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    Image of Valerie Flame Valerie Flame
    08:18 AM

    In reply to Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
    Am I reading this wrong or are they forcing people to be searchable? Some people don't want to be found by others. At all.

    But go to that page where you used to be able to choose who searches for you an you get:

    "Your privacy settings are secured for your protection."
    with a lock box. How is putting your info out there against your will "for your protection"? What if you have an abusive ex who will now find you?
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    Image of MaelstromInTheMiddle MaelstromInTheMiddle
    06:31 AM

    In reply to Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
    You have to enter your password to even alter the new default settings. There are also multiple pages in which you'll have to visit to get all your original settings back, ei. all your profile pictures will be viewable to everyone unless you specifically go into a second screen and change that back as well. You also have to go into the Settings tab and change each item, posts, links, notes, photos, etc, that you post back to only friends, as it's been defaulted to everyone. Also, there is no way now to keep your profile completely viewable by only friends, as the option of who can add you as a friend only has two choices everyone and friends of friends. I used to be able to completely hide my entire profile so that only friends could see it, and if I friended someone, I had to add them because no one else could see my profile. That layer of protection is now no longer an option.
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    Image of Schm Schm
    04:41 AM

    In reply to Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
    It also looks like they altered the profile picture album privacy settings - I logged on tonight and realized that I was suddenly able to see a non-friend's profile picture album. So then I just started randomly clicking on strangers, and everyone's albums were viewable. I checked my privacy settings and sure enough, my profile photo album settings were set to "everyone". Some shiesty shit right there.
    I'm not one of those people who throws a big hissy fit whenever they make changes, but damn. If they're gonna be going around quietly fucking with everyone's privacy settings, I might have to deactivate again.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/09/09

    In reply to Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
    Asking you questions you don't want to have to answer about content no one cares about.

    Isn't this the entire premise of NonSociety?
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    Image of Varnsen Varnsen
    12/09/09

    @Swifter: I think this is the premise of ordering at Subway.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    12/09/09

    In reply to Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
    Neither Facebook nor Twitter can be of any relevance to me because my work blocked them from the server.I need to just live without...
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    Edited by TheUptightMidwesterner at 12/09/09 8:49 PM TheUptightMidwesterner was starred TheUptightMidwesterner was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/09/09

    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 Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    12/03/09

    In reply to Yelp's Holiday Party Way Lustier Than Yours
    Looks like fun. Randy anti-corporate holiday parties with Asian chicks is where Northern California shines.
     Reply
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    12/03/09

    In reply to Yelp's Holiday Party Way Lustier Than Yours
    Something in those photos tells me half the female staffers are alumnae from a certain Asian sorority at Cal.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/03/09

    In reply to Yelp's Holiday Party Way Lustier Than Yours
    Huh. Just learned I am nowhere near attractive enough to work at Yelp.
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    Image of lesbiansayswhat lesbiansayswhat
    12/02/09

    In reply to Facebook Still Cleaning Up Its Redesign Mess
    The only significant change I can see is that the lower version isn't showing ads, which makes a huge difference. I can take all the schizophrenia of Facebook design but those scammy ads littered all over my screen really suck the fun out of looking around.
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    Image of Penscribe Penscribe
    12/01/09

    In reply to Facebook Absolutely Demolishing MySpace in the Sex Offender Demographic
    If a sex offender can live on your block, I have no idea how people will lawfully keep them off social media Web sites.
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