fuck man, facebook issues AGAIN

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100729/tc_pcworld/thefacebookdatatorrentdebacleqa

sorry i don't know how to paste the whole article in the thread




i have not quit using facebook, because all of my college friends are scattered across the globe and it makes life easier for communication...and even for communication between people i meet at shows and such...but a torrent of people's info???FREAKY

 

I have set myself to private, it's all the idiots who decide willingly let stranger access there account.

It's not surprising, the site is a joke. It started out with a genuinely great selling point, but now is turning to some second coming of myspace. My friend adds strangers based on their looks, that is plain weird.

 

I had one, then cancelled it. Then started it again and have now cancelled it once more.

I got tired of people adding me who I never even spoke to in school, and reading updates about how their 15th child smiled at them today

 

People who use any of these type of services need to also start to take responsibility for some of these issues.

You do not have to supply all of the information on your page. You can register with only your name on the page and still connect with those you know. if you float your personal information then you have no legitimate complaint if it is hacked.

 

i mean i have my home town, old AIM name (from high school) and my bday minus the year showing. my account is set to private, as far as i know...but the web designer or creator makes it hard for you to be sure. my name isn't my real name either so yeah...but still


i know it's another myspace now...but i joined when it was for colleges...and all the transitions they've made SUCK i think...yeah random friend requests are easy to ignore...imaginary being, that is FUNNY that your friend accepts people based off their looks...sad but funny

maybe it's the users...but maybe some more regulations need to be made...honestly fuck if i know...but PRIVACY...seriously the lack of in this world is frustrating.

 

I like to point out the obvious, leave me alone

In all honesty, I didn't think it would be like Myspace. When I originally signed up it was so very conservative in layout, and the users were older, I thought it was a really nifty way to keep in touch with friends.

My sister was telling me someone 'facebook raped' her recently. What the fuck sort of lingo is that?? She is 18 and I told her not to be disgusting, she called me square

I can live with that

 

I've heard worse language from you, young man

 

wtf does that even mean though....fb raped...

gah some girls overuse the word RAPE...which is a SERIOUS thing...and to attach that to FB is a little too much for me

 

eh i knew it was bound to happen. Not unexpected. I dont add anyone I haven't met. so I think I am pretty safe but even then, you can never be sure. so dont put anything on there you dont want the world to know.

 

When someone puts like, "I have a small willy" as your status. It's lame.

 

i can't say i disagree with you. but...

 

i put all kinds of fake info on there. except the tv shows i like.

 

Fuck off you ****, no idea what you're talking about.... oh wank it :Angel_anim:

 

I have the strictest settings offered, and I don't put much info out there...

The article said that guy only collected from public profiles. People who leave themselves open like that deserve to be collected.

 

All of my facebook friends are also my HF friends, as well as a few family members/real-life friends and my fiance's family members/real-life friends.

 

That's all semantic bullshit. That's what they want you to think. "Oh, this is newer and cooler than myspace, I can connect with..."
What better way to get information on people than have them outright give it to you out of their own ignorance. ( I don't mean you personally IMAGINARY)

I don't understand why or how people can't see facebook for what it really is.

"What is facebook then Lunar?"

Glad you asked...

Facebook is a way of simply cataloguing people. You know those drugs that advertise on tv and then list a whole bunch of side effects...they list those side effects because they don't yet know how those drugs will fare on humans. Thus they prey on people in need of relief who own a telephone, who order those drugs. Making the user the guinea pig, they can't sue, can't complain, because they took those drugs of their own free will.

If someone wanted information on you, what better way to get it than to play on people's vanity. "Oh look, I can post pictures of myself, my family, where I live, what I'm doing, awesome. Others can see it and I can see what they're doing. Man I love the twenty first century. Social networking is like people reaching out and coming together. How awesome all of this is!" (Generalizing here for effect, of course not everyone is like this.)

It's a way of cataloguing people like sheep; knowing where you live, where you went to school, where you work, what you and your family looks like, what you do, what you've done, etc. And everyone bought it because they were too dense to see it for what it's worth.

 

I only have famliy members and a couple of my moms friends facebook. I always watch what I post, I never post anything about smoking pot on their

 

No offense taken, your post was on the button. I suppose I was easily roped in, I never used Facebook and was persuaded to use Facebook by friends, to connect with them and others.

I am actually not very good with the internet, this forum stuff is all quite new to me as well!


All in all though, as much as it can catalogue people Luna, it also can be useful.. well sometimes. People always say to me ' keep in touch with old friends', but that's the problem

that's why they are old friends. We are happy enough being Facebook buddies but we'd never hang out in person together anyways. Some people have added me, and I actually saw them tonight- I would have talked to them, they looked uncomfortable. My actual friends, heck, I just ring or text them.

I have learned that internet communication is a fickle thing. I know as many of you on this site as well, if not better, than half of my 'actual' friends on Facebook. It's a sad world that we live in. Either that or the good old fashioned internet forum is still hugely relevant (I spend WAY more time here). God bless you all

 

im boycotting it

all it is is a tool for stalkers and nosey people anyways