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jimmiethefish
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| cosmicgirlie, there is plenty of info on public record that you can search and not difficult to find. you can also check out other sites' terms of use and compare what protections are in place for users. after doing the above, i couldn't quit fast enough |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
My biggest problem with facebook is the Networks. You can only join 1 school network, 1 region network, 1 work network, etc...
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I want a range of years for my university. I knew people who didn't
graduate in the exact same year as me. |
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cosmicgirlie
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| jimmiethefish wrote: |
| cosmicgirlie, there is plenty of info on public record that you can search and not difficult to find. you can also check out other sites' terms of use and compare what protections are in place for users. after doing the above, i couldn't quit fast enough |
Which I'm sure there are public records--same probably could be said about MySpace and other social networking sites--it just appears that Facebook seems to have all these "rumours" going on about.
I'm not defending Facebook by any means--it's a highly addictive and evil site--just look at how many kids have been suspended from school for posting threatening or inappropriate things--and as they should be. Any parent that doesn't take that kind of threat serious is living in a fantasy land. I always laughed at parents on the tele going on about "how great their kid was and this was a stupid stunt"--well you're kid is not that great and Cyber bullying is Bullying period--get off your fantasy rock and smack some sh*t into that kid
It's a public forum--the internet is a highly public space and anything you post period is up for use or mis-use. The sooner you come to this realization and are at peace with it, the quicker you can move on with your daily activities. Be smart about what you put out there or it could be used against you period! Common sense folks, common sense! |
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jimmiethefish
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: pusan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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The public forum/public space thing is a given on the internet. To be more specific, it's not who in cyberspace can ogle your life story that I'm concerned about. It's what you are giving site owners the permission to do by joining.
In comparing other sites' terms (and it's impossible to compare all but I did check a few biggies), there are definite, self imposed limitations on what they can do with your info and if you have the inclination and the where with all you can assert your rights in law.
My concern with FB, is that it doesn't have any limitations on what the Company can do with your info, does not specify the affiliations that they share your info with and when you check the terms box, you give them permission to gather any information on you from any source. Just read the terms.
This appears to be taking things a few disturbing steps further than what I can figure out has been the practice to date. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this. This, coupled with the background checking I did, raised some big red flags. I can see why there are rumors and conspiracy theories floating about, whether rightly or wrongly.
Of course there are those who will hunt down info on people anyway (hell, I used to hunt down company info for an advertising department and I was pretty good at it), but that is not the same as giving permission to be thoroughly mined by a company with some mighty powerful connections.
And of course it's highly addictive. It wouldn't be much use if it wasn't.
Anyway, if anyone is concerned, do your own checking and don't just rely on message board rumor or even listen to me. If you're ok with what you find that's great, if not, you know what to do. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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I just joined...can't find any of these 'old friends' that are suppose to be so easy to find on there!
If you have their 'email', you can find them. If I had all their emails, I wouldn't be looking for them on facebook! |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I just joined...can't find any of these 'old friends' that are suppose to be so easy to find on there!
If you have their 'email', you can find them. If I had all their emails, I wouldn't be looking for them on facebook! |
Ah, you caught on. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| You don't need their email. What are you talking about? Search for their name. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| I just joined that thing recently by someone elses request. Already got a long lost friend of 16 years back contact me. its kinda fun. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| You don't need their email. What are you talking about? Search for their name. |
People actually put their real names in these things?
It's got potential stalker's dream written all over it. Whatever happened to not giving your real name and not giving too much personal information about yourself over public websites? |
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procrastinatrix
Joined: 01 May 2006
Location: Sinchon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| BJWD wrote: |
| You don't need their email. What are you talking about? Search for their name. |
People actually put their real names in these things?
It's got potential stalker's dream written all over it. Whatever happened to not giving your real name and not giving too much personal information about yourself over public websites? |
yeah, but they can't view your profile unless you approve them and let them. and you can limit them and only let them see what you want them to.
it's better than myspace because there aren't as many fakers. at least it used to be before they opened it up to everybody. i still only use it for my school network/classmates so I don't really know how things have changed. |
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knee-highs
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Location: yes
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| How does one hide a profile on Facebook? As a new member, I am hopelessly lost. |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
It's got potential stalker's dream written all over it. Whatever happened to not giving your real name and not giving too much personal information about yourself over public websites? |
You have to option not to use your real name on facebook, but facebook seems to encourage people to do so, a marketing practice which could charitably be referred to as irresonsible. Having said that, I think a lot of the responsibility should also fall on the users. If you don't want the wrong people to avidly look up information on you, set you profile to private AND don't put a whole lot of personal information about it. You want to blog about your binge drinking and drop F-Bombs on a public slelf described "sociall utility"? Do so at your own risk, and don't cry "big brother" if a prospective employer gets spooked. Likewise, posting detailed photos of your house, your street, your neighbors, your friends, your school, etc... should be a "do-at-your-own-risk" type practice.
It would be a nice gesture if Facebook would put a prominent safety PSA on their site, for the benefit of the sheltered suburban teens the site is clearly marketed to. On that note, I also suspect some Facebook members--- particularly the many "girls gone wild" wannabes--- kind of enjoy being cyberstalked by horny netizens, and are not yet old enough or wise enough to understand that some cyberstalkers can turn into real-life stalkers. |
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just another day
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| and are not yet old enough or wise enough to understand that some cyberstalkers can turn into real-life stalkers. |
yeah, you should see how many of my korean and asian friends complain about dirty white guys stalking them on facebook and myspace etc...
they usually turn their profile to "private" because of their disgust. some even delete their profile because of the dirty white guys.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VQoJ6xDyojg
check out this funny segment on craigslist stalkers and how they expose like 70+ perverted white guys looking for an asian transvestite.  |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Makes me lose sleep and have panic attacks seeing how succesful people that I knew are. |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Makes me lose sleep and have panic attacks seeing how succesful people that I knew are. |
I hear ya. The little girl who lived across the alley from me when we were kids, now all growed up, Facebooked me out of the blue. "I quit my job doing AIDS research at Harvard so I can finally finish my doctorate in anthropology at UC Berkeley. So what are you up to these days?"
Jeee-zus. |
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