Two Canadian Internet users have launched an anti-sling Facebook. Will you leave your Facebook account on Monday? For the first time, an online anti-mobilization is being organized on Facebook : Quit Facebook Day “provides Facebook members to close their account in the day.
Originally announced for the exodus, two Canadians, tired of seeing their privacy escape. They created a website Quit facebook Day, where they explain why they no longer want to be among the users of social networking. “Leaving Facebook is as difficult as trying to quit smoking,” they explain, and highlight other social networks such as Twitter or Ning or the project Diaspora Social Network.
A minority of Facebook mobilized
Monday morning, nearly 26,000 people had pledged to leave the social network, according to the counter displayed on the site. A straw compared with 450 million members and social network account, and while the Google ranking of sites most visited site on Monday, Facebook in mind.
Its objective is to put the issue of managing personal data of users by Facebook, which runs to the controversy. A goal that could actually be already achieved: Facebook has begun a major project to change privacy options to simplify their use by users.