More than 3 billion people use Facebook every month, and nearly 2.6 billion are active users who log onto the platform every day. That leaves about 400 million people who have Facebook accounts but don’t log on often. It’s not so much that they love the platform itself, but it’s that Facebook has become such a staple in our lives that deleting it doesn’t feel like an option that will work if you want to remember birthdays or keep up with far-flung acquaintances. The urge to delete the account isn’t unwarranted. Take your pick of Facebook’s problematic behaviors, including how much data Facebook takes from its users, fake news, the spread of misinformation, its role in facilitating hate speech, and the fact that every time you turn around they’re making a change. The latest change is the login page, which is driving some people crazy. As you can see from the photo above, you get a collage of photos along with the login space. For some, they don’t want to see these images day after day. They prefer the way it used to be, when was simple and straightforward — no images included. For a lot of users, it isn’t that they don’t want to delete Facebook, it’s that the social media platform has become so intertwined with the way they live online that they can’t really escape it. To leave Facebook would be to shift the way they interact with friends, relatives, co-workers, and even some businesses. That's not an accident, of course. Whether we want it to be or not, Facebook is now a part of our Internet DNA.
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| The original login page |
