I put all my personal Facebook data on eBay

Everyone else was making money off it, so why shouldn’t I?

So I downloaded my data with Facebook’s own export tool, and put it on eBay.

Bidding started at £0.99.

I said you could sell it to advertisers or whatever you want.

What was Included

• Every like, post, and inane comment since I was 16.
• Photos dating back to when I had a fringe and listened to Billy Talent.
• Videos dating back to when my band played gigs at kids play centres.
• A list of things I’m apparently interested in, including ‘Gluten-free diet’, ‘Jessie Ware’ and ‘Project management software’.
• Stats on how many happy birthdays I got, year by year.
• All my friend requests that got ignored.
• Every party invite I’ve ever had (all three of them).
• Loads more, like who I vote for, my boss’s name, and where all my family live.

What wasn’t Included

• Permission to steal my identity and open a sweat shop.

Within a day, the listing had 44 bids.

But as soon as the story made headlines, eBay removed the listing.

They said it might go against Facebook’s Terms and Conditions.

My mistake, I was under the impression I owned my personal data.

Luckily, you can now buy an excerpt of my personal data when you join my Patreon.