Review of "How Sticky is Facebook?" Article

The New York Times article was very useful and informative to me on how users on Facebook had problems trying to delete their accounts permanently from the site. I didn't know this was happening at all since I'm not in touch with my Facebook account and don't usually delete accounts on websites in general. It is surprising and not surprising at the same time since people would think that if the website confirmed with them that their account has been deleted, it would be permanently but it is not. This would definitely make me double check my account on Facebook and other sites if I ever decide to delete my accounts permanently from their websites. Seriously, if users want their accounts to be deleted permanently, sites like Facebook should do it right away instead of dragging it for weeks or months since it feels like it's abusing the users' privacy.



An update on the Facebook issue:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/business/18facebook.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=facebook+february&st=nyt&oref=slogin

After the article came out, Facebook has decided to create a form for users who want to delete their accounts permanently from the site. This has made the process a lot more simple and faster. But the form still has problems of its own. Users are annoyed that Facebook doesn't create an one step deletion for accounts instead of using the form and other procedures.