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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    wow, I didn't realize anyone cared...
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    GAWKER! RYAN! Seriously, you guys need to spearhead a Facebook boycott day, where everyone deactivates their accounts for 24 or 48 hours. That will send a message that users are still in control of whether they use Facebook or not. You guys reach millions of people. You could do it.

    If you don't do it, we're all just sitting around posting status updates while Zuckerberg gets richer and richer. Let's make him one of those tech burnouts instead.
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    Image of ub ub
    12/17/09

    @cassandra: Wait, what? Why do we hate Zuckerberg?
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    12/17/09

    @ub: Uh, because he is engineering the release of information (that we thought was protected) to the public to enrich himself?
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Doesn't he keep screwing this site up because he stole it to begin with?
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    12/17/09

    @BlinkyMcChuck: [www.aarongreenspan.com]
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Please don't anyone act surprised, no matter what fancy names we give these services; MySpace, Facebook etc..

    In the end these are data mining companies, privacy is an obstacle for them.

    Sooner or later this was bound to happen. Richard Stallmann has been warning about this for years, that moving to cloud based services will lead to immoral usage policies.

    This is yet another day where I am happy that I never touched any of these "networking" sites.
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    Image of trixiekiddO trixiekiddO
    12/17/09

    @Coolmodo: Amen my friend. These sites are so freaking toxic and people just. don't. get. it.

    I've never understood the notion of puking ones entire life on the web. The scary thing is that to me, it blatantly shows that we have become a society that is so connected that we have become absolutely disconnected. Can you "really" be a 'true' friend to 500 people? Or, are you and your 500 friends just voyeurs in each other's stupid existence? It's all really fucking sad.

    Although...I have wrestled with the idea of creating a page just so I can post "Takin' a poop" multiple times a day...
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Why would you not want to FB people you know?
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    Image of Pablo Arevalo Pablo Arevalo
    12/17/09

    @not_a_virus.exe.vbs:
    You mean you're OK with having that neighbor/coworker/distant relative you can't stand spam you (and your friends) with inane/offensive/whatever posts on FB as well as those times you have to talk to them in RL?
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    12/17/09

    @Pablo Arevalo: I don't know anyone that annoying IRL but you make a good point.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Goddammit.. the last thing I needed is for my kindergarten teacher to see I'm the head of the Conrad Bain fan club, southwest chapter.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Tell me again why I want FB?
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    12/16/09

    @Alfisted: Dude? Are you for serious? You remember all those drunk, embarrassing pictures you took last night? Well of course you don't. But now half of your family does, and that weird kid that sat next to you freshman year does, and so does that cute girl that was interested in you(not so much anymore), and so does your boss, o and your neighbor. Why wouldn't you want one?
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    I'm gonna meet christmas all over your ass in a minute.
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    Image of cpjones cpjones
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Hmmm, I deleted my myspace account a couple of months ago. Maybe I should go back? I wonder if this is an attempt by Facebook to reignite the competition, since they basically have none now that myspace all but bowed down to FB. I'm not sure I can go back to the stupid backgrounds, loud videos and music that immediately start when you access a profile, and the constant adbot friend requests though.
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    Image of [DFX] Deimos [DFX] Deimos
    12/16/09

    @cpjones: Thanks for reminding me to delete my MySpace account....
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Are you telling me that the entire world now knows that I'm a fan of Jennifer Aniston?
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Can you block new and old customers to buy the corresponding product? Stay tuned!!!
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    Image of CJ Disaffected CJ Disaffected
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    I am having a bit of trouble figuring out why everyone is freaking out about all of this. The fact of the matter is, you are involved in an online community, and as a result, you and other community members are posting information about you and pictures (presumably) of you online. That means that they are out there in the digital world, like not private anymore. If you are so damned concerned about privacy, how about this? GET THE FUCK OFF FACEBOOK! For the love of god people, if you don't want your boss to know that you are involved in interspecies erotica or some ridiculous shit like that, then don't live your life online. It's not rocket science we are talking here!
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    Image of Better to Eat You With Better to Eat You With
    12/16/09

    @CJ Disaffected: This is how I feel, too. The idea that there is any such thing as "privacy" on the internet is both silly and deceptive. Don't put anything in writing that you wouldn't want published in the newspaper, or some such cliche, right? Don't put it on Facebook, either.
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    Heneage promoted this comment Edited by Better to Eat You With at 12/16/09 5:52 PM Better to Eat You With was starred Better to Eat You With was unstarred
    Image of Heneage Heneage
    12/16/09

    @Better to Eat You With: the whole point of Facebook used to be that it was private. That's why you had to friend people, and there were privacy settings. Way back in the day, only college students could use it - remember that? Probably not.

    I have just deactivated my account, which I've had for over 5 years, because now I have no control over whether things other people post show up on my wall. I do value my privacy and am/was very careful about what I posted. I do not want to live in a panopticon.
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    12/16/09

    @CJ Disaffected: Technically of course you are right, however, one of the things that attracted people to Facebook (vs. MySpace, for example) was the relative privacy it did offer. Yes, there is no such thing as *complete* privacy on the internet, however, Facebook seemed to offer a safer haven, where people had control over what information about themselves would be visible, and to whom, etc. Now they are slowly eroding that. That's the problem.
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    Image of ownstateltor ownstateltor
    12/16/09

    @CJ Disaffected: I've been stalked. I shouldn't have to delete myself from humanity just because my ex-boyfriend is a loser who hasn't moved on six years later...
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    12/16/09

    @Dave J.: Still doesn't seem like as big a problem as it's being made out to be.
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    Image of SarsDoesntSave SarsDoesntSave
    12/16/09

    @CJ Disaffected: I take issue with the fact that they are taking things that were private when I first put them up (e.g. friends list, profile pic, fan pages) and now retroactively making them not private. It's not what I signed up for, you know?

    I also don't check Facebook all the time, so it took me a few days to realize that things that I thought were private and had in fact set up to BE private (my photos) had been made public to the world. There is nothing on Facebook that I am ashamed of or need to hide, but that doesn't mean that I am comfortable with everything being shared with the world.
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    12/16/09

    @CJ Disaffected: The draw of Facebook was the limited openness of the network which gave people a comfort level using their real names. Thank the FSM I have three accounts, only one of which is really 'me.'
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    Image of jstevens722 jstevens722
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Before Facebook implemented these new privacy settings, I was able to block two of my friends (that I work with) from seeing my status updates, but they still were able to see posts by others and also post to my wall if they chose to. Now if I block them from "Posts by me" then they are also blocked from my entire wall. Seems like a Facebook bug to me, and I've complained to them about it, but nothing has changed.

    Now these friends will know that I'm blocking them; before they might have just thought I never posted status updates. I don't want them to KNOW that they are being blocked! It's so frustrating.

    I know the new features allow you to set individual privacy settings for each post, but I can't apply that to posts I've already created. I don't understand why Facebook has decided to take away privacy options and controls that we used to have.
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    Image of Heneage Heneage
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    I just deactivated my FB account. Maybe if enough others do it too Markey Z and the crew will get the idea.

    This is due primarily to the photo tagging issue. It's bad enough that I can't prohibit other people from tagging me in their photos. Now I have no choice about whether them tagging me against my will shows up on my wall as well...
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/16/09

    @Heneage: Fake FB accounts FTW!
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    Image of Heneage Heneage
    12/16/09

    @DahlELama: Avatars, unite!
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    12/16/09

    @Heneage: i agree with @DahlElama - fake fb!!! also, how else will i see pics of your delicious treats?!?!
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    12/16/09

    @DahlELama: I love Facebook so much I have three accounts.

    My lesbian cousin who is a school teacher keeps two accounts: a public one and a pseudonymous one for her wife and rugby friends.
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    Image of major disaster major disaster
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    Just curious - what's the big deal about #3? At worst it seems like it would be an annoyance. But how is it a privacy issue? Can't you just refuse requests from people you don't want to be "friends" with? (In case it's not obvious, I don't use Facebook.)

    ETA: I guess I could see how it might be a stalker issue - if someone is trying to harass you, you wouldn't even want to have the incidental contact required to refuse the request, but other than that, is there something else?
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    Dave J. promoted this comment Edited by major disaster at 12/16/09 5:10 PM major disaster was starred major disaster was unstarred
    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    12/16/09

    @major disaster: For me it's not so much a privacy thing as a social-awkwardness thing. There's always "that person" at work who wants to friend you, and it can be tough to say "no," i.e. potential work-related consequences, etc.
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    Image of major disaster major disaster
    12/16/09

    @Dave J.: True enough. I guess that's one part of the reason I still refuse to join (with me it would be family - my mother has an account, and it's so much easier to just say I don't belong in the first place).
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    12/16/09

    @Dave J.: When that happens, just leave it -- don't ignore, don't refuse, just leave it. If the person ever tries to friend you again, they will see that you haven't responded to their original request, and they'll just think you haven't looked at your friend requests in a long time. Or that you hate them.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    12/16/09

    @sanyucat: That's what I do. I think I have 8 friend requests just sitting there now, and some of them have been there for years.

    FB used to really harp on you about this, but they've toned down the notification so much that I think you don't even see it anymore unless you actually go to your friends page.
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    12/16/09

    @badasscat: Weird, they have never once notified me. And I have all kinds of freaks sitting in there, especially the random older gentlemen who persistently friend me out of what I can only assume is a misguided belief that friending strangers on Facebook may result in a sexual encounter.
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