Challenge: Face Value

What is the value of your face? Well if you are part of the 350 million members of Facebook your face might be worth more than you think. It is that face that helped contribute to Mark Zuckerberg’s $4 billion networth,and what have you gained? You have earned yourself a lack of privacy, and become a cash cow to thousands of marketers who buy access to your personal information. So why are you on Facebook?
Most people are on Facebook to stay “connected”. The average user has 130 friends on Facebook, and it is not unusual for a member to have 500 or more. So if your goal is to be connected, you probably are, but what do those connections really mean?  Are they genuine friendships, or are they playing chips in a social network popularity contest?
It is time to “face the change” , and make those 350 million users one less. Disconnect yourself from Facebook to reconnect with your real life family and friends. Remember what it was like when you owned your face , your information and your privacy. It is time to remember when you had an identity, and people had to ask you what was new with you rather than “lurking” your Facebook. Join us as we “face the change” on Sunday October 24th and delete your Facebook.
We ask participants to commit to delete their Facebook for at least one week. If participants can we encourage them to keep their Facebook deleted, move on to the next challenge, and continue disconnecting. Here is how to participate in this weeks Face Value challenge:
1. Join the Facebook event by clicking on this link.
2. Invite everyone on your Facebook to the event, do not be shy.
3. Check this tumblr, and/or the event for the days’ status. Post the status to your Facebook.
4. “Like” anyone who has the status posted, as this will aid in creating awareness.
5. October 24th, delete your facebook by 12pm and get ready to start experiencing “real” life again.
6. Join the conversation here on tumblr. Submit your concerns, expierences, anything you want us to know at disconnnect2reconnect@gmail.com, along with your age and name.

posted by: Courtney Wright, on behalf of “The Reconnect”