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I just deleted my Facebook profile for good and man does it feel good!

I often get asked why I have done this, and I thought rather than rehash the same story over and over, I would just provide the Facebook suicide note that I sent to all of my contacts for you below. If you have further comments/questions/whatevers, drop me a comment! Happy to answer any question on the topic.

Hello all you lovely people!

Well, the time has finally come to close my Facebook account after months of feeling particularly dissatisfied with the company and the service itself.

But never fear! You lucky folk are all to be part of my Facebook rapture! No being left behind for you, oh no, you’ll all get to have my contact details all over the rest of the internet, my mobile, EVERYTHING! So stalk away and try not to forget me when you invite people to events ;D.

I am still as easy to contact as ever, you can buzz me on any of these juicy juicy details below. Who doesn’t love juicy details? Or juicy steaks! mmmmmmmmm, steakkkkkkkkk.

e-mail: [redacted]
website: www.teknetia.com
mobile: [redacted]
twitter: @teknetia (twitter.com/teknetia)

There are other ways too, if you want any other details, then you are most welcome to drop me a line and ask (e.g., my address for the delicious [and debaucherous] summer parties Jimmy and I will undoubtedly throw!). I will wait until next Sunday (the 16th, for those so inclined) to actually delete all this stuff.

<3 Chris

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Because so many of you ask, I am deleting my account because I dislike the direction the company is taking (and due to the good state of California passing some wonderful laws that force Facebook to actually trash the data and not keep it forever!*), trying to track users all over the web (even when not logged in) and want to be the central owners of all your data. Also, Mark Zuckerberg is a fucking arse and I don’t wanna support that shit (seriously, “I’m CEO, bitch” on his original card? What a fucking tool).

Ahhhh, that feels GOOD!

By the way, does anyone else think it is a bit pathetic that a web company can’t even send a valid HTML e-mail? Look at all those dirty <br> tags scattered throughout without even a care for presentation.

Want to get rid of your Faceobok profile too? Go to the account deletion page and follow the prompts. Make sure you do not access the account in ANY way following this or the deletion request will be cancelled! It’s also a good idea to download your stuff (photos are nice to keep hold of!), so follow these directions before you trash your account.

*Since the time I wrote this, I am not 100% sure of the exact details of this Cali law, it seems it may have been defeated in the end. Either way, I am under the impression that data is actually deleted, but of course Facebook would not confirm this.