A concern about Facebook Timeline

[dewline]

I read that the other shoe re: Timeline's finally been ordered dropped upon us all.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/your-facebook-past-is-coming-back-timeline-mandatory/article2314218/

I am now considering the idea of just purging the account and starting over from scratch after the required period for data disposal on Facebook's has concluded. Does anyone have any arguments as to why I should go through with this?

To be honest, my main complaints about Timeline are about its design: it's visually cluttered in the extreme and looks as if it's highly bandwidth-dependent in a way that's hostile to dial-up users of the Internet. The privacy issues are secondary, but close behind the design issues.

Comments

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning. *goes on deletion spree*

[dewline.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

[wyldemusick.livejournal.com]

My major concern about it is that it's near to useless for visually impaired users, such as my friend Tree (and would have been for me back in 2003-2004 when I went blind.) The endless changes have been giving her conniptions as it is.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Tree is not alone in this annoyance.

I know of at least one guy who's got an ongoing concern of his own about lack of web accessibility in general. (http://joeclark.org/) I haven't spoken with him in a few years, but looking at his website right now, I see that his concerns are still active.

[synaptikchaos.livejournal.com]

Is the HTTP://m.Facebook.com site any more accessible for visual impairments?

[orleans.livejournal.com]

I'm getting very sick of all of these underhanded social media sites. I think I'll stick with LJ and Twitter for the most part.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Understandable.

Wondering, though, if you've since taken a look at Diaspora (http://dewline.livejournal.com/465785.html)?