[Air-L] With Friends Like Facebook ....

[Ray Land]

Thanks Kathleen.  Those as old as I might remember that line from The Eagles' 'Hotel California':
 
'You can check out, but you can never leave ...'
 
Ray
 
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From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Sent: Wed 16/01/2008 18:27
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-L] With Friends Like Facebook ....



On the question of pulling one's Facebook profile, I would also add 
that there's a real technological overdetermination that hasn't yet 
been fully explored:  As a student of mine discovered last semester 
while writing a term paper about "death" on Facebook (in quotation 
marks because he was both looking at the ongoing existence of profiles 
of users who have passed away and at the status of profiles that users 
have "killed"), a deactivated profile is never really removed from the 
site.  In fact, if you attempt to deactivate your Facebook account, 
you get the following bits of info:

> Note: Even after you deactivate, your friends can still invite you 
> to events, tag you in photos, or ask you to join groups. If you opt 
> out, you will NOT receive these email invitations and notifications 
> from your friends.
> You can reactivate your account at any time by logging in with your 
> email and password.
>

Which is to say that your profile remains on the network even if you 
pull it -- shambling on in a zombie-like state, perhaps, accruing but 
failing to respond to pokes and wall posts, but still there, 
nonetheless....

--K.

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