Amit Varma wrote, [on 2/17/2009 1:48 PM]: > I think this is more with regards to private messages and wall messages than > anything else. If you send me 100 messages (or emails) on Facebook, and then > delete your account, the messages you sent me should still stay in my inbox. > This is the case with all email accounts -- if I delete this gmail account > tomorrow, alll the gmail messages I have sent you remain with you. I think > that is all that Facebook was trying to ensure. This is much ado about > nothing, imo.
Even assuming infinite goodwill on the part of facebook (more importantly, the current incarnation thereof) I think that what the ToS *gives them the freedom to do* is alarming. The mystic phrase "fiduciary responsibility" is usually used to justify any way to screw the end user that is not outright, prima facie criminal (and sufficient counter-examples for that last assumption exist as well) "All that is not forbidden is (eventually) mandatory" Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
