‘It’s time to delete your Facebook’, says WhatsApp co-founder; here’s the reason behind his comment
It’s just nearly a nightmare for the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. As everyone seems to be unhappy with the Facebook these days and also the co-founder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton raising his voice and asking the users to delete the Facebook.
Yes, you read right, WhatsApp co-founder has posted this comment on his Twitter account which left the people in shock. Hope you all want to know the reason behind this comment of the co-founder. So, without raising any suspense the reason is here, as lots of social media networking site users have been violated against the Facebook policies. They all were asking that how their personal data is getting shared with the third-party developers.
Tweet of Acton proves to be the most high profile addition tweet for the thousands of the users who have also raised their voices joining this the most high profile addition to the hundreds of thousands of voices #DeleteFacebook which is currently trending on the social media site Twitter.
See the Acton's tweet:
It is time. #deletefacebook
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018
After his comment, other users also started joining the #DeleteFacebook campaign and posted their comment on it. One of the user wrote,' #deletefacebook I stopped personally using it seven years ago. I still have a fan page but I don’t directly manage it anymore. I get that it has been useful for many for a time but at this point the detriments outweigh its usefulness.'
#deletefacebook I stopped personally using it seven years ago. I still have a fan page but I don’t directly manage it anymore. I get that it has been useful for many for a time but at this point the detriments outweigh its usefulness.
— reggie watts (@reggiewatts) March 21, 2018
Another user posted the steps on how to delete their Facebook account and wrote, 'If you too want to delete your Facebook account, here’s how to do it. #LeaveFacebook #DeleteFacebook.'
If you too want to delete your Facebook account, here’s how to do it. #LeaveFacebook #DeleteFacebook pic.twitter.com/s4dfRFLo5l
— Stephen A. Rhodes (@StephenARhodes) March 20, 2018
Currently, Facebook is facing it’s bad phase as its users are getting upset with its policies. This issue has been raised when the political data analysis company Cambridge Analytica has accessed the data of 50 millions users of Facebook without taking their permission.
Also read: Facebook under scanner for using users' data to manipulate the way they vote
First published: 21 March 2018, 13:43 IST