From BetaNews
The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica fiasco has done a great deal of damage to not only Facebook's reputation, but also its finances. In the short term, the social network can afford to take a hit on share prices, but in the longer term there is the trust of users to regain.Read more: https://betanews.com/2018/03/27/tech-workers-want-to-delete-facebook/A survey conducted in the wake of the #DeleteFacebook campaign that followed revelations about the data breach and the logging of Android users' calls and texts, found that a surprising number of tech workers were ready to delete their Facebook accounts. 31 percent backed the #DeleteFacebook campaign, including 50 percent of Microsoft workers, and 38 percent of Google workers.
The survey -- conducted using the anonymous app Blind -- found that nearly a third of those questioned were planning to delete their Facebook accounts. In all, over 2,600 people were surveyed between March 20, 2018 and March 24, 2018, so it neatly took in the peak of the controversy.
I keep my personal Facebook account open for two reasons. First is that I work in internet marketing and sometimes need an account to manage a client's social presence and to be able to keep up to date on what they offer to marketers. Second is so I can make sure ex-girlfriends got fat.
While I've noticed less and less of my business involves using Facebook and I could probably setup a more anonymous sock account for that, it still doesn't solve the second use.
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