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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07:48 PM

    In reply to Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
    I like the cut of your jib, Tate.
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    12/08/09

    In reply to Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List
    Myxlplyx! Nothing happened. Oh well!
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    Image of twig twig
    12/08/09

    In reply to Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List
    For every new media company that allows uploaded photos, there's an unlucky SOB or two that gets to go through the ones that people flagged.

    That facebook has these isn't really a story -- 100 is a lot, but after all, they get 2-3 billion photos uploaded a month.

    A better story would be to find one of these people and do an interview. It's really not that hard. Their jobs are not, in my experience, any kind of secret.
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    Image of D2theMatthews D2theMatthews
    12/08/09

    In reply to Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List
    Is this related to that Beacon class action suit email that I just deleted?
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/07/09

    In reply to Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List
    It's ubiquitous in the industry. God knows, every time some n00b gets in my face at Wordpress.com I scan their blog, looking for Terms of Service violations I can report. What can I say, it's cheaper than having a life.
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    Image of tacotico tacotico
    12/08/09

    @raincoaster: Where the F is the Like link for this?????????
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/08/09

    @tacotico: It's the Paypal button on [raincoaster.com] Thanks for asking!
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/08/09

    @raincoaster:

    Look raincoaster, when you have a good blog, you announce it. You don't keep it to yourself for years. You've got seafood, Bon Jovi, cartoons, shampoo, Trudeaus. Double Yew Tee Eff.

    Oh wait... you're goooooood...
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/08/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Well, you know me. I'm just not the self-promotional type.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    12/03/09

    In reply to Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores
    You know, a man of his age really can't pull off the t-shirts and shorts thing anymore. No one wants to see those moobs, and that bare knee reminds me of Larry David's revulsion at men in shorts on aero-planes. Christ, all the money in the world and some people can't make themselves decent-looking as a courtesy to others' delicate eyeballs. Game over brah, put on some pants and some self-respect.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/03/09

    In reply to Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores
    I have mixed feelings about this one. Sex offenders = bad. But having to tell the govt about your online profiles seems, well, like not even a shred of privacy.

    What about just adding a badge to their profiles, "registered sex offender" like bloggers have to do with their sponsorships now?
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    Image of hotpinklovesofa hotpinklovesofa
    12/03/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    I never got on board with Facebook or any of the other ones but I can say it's officially over when my mother, who can barely use the computer, is on there now with a bunch of friends. I just found this out this morning when I got one of those automatic e-mail friend requests from her account. Yawn. If I need you to know something I've got e-mail, text and phone, otherwise, I'll keep my privacy thanks. I do like Twitter, although I just use it to follow people/groups.
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    12/03/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Guess Zuck wants to outsource "girls of FB exposed" to the entire world...

    But seriously, why is he so obssesed with trying to be twitter? specially considering FB is closer to what a real business should be.
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    Image of Penscribe Penscribe
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Considering you can join a network and block users from viewing your profile, I don't understand why Facebook is doing away with the option due to "privacy" concerns. I think you're on to something, Ryan.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    12/02/09

    In reply to Groom Tweets, Changes Facebook Relationship Status from the Altar
    Tool.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/02/09

    In reply to Groom Tweets, Changes Facebook Relationship Status from the Altar
    This is fine. As is calling in a bet to your bookie.
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    Image of Urbania Urbania
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Keeping up with revisions to FB privacy settings : My second full-time job.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    I log onto Facebook, I see that a distant friend from grade school has been busy in Farmville, I log off of Facebook. If you can build a business model on that, god bless you.
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    Image of sparkyl sparkyl
    12/02/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Don't foget Farkle and Mafia Wars. God people, get a life! Hide, hide, hide, hide.
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    Image of tongue-tied tongue-tied
    12/02/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: They make money by aggregating and selling data about users. Mostly for marketing, market research, that sort of thing, although it doesn't necessarily end there. They may make some money from those stupid, annoying ads, but I doubt that's the biggest element of their revenue stream.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    12/02/09

    @tongue-tied: Word. Don't play the games.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    What I'd like to see in FB, and which would be great for members, is being able to create groups that are stand-alone networks. So, say, my Lushes group can see and post amongst each other picts, updates and comments that Family can't (and vice-versa). Each network would see a flow of information, but not other groups' info flows.
    And, the ability to add one person to multiple groups (work, school or friends, school and friends, work and school..., say).
    Right now, my only option is to block ALL trinkets to a specific group, which leaves suspicious gaps on my page (Really, Mom, you DON'T want to see me doing my half-naked Jiggy Dance on the Go-Go stage at 4AM, even though you think you do).

    It's such a common sense way to do things that I suspect that FB doesn't do this on purpose, all the more to propagate personal data. Which might be better for their IPO, but lousy for their long-term success since Moms (and potential bosses) are instead completely locked out.

    I suspect that, like Regional settings, FB doesn't like its members to be selective with who sees what, and rather than delivering what users want, works against it. No successful company has enjoyed long-term success (without breaking Anti-Trust law).
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