[charlesism]

I got rid of my Facebook account around two years ago.

I used to house clean every few weeks by deleting old, uninteresting posts. Each deletion required at least three clicks, so the process took over twenty minutes each cleaning session.

At the time, Facebook helped my stay in touch with my gang of friends overseas, with whom I had grown up. Still, I was already fed up with the constant user-hostile changes to Facebook's security settings.

It was one last twenty-minute cleaning session that pushed me over the edge. I thought about the constant push-back from the Facebook UI whenever I tried to delete, or secure my data. The good of staying in touch with my pals was outweighed by the disgust at sacrificing my privacy to a company who had no respect or concern for my wishes and opinions.

Two years now, and I feel so much better. To be honest, I lose a little respect for people I meet now, if I find out they're still using that abomination.