[new_guy]

> And your own social network will fail because of network effects

Speak for yourself. Not everything needs to be 'planet scale', I run a few social networks and they do just fine.

And I agree with Facebook in this case, if you have someone come into your house with the sole intent of burning it down, of course you're going to kick them out. It's no different than dealing with trolls or other bad actors.

[macksd]

Burning down Facebook? What on Earth are you talking about? It makes it easier for users to remove their own accounts across multiple services. It's a common interface to features the social networks themselves provide. This is the opposite of a bad actor.

[smoldesu]

Fun argument, now try asking Apple why they're against Jailbreaks if they "technically provide the same services the phone could already do"?

[macksd]

I certainly think the same argument applies, FWIW - I don't think Apple is being reasonable if they ban people from services for fixing their own devices or other people's devices. Not sure if you were implying I would feel differently about that instance.