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Can they predict how long before I finally am off the Facebook platform?


Never. I don't have a Facebook account, but it'd be pretty naive of me to assume they don't have a profile on me as well, especially since they've already admitted doing so[1].

[1]: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-11-15/fa...


They can't track you if you use Ghostery.


Assuming the Ghostery team has identified and coded in all the trackers they use (and that assumes Ghostery isn't actually spying on its own users, and selling that to FB - I don't think that's likely, but who knows?).


Almost certainly. I wonder what their churn management interventions are.


I don't know all their transactional email strategies, but I've noticed one is those "Do you know [name] or [name]" emails that try to coax you back onto Facebook by asking you if you know certain people and want to friend them.


Annoying and manipulative, at minimum.




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