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    Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores

    Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot

    Groom Tweets, Changes Facebook Relationship Status from the Altar

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    12/02/09

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

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Regional-network privacy is meaningless. Anything you can share with all of New York you can share with the world.

    If you like regions as a way to group your friends, you can create Lists representing different regions. Since Facebook allows friends to be assigned to more than one List, you can even have overlapping regions (for example, city and state membership; or, multiple cities for friends who move around).
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    12/02/09

    @iplaudius: but i have to make it! it was so convenient when say - attending a wedding in houston - to search (which took fucking forever since regions got hidden in the bowels of FB) for my friends who were there!
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    Have you seen the new rules that you can't use facebook to run contests as a promotional tool unless you buy thousands of dollars in ads? So much for the little guy.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/02/09

    In reply to Groom Tweets, Changes Facebook Relationship Status from the Altar
    This has been bouncing around the blogosphere for a few days and now that it's reached the echelon of Gawker, Mashable and TechCrunch, perhaps even because the guy himself started submitting it after his honeymoon... I wouldn't be surprised, if it ends up getting him a better job.

    Too bad there wasn't a State Dinner, they could crash.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    12/02/09

    @Magister: Wait wait wait, someone pawning their own douchiness off on others in the hopes they become a viral superstar? Say it ain't so!
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/02/09

    @Conchie Birdie: See Tucker Max
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    12/02/09

    @Magister: Please, I'd rather get the clap.
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    12/02/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I'm betting you can accomplish both at once.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
    If you want to see how much Facebook really knows - and reveals - about you, take this quiz (on Facebook) by the ACLU.

    Log into your Facebook account and follow the prompts to take the quiz - I think you'll be as shocked as I was to see how much of your info is floating around out there.

    [ssl.facebook.com]
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    Image of pheiticeira pheiticeira
    12/02/09

    @Lysergic Asset: is that legit? I've seen issues regarding alternate sites like this
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    Image of limber limber
    12/02/09

    @Lysergic Asset: My paranoid misanthropic tendencies have finally been rewarded! I've never taken one of those quizzes, and thus consider myself a "stealth" Facebooker.
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    12/02/09

    @limber: It would be really funny (and not as in 'ha-ha') if taking the ACLU quiz opened your profile up to scrutiny even more than the rest. I pretty much deleted my entire Facebook account after taking that quiz.
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    Image of Cunning_Linguist Cunning_Linguist
    12/02/09

    @Lysergic Asset: If it weren't for this quiz, I would have probably been too lazy to change my application privacy settings. So kudos to ACLU and you.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/02/09

    @Cunning_Linguist: Pass it on! This shit is the stuff of nightmares.
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    12/02/09

    @pheiticeira: It's not an alternate site - the ACLU has a group on Facebook itself, just like "I Can Haz Cheeseburger" or whatever.

    The quiz exposes the humongous privacy gaps in Facebook, even if you think (as I did) that your privacy settings were keeping your info private.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Groom Tweets, Changes Facebook Relationship Status from the Altar
    I was going to write something snarky and (possibly) funny, but then realized this guy's bit was just a douchy move. Really, pal, show your new bride some REAL love. Changing your Facebook status now counts as a show of love? Ick. Hope when she shoved cake in his face later it had his Blackberry inside it.
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