It's been a while. I deleted my account in November. No hard feelings, right? I still have that dummy account that I use to see when Joel Plaskett and Björk are on tour. Not together, because that would be weird! But I digress.
Let me get straight to the point. A few months ago, I was backing up my laptop, and something went all squirrely. A lot of old files got deleted from my external hard drive. It was sad, but I think I was fairly Zen about the whole thing. I lost a lot of photos, old resumes, some writing I'd done, and the scores to some music I'd written. Hey, shit happens, right? I tried to think of all those things I'd done and created as a sort of intangible sand mandala.
That said, I'd obviously like to retrieve as many of those things as possible. I'd feel better about the whole sand mandala thing if I'd actually made the conscious decision to destroy these things. But I didn't; they're just gone. And here's where you come in.
You still have many of these photos. I want copies.
In fact, the primary reason I quit facebook is because I didn't really like the fact that you had equal ownership of anything I uploaded. But now, maybe it's to my advantage. Somewhere on your server, you've got a file with my name on it, and probably about 700 photos associated with that name.
Can you send them to me?
I'll come right out and say it: I'm not going to pay you for them. I'm not one of the "third parties" you sell them to, I'm the original owner. In fact, since I still have the right (if not the ability) to do with them as I please, I'm more of a co-owner. Or I would be, if I owned them. You know what I mean. So from co-owner to co-owner, can you help me out?
I'm not going to give you money, but then, that isn't the currency you deal with. Your currency is information. And you already have mine on file! Enjoy as you see fit.
Please understand that I'm not asking for the photos back, in the sense that you don't get to have them anymore. I'm the one who clicked "agree" on your conditions before uploading, so you have all the same rights to those photos as you always did. I'm just asking for a favor here.
You don't owe me anything. I have no sense of entitlement here. You can send me copies of my photos, or not. All I can do is ask nicely. Please?
Thanks,
R.
ps - I see and understand the following: "If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added. If you would like your account permanently deleted with no option for recovery, log in to your account and then submit your request here." (source: http://www.facebook.com/help/search/?q=deactivate) But c'mon. We both know you still have it. Help a brother out.
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