Goodbye to Facebook, once again.

The first time I tried Facebook, I ended up deleting my account in disgust at the underhanded way the company changed its terms of service. I got back on again because a few dear people communicate that way more than with blogs or Twitter, and I wanted to keep in touch. But, once again, I have deleted ---or "deleted"-- my account because of the untrustworthiness of Facebook. As a Twitter buddy answered instantly when I tweeted that I'd deleted (heh heh), my Facebook account will outlive me. Literally.
In my explorations before I made this decision, I found out about an add-on called Ghostery that can make visible most of the tracking mechanisms you don't even realize are harvesting data from you without your knowledge, and block them if you choose.  This review on CNET gives more details, if you're interested. Without all the third-party tracker crap, I wonder if my browser will run faster?

"el feisbuh" or , social media in Spanish

I'm collecting songs and videos about social media in Spanish. Here are a few songs that have become mega-hits in the Spanish-speaking world.

"No te metas a mi Facebook," por Esteman (Colombia) is that great combination of catchy and annoying that makes a summer hit:


"Que te borro del feisbuh" (viral hit in Spain)


Love song, SMS style by David Guapo, "Amor actualizado"


Not a song, but and ad for a book about Facebook (called FaceBOOM) in Argentina:


Another video where the online is made literal IRL is an episode about Facebook from a series that started out online and then got picked up by TV in Spain "Que vida más triste" (QVMT). Great for learning colloquial Spanish!