I Hate Facebook

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I do not have a Facebook account and never will. My three oldest children have used Facebook, despite my dislike for it. Nathan only got an account to monitor our children, and he hasn't even done that very often. He hates Facebook almost as much as I do. My two oldest sons do not live at home, so what they do is their own thing. My oldest daughter, however, is still a minor and lives at home.

Nathan was trying to get some code for Starhawk a week or two ago and he was supposed to go through Facebook to get it. He went to log in and Facebook would only allow him to log in if he gave up our private phone number so that a call could be sent to verify it. He refused to do so and then complained to the makers of Starhawk. Why should he have to give up private information just to get a damn code? They (the makers of Starhawk) were actually quite nice about it and sent him the code.

The whole thing with Facebook made me question our daughter. She said they hadn't asked for her number. I doubt that. But she knows how private we are and might not tell us if she had done so. If we wanted to check up on our daughter, we can now no longer do so. I'll be damned if we are giving up our phone number. I haven't given out our number to anyone on the internet. Blogger doesn't even have it. Why should you have to give out personal information? Facebook has no right to ask for such things.

I decided to look into Facebook a little bit. Did you know they use your portable device's GPS to locate exactly where you are and then they notify you if any of your "friends" or "others" are nearby? That is a bit creepy. They track you wherever you go on the internet too. They give your information out to whomever they please. It can take 90 + days to delete an account from Facebook. Facebook states that they try to keep you safe but that is a flat out lie. If they were trying to keep users safe, then they wouldn't ask for so much private information which could then be hacked (nor would they give it out to everyone). ANYTHING on a computer is accessible, and therefore, NOT SAFE. If they were concerned for users' safety, then they wouldn't notify others of your location. That is asking for trouble. Who do they think they are anyway? Next they will be trying to get your social security number and samples of your DNA. What Facebook does is a serious violation of people's privacy.

If you are a parent who wants to have your minor child's account deleted, you have to go through all sorts of hoops and give Facebook your private information. Then Facebook does not immediately remove the information on the account. The fact that Facebook collects and gives out private information on minors at all is illegal. Why are they not being charged for that violation? Oh...that's right. It is because they are an American company who is allowed to do whatever the hell they want.

How exactly did Facebook become so popular? Why is mindless socializing so popular in America? Facebook is juvenile. Will you "like" me on Facebook? Come on- that is so childish. What is wrong with people?
Why do so many Americans not seem to care about their personal privacy? Your safety is wrapped up with your personal privacy. It should be important to everyone.

When I first heard about a planned attack on Facebook last year, my first thought was, "Go for it, Anonymous!" I hate how Facebook has invaded everything, like a plague or a cancer. I hate everything about Facebook. I wish Facebook didn't exist at all. But I had concerns because they are connected to so many websites. Wait... has anyone seen a website which is not linked to Facebook? Since they are everywhere, it may have created problems. But then it might not have. My specialty is certainly not the internet. Either way, Anonymous should have attacked them.  Facebook deserves it for the things which they do. Facebook is just another American company who thinks they can do whatever they want to people and get away with it.