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The article states that your Facebook info will be shared with more than friends. And I said the Article is a several years old. its 2012 in fact almost halfway through the year. The article is 2010 January 9th.
Now the mandatory Sharing of info that the Article talks about didn't happen. You can choose what info you share and with whom.
The article is wrong. Period. people wanted the Choice on how privacy works and Facebook gave it to them.
how much plainer can you get?
you are wrong again hahaha
Now the fact is that if FB ended tomorrow the world (6Billion people) would take very little note of it and it would have virtually zero (note I said the word virtually, so don't twist my words), impact on the REAL world outside of social interaction.
So, in fact what you think is private can be very open.
You remind of those guys who in the 1930's when they were trying to sell the SS number to the American People, believed the Government when it said that it would never be used for personal identification.
So, you are wrong again.
Correcting you is getting boring.
The article is wrong also on it being FRIENDS or Public as your only choice. you can share info by designating groups individuals public and private.
They asked for my Wife's Facebook password at her work. She told them no. They admitted they had no legal standing to make her give it to them. (its just the FEDGOV trying to intimidate the masses) They also admitted they could not punish her for not giving it to them. And she must have a yearly FBI background check to work there. And in her works case its redundant anyhow being that with The FBI background check they can legally peruse our ISP info transmission using the built in CALEA compliant system if they need it.
Bottomline if you think you can do anything illegal or stupid and you talk about it Be it on Facebook or at the local pub and not suffer consequences (people do tend to talk you know) then you are an idiot.
Common sense takes care of any privacy concerns on Facebook. Its can be summed up simply and it works equally well On or off of Facebook. "Don't share what you are ashamed of."
Anon User
37 votes by Chris McCoy, Ashot Petrosian, Stanley Chen, (more)
I’ve been using Facebook for years and will keep doing so.
During this long journey as a Facebook user, I realized some very interesting facts
•History Book: The biggest use of Facebook is to connect with people who ‘mattered’ to you most in the past rather than who actually matters right now. e.g. 90% of people on my Facebook are the ones with whom I was associated in the past. Facebook’s desire to digitize all the relationships in the world makes you connect with everyone you ever interacted in the real world. Most of them becomes part of your past as you move along in your life. Now, when you’re on Facebook you are mostly living in the past.
•Waste of Time: As you keep interacting with people in the past life, you keep spending your time. This is where you are living your past life rather than the present life. Once, you come back to the present, you realize that you spent a lot of time on the ‘past’ with people who mattered once upon a time. None of the interaction or conversation is really useful right now. This happens often.
•Source of Guilt: Now you realize the two facts above and you keep doing the same thing time and again. You get used to living in past and coming back to present. This results into a consistent source of Guilt.
•Private to public usage: Initially when you join Facebook, you’re connected to most close friends. Now, Facebook pushes you to add more people that you may know. Facebook keep suggesting to you to the point you give up and you end up adding everyone you ever interacted in real life. Now, your friend list is not private anymore. Everything is public. Facebook didn’t do it, It made you do it. Whose fault?
•Makes you a Creep: More and more of your friends keep sharing their pictures, private photos and travel etc. Now, It becomes your innate desire to check ALL the stuff out. There is nothing bad about checking it out - Just that you are now spending so much of time doing what can be considered creepy.
•Makes you Less Social: This might sound confusing, but If you really dig deeper there are some facts about being social - A phone call is always more social than Facebook sharing or online chat. Facebook can’t get closer to meeting friends face to face. More you start doing Facebook, less time you spend with your current friends. Your life of past becomes an obsession and now you are way less social in real life.
•It’s Not Real: Whatever you do on Facebook, doesn’t impact the bottom line or top line of your current life. All you do is kill some time and feel guilty about doing so. You also feel guilty about losing your productivity.
http://www.quora.com/What-are-all-the-problems-with-Facebook-from-an-end-users-perspective
Now, I posted an article from an actual FB user.
Seems like the points I was making, he made as well.
Now, as I said, for every positive in FB, there is also a negative.
And the essential use of FB is simply social, for people to talk about their own lives.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Your denials to the contrary not withstanding.
That doesn't make FB important, only popular.
So, FR has an actual function in society.
Amazing you can't see the difference.
Let us focus on this part of your statement so you can understand it. "CAN be very open'" Note you didn't say/ IS very open.
Why is this because the article states nothing more than IF you share embarrassing info On Facebook it can be used against you. But that goes for everything OUTSIDE of Facebook also. see the Key word here is "IF" and this is the point you gloss over.
Facebook allows you to chose who you SHARE your info with and exactly what info is shared . Its not an all or nothing prospect.
the Same thing goes with you cellphone. "IF" you take a picture of yourself mooning someone and you share it via a text message it can be used against you.
If you give a naked picture of yourself to someone else they can use it against you. Whether it be on Facebook or on your front porch. Facebook allows you to choose if you want to share such info or not. There is nothing new and sinister here you do understand that don't you Sparky?
Facebook Will Disappear in 5 to 8 Years: Analyst
CNBC ^ | 6/4/12 | Cadie Thompson
Posted on Monday, June 04, 2012 10:51:13 PM by Lmo56
Jackson’s comments on the future of the social network come at a time when Facebook’s stock is down about 27 percent from its IPO price of $38 a share, making it the biggest two-week loss of any IPO since 1995.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2891613/posts
It is the sound of FB stock crashing.
LOL!
hahaha I guess there is a new definition of Disappeared 18.29 Billion (YHOO) In market Cap is the New Disappeared. Hahahah What a Contrived argument.
You do know that the light bult was actually useful don't you?
You do know that the light bulb was actually useful don't you?
People will find another toy to play with.
The entire issue about FB is sharing your life with others.
FB is saving that data.
No nothing sinister, just more information the Government has access to, that FB provided for them-sparky.
Girl posts cash pile image on Facebook, house gets robbed within hours
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2891751/posts
Anon User
37 votes by Chris McCoy, Ashot Petrosian, Stanley Chen, (more)
I’ve been using Facebook for years and will keep doing so.
During this long journey as a Facebook user, I realized some very interesting facts
•History Book: The biggest use of Facebook is to connect with people who ‘mattered’ to you most in the past rather than who actually matters right now. e.g. 90% of people on my Facebook are the ones with whom I was associated in the past. Facebook’s desire to digitize all the relationships in the world makes you connect with everyone you ever interacted in the real world. Most of them becomes part of your past as you move along in your life. Now, when you’re on Facebook you are mostly living in the past.
•Waste of Time: As you keep interacting with people in the past life, you keep spending your time. This is where you are living your past life rather than the present life. Once, you come back to the present, you realize that you spent a lot of time on the ‘past’ with people who mattered once upon a time. None of the interaction or conversation is really useful right now. This happens often.
•Source of Guilt: Now you realize the two facts above and you keep doing the same thing time and again. You get used to living in past and coming back to present. This results into a consistent source of Guilt.
•Private to public usage: Initially when you join Facebook, you’re connected to most close friends. Now, Facebook pushes you to add more people that you may know. Facebook keep suggesting to you to the point you give up and you end up adding everyone you ever interacted in real life. Now, your friend list is not private anymore. Everything is public. Facebook didn’t do it, It made you do it. Whose fault?
•Makes you a Creep: More and more of your friends keep sharing their pictures, private photos and travel etc. Now, It becomes your innate desire to check ALL the stuff out. There is nothing bad about checking it out - Just that you are now spending so much of time doing what can be considered creepy.
•Makes you Less Social: This might sound confusing, but If you really dig deeper there are some facts about being social - A phone call is always more social than Facebook sharing or online chat. Facebook can’t get closer to meeting friends face to face. More you start doing Facebook, less time you spend with your current friends. Your life of past becomes an obsession and now you are way less social in real life.
•It’s Not Real: Whatever you do on Facebook, doesn’t impact the bottom line or top line of your current life. All you do is kill some time and feel guilty about doing so. You also feel guilty about losing your productivity.
http://www.quora.com/What-are-all-the-problems-with-Facebook-from-an-end-users-perspective
BTW you were claiming FRee republic is relevant and Facebook isn't because of of Subject Matter. One Facebook Page Backing Scott Walker Known as Tea Party Patriots have 800 thousands Followers. Free Republic has around 300K registered.
And that is just one political group on Facebook.
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