Facebook

While I can understand the hype and the point about social networking sites like Facebook, I 'm growing more frustrated and more bored with it. How many silly little applications do I actually have to add to keep in touch with my little group of friends? Why do they need access to my personal information in order to work? How many new and improved versions of those same applications are there? I like the fact that I reconnected with some friends from high school and university, but now that I have their email addresses, what do I need my Facebook account for? And, tell me, how do people realistically and logistically keep up with 100+ friends? It's just another form of the old popularity contest isn't it?

I was just talking with a friend of mine the other night about deleting my account when lo and behold I come across this on Techdirt. Now, I understand the idea that once it's on the internet it's always on the internet, but as the person who created the account/profile I should have the right to say "Remove all my info please". I know - read the fine print rather than just clicking agree. Dont' they, however, have a responsibility to make it abundantly clear to those signing up for an account that they will not be able to delete their account? After reading the comments, I do feel a little bit better about deactivating my account should I choose to. Or not - 2504 steps to closing your Facebook account. I need to start deleting things.