diff --git a/README b/README
index e5c5e02d69..36bd017923 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ interaction you've grown to love, *and* was free to use, *and* was open source,
 *and* where your privacy is always under your control?
  
     And what if this social network could scale to encompass the entire 
-internet, and *not* require a central organisation to provide servers (in 
-exchange for selling your private information; and everything else they can
-find out about you - from logging all of your online activities and
-conversations)?
+internet, and *not* require a central organisation to provide servers? 
+(In exchange for peddling your private information behind your back.)
 
     Look no further. 
 
diff --git a/addon/facebook/facebook.php b/addon/facebook/facebook.php
index 7bebb3b4fd..119ee2f3e5 100644
--- a/addon/facebook/facebook.php
+++ b/addon/facebook/facebook.php
@@ -123,15 +123,12 @@ function facebook_content(&$a) {
 function facebook_install() {
 	register_hook('post_local_end',  'addon/facebook/facebook.php', 'facebook_post_hook');
 	register_hook('jot_networks',    'addon/facebook/facebook.php', 'facebook_jot_nets');
-	register_hook('post_local_start','addon/facebook/facebook.php', 'facebook_post_local');
-
 }
 
 
 function facebook_uninstall() {
 	unregister_hook('post_local_end',  'addon/facebook/facebook.php', 'facebook_post_hook');
 	unregister_hook('jot_networks',    'addon/facebook/facebook.php', 'facebook_jot_nets');
-	unregister_hook('post_local_start','addon/facebook/facebook.php', 'facebook_post_local');
 }
 
 
@@ -148,17 +145,6 @@ function facebook_jot_nets(&$a,&$b) {
 	}
 }
 
-function facebook_post_local(&$a,&$b) {
-
-	if(! local_user())
-		return;
-
-	if((x($b,'facebook_enable')) && (intval($b['facebook_enable'])))
-		set_pconfig(local_user(),'facebook','enable','1');
-	else
-		del_pconfig(local_user(),'facebook','enable');
-}
-
 
 function facebook_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 
@@ -179,9 +165,10 @@ function facebook_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
 			logger('facebook: have appid+secret');
 
 			$fb_post   = intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'facebook','post'));
-			$fb_enable = intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'facebook','enable'));
+			$fb_enable = (($fb_post && x($_POST,'facebook_enable')) ? intval($_POST['facebook_enable']) : 0);
 			$fb_token  = get_pconfig(local_user(),'facebook','access_token');
 
+			logger('facebook: $fb_post: ' . $fb_post . ' $fb_enable: ' . $fb_enable . ' $fb_token: ' . $fb_token,LOGGER_DEBUG); 
 			if($fb_post && $fb_token && $fb_enable) {
 				logger('facebook: able to post');
 				require_once('library/facebook.php');