hard to stay on the wagon long enough to actually change your habits. Having peer support helps, but the way to quit Facebook is not to start a group on Facebook about leaving Facebook. Part of quitting is understanding the nature of the problem, and there have been a number of recent articles and posts that do a much better job than us at articulating what's wrong with Facebook. We encourage you to read them and form your own opinions. Moving on will be easier to do when you have made a clear and conscious choice about why you'd prefer your online life to be Facebook-free. What are my options? There are alternatives to Facebook. Understanding what is best for you will depend a lot on what you need out of your social graph on a daily basis. For some, a combination of services like email, Twitter and Flickr might work. For others, a Ning group or a specialized social site like Akoha might be an option. If the entire population of Brazil can use Orkut, we think that there's hope for you to find a new home on the web. Wired, ReadWriteWeb and others have recently called for an open alternative to Facebook, and we're personally excited about the potential of the Diaspora project. At the moment, there aren't a lot of great options for direct replacement, but know that you're not alone. When there's a market need, it's not long before better options appear. In our minds, the best thing to do is to contribute to that need - and that's what Quit Facebook Day is about. Who set this up? @mmilan and @josephdee. Putting that for disclosure, but we want the focus on the real issue: Should you leave Facebook? Send me a reminder WANT A REMINDER TO DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT ON QUIT FACEBOOK DAY? We're happy to send you a one time reminder email on the morning of May 31th, to remind you to ditch your Facebook account. We won't retain your email after this reminder, so we won't be sending you anything else in the future. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.