It's all about the timing

[brynndragon]

NPR is doing a piece on "the benefits of joining Facebook" on Talk of the Nation (starts now, not sure when in the next hour they'll be discussing that subject). Any bets for how long it'll take for someone to point out their recent "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever." changes to the ToS?

ETA: It was the first question the host asked, before they went to the phones. He did the standard "oh, it's just so Facebook doesn't have to keep track of things you put on friends' walls to make it go away when you delete your account". Someone should tell them that using legalese to make up for lazy coding is not cool.

Comments

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

Especially since they're lying out their asses. It's so they can pull things like using your photos in ads, which they got in a shit-ton of trouble for last time.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Yea, I'd go delete my account, but how would that help?

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I may just because I don't want to go through my photos to remove the ones I can't let them have even if I wanted to.

[unseelie.livejournal.com]

delete profile NOW NOW NOW
i think new Terms apply monday(IE a few days)
consumerist.com for details
or google the discussion