I left Facebook after Facebook groups began appearing about me and suddenly your personal photographs start becoming public property.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn't even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew I'd found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged.
I'm even embarrassed at times when my friends come upon my pictures.
We could not have launched Causes without Facebook Platform, providing real identity and real friends. Facebook Platform was created so that experiences that are inherently social in our off-line lives could be brought online as an authentic expression of who we are; Facebook did this best in revolutionizing photo sharing.
To be honest, I'm a little upset these days. My family has been exposed to the media. Some people break into our house. My ex-girlfriend's photos are circulating online. To say that these are things I need to endure for the sake of celebrity... that's sad. I want to respectfully request that my private life remain private.
People sometimes forget how early Flickr came. Facebook didn't add photo sharing till a year after Flickr was acquired by Yahoo.
People want to share their photos publicly with lots of people.
I used to share my everyday life on the first social media platforms, and I had a pretty big following.
People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones.
Facebook is my life.
It was a precondition to leaving Facebook that I wasn't going to start something that was just about chasing money.