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[8 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Facebookless and proud

It took me three hours to manually archive all data from maintained for nearly 4 years account. I still can’t believe how worthless my collection is. I was hoping to build some sort of personal diary from this period. But sadly, today I need to admit – there is nothing to take from it and my archiving procedure had purely sentimental reasons. My personal updates, links to articles of great importance, today mean nothing. Considering time spent on facebook – I would surely expect better return on my investment. Is the website to …

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[25 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Online legacy

Apparently, as self-called Social Media Gurus say: “We have reached a critical mass of personal data online.” – referring to the billions of pages held by Facebook and other social networking and blogging sites. Wouldn’t it be important to think for a minute, where rights to our legacy goes after we die?

Facebook instituted a policy a few years ago regarding how to handle the profiles of deceased individuals. Family members could choose one of two options: close the account — Facebook will delete an account permanently upon …