Now there ’s an app to value your Facebook ( un)popularity .
Apps to map out your societal media profit and losses are n’t new — third - partyTwitter , TumblrandInstagramtrackers have been around a while . But the relaunched “ Who delete Me ” is for Facebook , where your substantial “ protagonist ” are .
“ Who Deleted Me ” used to survive as a Facebook - based app , until Facebook ’s changes in April get away its sneaky mojo . Now relaunched as an Chrome university extension and iOS and Android app , it ’s make headlines because we all plainly enjoy pain : install it and you ’ll bed fit forward who has unfriended you for your late rant or picture of your breakfast . you’re able to also see which champion have go away Facebook , so that you know a downhearted count is n’t your fault . ( If those kinds of things weigh to you . )
Of course , there ’s always been a way to break to see if someone unfriended you : visit their profile . ( There have been similar service for Facebook in the yesteryear , too . ) And keep in mind that “ Who Deleted Me ” wo n’t be capable to show who has unfollowed you — Facebook ’s combining weight of a phantom proscription , wherein you remain “ supporter ” but your content is completely obliterate from the “ friend ’s ” newsfeed . To me the primary let - down of the app is that it ca n’t trace your entire unfriending history — it only works C. W. Post - installation . So you wo n’t get data about the last decade you ’ve been on Facebook . If that characteristic were available , I ’d be more intrigued .
As it is , I wo n’t be instal “ Who Deleted Me . ” by from reservations about give over that much personal data to a third - party app , I do n’t see the full stop . Its effect can only ever be injurious ; Facebook is n’t like Twitter and Tumblr , where random strangers follow and it can be gripping or significant to business to see when you get ahead and lose their interest .
What am I going to do with the entropy that a mellow - schooling “ pal ” unfriended me ? palpate like I ’m back in high school , probably . With other unfriends , I can only see it spiral into self - doubt or self - righteous anger . How many fights and even IRL disagreements is “ Who delete Me ” going to lead to ? Do we really need an app for this ?
[ Washington Post ]
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