Surprisingly enough, there has been a pile of whining about Facebook and its latest bit with advertising, from privacy implications, to just about everything under the sun. what has not been stated, yet needs to be:

There is an easy way to stop worrying about Facebook beacon advertising — Stop using Facebook. If you really want to add insult to injury, you can also stop shopping at stores no matter how cool that use Facebook beacon advertising.

If you really hate the whole thing and think that it is evil, vote with your clicking fingers, just stop going to Facebook.

If facebook’s population and page views suddenly come to a screeching halt, well that might be the way to change what you or the general public wants changed.

Silicon Alley insider basically says the same thing, and they are the only other ones who seem to avoid whining and provide at least a short term solution, much like stop using Facebook.

The short-term solution: Turn off Beacon until you can make it fully opt-in. Tell Facebook’s partners that Beacon’s on hold until they create a system that requires their users to sign up for the program. And make it a double opt-in, so everyone’s sure what they’re getting into. Source: Silicon Alley Insider

While we can wait for Facebook to make it opt in, if you do not want to wait, just call it a day, stop going to Facebook, stop whining about the whole thing, and take a fresh approach. We have many ways as consumers and people to show our disapproval over what a company is doing, usually it means we stop shopping there, or stop going there.

Social networking is cool, but there is a lot to be said about going out and playing in the snow.