As one Twitter-er put it, “‘I deleted my Facebook’ is the new ‘I don’t own a TV’” (HT to @bpapa). While some us would take that to mean only pretentious twerps swear off the social networking site, others see it as a sign of things to come if Facebook fails to rework its controversial privacy policies.
“How do I delete my Facebook account?” has popped up on the drop-down Google Suggest box for queries starting with “How do I…”, indicating a growing popularity for the search. A handful of vocal techies and bloggers have already ditched the world of poking and pathetic privacy, but, considering the site’s other 400 million users, the likelihood of Facebook’s imminent demise remains doubtful.
Full story at ReadWriteWeb.