The article “Facebook Exodus” is concerned about the ex-users of Facebook. Different ex-users with their different reasons are discussing the negative side of being a Facebook user.
“Facebook is the devil”, “it is not your Facebook profile, it is Facebook’s profile about you”, “Facebook ownership of user’s contributions to the site”, and “the whole site is crawling with mercenaries trying to sell books and movies”, are what the ex-users said about Facebook. These individuals are complaining about how Facebook is controlling them and forcing them to do things. Facebook is becoming an expanding force on the web and the users are in no position to object or change. Unconsciously, these users are losing their real physical contact with their friends and families, and just be satisfied with a post on their walls. Also, they are losing the meaning and right of privacy and can’t control it or own it in Facebook. Thus, Facebook for them is something to Exodus. They need to leave Facebook to resume their original normal routine of their daily life.
Moreover, I’m a Facebook user and I do believe that I will reach the point where I will need to leave it as well. I see Facebook like any other social website but with more accessories and options that led its users to stay longer than any other social website. We the users get excited about any new thing at the beginning and spend a long time on it, but then we realize that we are basically wasting our time and nothing is interesting anymore. Thus, once we know Facebook 100% and there is nothing more to know about it, we will eventually leave it.
Heffernan, Virginia. “Facebook Exodus.” The New York Times. 30 Aug. 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2010 < http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html>
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