How was 'Quit Facebook Day' for you?
June 2, 2010 Author: James Christie
Today (Monday, May 31st) if you weren’t aware was Quit Facebook Day.
It seems like quite a few people weren’t aware of this momentous occasion (will it be an annual event? Or perhaps held every four years like the Olympics? How about getting sponsorship like Jif Lemon Day).
An American survey found that only 11 per cent of Facebook users realised that there was a campaign to encourage people to delete their Facebook account – a process which I have been reliably informed is a lot more complicated than simply pressing a ‘delete account’ button.
It seems that few of the 11 per cent of anti-Facebook savvy social networkers seemed prepared to leave their Facebook days behind them.
Media reports suggest that between 26,000 and 31,000 people were ready to act on Quit Facebook Day – a drop in the ocean when you consider that Facebook has a 500million-strong worldwide membership.
The Canadian duo behind the campaign – Joseph Dee and Matthew Milan – had become disillusioned with how free and easy Facebook had supposedly become with its members’ personal details.
Expectations of putting a serious dent in Facebook’s membership levels, the pair insists, were always low.
On Twitter, Facebook devotees have been quick to comment. The sentiment that “Today is ‘Quit Facebook day’ … Tomorrow is ‘Oh s*** I deleted my Facebook’ day … And Wednesday is ‘Create Facebook day.’” Has been re-tweeted ad infinitum.
It’s a point of view which makes me think of that old joke “I gave up alcohol once. It was the longest 24 hours of my life.”
Facebook seems to be a habit that its fans are loath to break; no wonder it offers such rich pickings for SEO.
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