{"id":3572,"date":"2019-01-06T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2019-01-06T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T17:26:46","slug":"what-has-facebook-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2019\/01\/06\/what-has-facebook-become\/","title":{"rendered":"What has Facebook become?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When considering the deletion or deactivation of a Facebook account you will ask yourself, what do I need here? What do I expect? 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