Either this was a really good business deal or a scary forecast into our future. Paul Baier, a Massachusetts dad, paid his 14-year-old daughter Rachel $200 to deactivate her facebook account for five months. Oddly enough, the challenge was the idea of the teen. Rachel signed away her rights to vent in status updates, answer friend requests, and upload pictures for the nifty price of $200 paid in installments over five months. Per the agreement, the deactivation went into effect on Feb 4. 2014, to be reinstated on June 26, 2013. The father agreed to pay the daughter $50 on the April 15, 2013 and the remaining balance of $150 on June 26, 2013.

The contract even includes the Facebook logo, to avoid any confusion. Rachel says the agreement will prevent her from re-activating the account in the future. As far as her use for the hard earned funds? Rachel’s answer written on the contract was “stuff.”

The contract was posted for the world to see on Paul Baier’s blog fittingly named “Practical Sustainabiliity.” On the website he wrote that he is in full support of his daughter's idea.

It’s not difficult to see why Rachel needed the contract to pull herself away from the popular social network. In October 2012, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerburg announced the website had surpassed 1 billion active users each month. Of course, he broke the news in his own Facebook status.

“If you’re reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honor of serving you. Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life,” he said. “I am committed to working everyday to make Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to connect the rest of the world too.”

Maybe Rachel’s decision to rid herself of Facebook will inspire other students to follow suit.

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