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Official Facebook Haters Thread
I've always hated facebook because of it's corporate shadow, but I wonder how long they will keep testing the limits of their members. First they created the "news feed," to publicy announce anytime you make a slight change to your profile. Then, they allow third parties (outside organizations) to create addicting apps allowing them to acquire user data which they can later use against them. Now, check this out:
I was on facebook for a while, but then deactivated my account. When I tried to sign on again a month later, facebook sent me an email confirming that I would like to reactivate my account. I did, and my profile was there complete with wall posts and pictures, EXACTLY how I left it. At least I wasn't one of those people that posted my complete life *in pictures* on there...but I feel bad for the people that did, because you just got PWNED by facebook and it's corporate investors.Facebook Allows Limited Public Searches
By ANICK JESDANUN – Sep 5, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) — The online hangout Facebook is opening another window to the outside world, letting nonusers for the first time search for members' personal profile pages.
The company also plans to begin letting Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other search companies index portions of Facebook profiles to help nonusers more easily find them.
Facebook, which faced a user rebellion a year ago over privacy concerns, stressed that information available through such searches would be less than what someone could find simply by signing up. Users could choose to remain invisible in such searches.
"We think this will help more people connect and find value from Facebook without exposing any actual profile information or data," Facebook engineer Philip Fung wrote in a company blog entry.
Normally, a search on Facebook would yield a user's name, photo, list of friends and network — such as that person's college or work affiliation or hometown. Nonusers would get the name and photo only. They also must sign up to contact the user.
Begun as an online community limited to college campuses, Facebook has grown in usage as membership eligibility gradually expanded to high schools, selected companies and later anyone with an e-mail address.
Unlike the social-networking leader MySpace from News Corp., Facebook has built several walls to limit what people can see about its users. So when Facebook launched a feature to let users easily see changes made to another member's profile, users rebelled and forced the company to offer additional privacy controls.
But limiting access in the name of privacy can also limit growth, and Facebook has been trying to strike a balance. Source
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1) You can change your settings so that your stories dont come up in the mini-feed for everyone to see.
2) You dont have to accept the applications, but i agree that they are very annoying.
3) You can set your security settings so that you cant be found if someone searches for you. Thats what it told me, it said that my security settings were so high that if someone tried to search my name, the wouldnt be able to find me. Im ok with that.
4) If you deactivate your account, it stays there, but its just not active. But all your stuff is still there.
In not a Facebook hater or lover btw. I just go on it every now and then and check my mail and write on my bf's wall :)
i agree, Facebook's original intentions were to set itself apart from other social networking sites such as Myspace and the like by keeping profiles private and only for people whom you allow to view it. even now, i find it's been ok so far with its privacy policies since i don't allow anyone to see my profile unless they're my friend and i have the choice to set limits on news feeds. but i don't like this idea that people could look me up on search engines though...creeps me out. there's no privacy in that.
but i have to hand it to the creator of Facebook. he held out from being bought out from one single corporation, and now instead, he has a couple in the palm of his hands. Maybe it's just me, but i'd find it hard to turn down a shitload of money lol.
Soooo, just wondering, all of your wall posts were still there? Do you mean the ones you wrote on other people's walls or the ones that were on your wall from other people?