Why Facebook Users Are Considering Leaving [CHART]

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The Internet masses have been up in arms lately about Facebook, a wave of dissent that began forming around the time that Facebook launched a massive privacy overhaul five months back, and continued to grow as messages found their way to the wrong boxes (among other privacy gaffes) and the Open Graph was introduced.

Add to that ancient, expletive-laden IMs from Mark Zuckerberg, sites calling for users to quit, a Time Magazine cover and some promising Facebook alternatives, and you've got a legit protest movement.

So naturally we were interested to see how our readers were reacting to the uproar, and whether they would be in on the exodus. We've embedded a graph showing the results below, but there are some essential takeaways from this survey: Namely, people (even the social media-savvy fans of Mashable) are wavering in their dedication to the site, and giving up personal information seems to be the main issue.

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We're eager to see what Zuckerberg and Co. come up with when they announce Facebook's new privacy controls on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see if this turn of events restores any measure of confidence in the site.