I will delete Facebook, but you can pry Instagram from my cold, dead hands

Go ahead, take my Facebook, but don’t you dare touch my Instagram. 

You may have noticed over the last few days that the tech world has erupted after it was revealed this weekend that data mining company Cambridge Analytica sneakily used the social network to collect data from 50 million people for the Trump campaign. People are rightfully pissed, and the conversation of deleting or deactivation has been bubbling up, complete with how-to guides and think pieces. 

While I do find the recent revelations from Facebook unsettling, I have to admit I’m not all that surprised. Facebook has been creepin’ me out for a while now, and I’ve seriously cut back on my usage, along with a lot of my friends. My News Feed has become a stale, never ending pipeline of mundane content from a rotating cast of power users still posting to the app. I rarely interact with my actual friends on the platform. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | I will delete Facebook, but you can pry Instagram from my cold, dead hands