Facebook: oops, they did it again.

not to me, I turned my account off when they had the other problems with excessive sharing. I think fb is designed for a certain type of person, and I am not that type.

"More worryingly, it is turned on by default so many will be entirely unaware the feature even exists."
 
I just went to my settings (note that if your langauge is "English (Pirate)" the wording will be a bit different), and the box was unchecked by default. I'll check again tomorrow.

I don't see this as being a huge deal. A lot of people like the personalized bits. What I do see as a problem is that they don't tell you about it, and (supposedly) enable it by deafult.
 
The box was unchecked for me too. I had previously put most of my settings to private or friends only. I know Facebook is a site that is designed primarily to push ads to the users, I had already limited the amount of information about myself on that site because I did not want to give that away to the marketers.
 
The box was unchecked for me as well. In the spirit of learning a new language I have my Facebook set to Español which sometimes makes looking for and changing a setting a challenge. But I have noticed that occasionally advertising on the side of a page unrelated to Facebook will be in Spanish so I have suspected that they are getting that information from Facebook. Whether or not the ads are targeted or not doesn't make any difference to me, though, and I don't care if people know what my interests are.
 
I enjoy having mine set on English (Pirate). Arr!
 
I don't really understand Facebook. What the heck is the Wall anyway?

Yeah I'm on it. Once a month whether I need to or not. Just in case, I suppose.

I'm reminded of Hitler. He had a Facebook.
 
flyersfan31 said:
I don't really understand Facebook. What the heck is the Wall anyway?

Yeah I'm on it. Once a month whether I need to or not. Just in case, I suppose.

I'm reminded of Hitler. He had a Facebook.
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He preferred myspace. I think he called it Lebensraum.
 
I can't imagine what my phone bill would be like without Facebook and Skype...:eek:
 
It CAN be really good for a little guy who's trying to find a big market to advertise in. It's not by any means my best source of new students, but I have gotten some that way. I wouldn't be on Fb if it weren't for ads.

Ryan
 
I don't use Facebook and never intend to. I do have an account on LinkedIn, but that's for professional reasons - and someday I expect to close that account.
 
Jim Logajan said:
I don't use Facebook and never intend to. I do have an account on LinkedIn, but that's for professional reasons - and someday I expect to close that account.
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Relative to the LinkedIn reference I recently had an interesting experience. A NYC radio broadcaster has, according to our local newspaper, purchased a nearby radio station which has been silent for a couple years. Many years ago I was a broadcaster at said station. I wrote the man a letter recapping some of the earlier days of the station and noted that, though I'm now retired, I could be interested in re-entering radio on a part time basis. Less than a week later I received an e-mail that Mr. Xxx Xxxxxxxx was inviting me to join him on LinkedIn(or however the invitation is phrased). I'm hoping it will lead to getting my hand(voice?) in radio again. For those of you in Chicago or California who may remember J J Jeffrey(WLS Chicago), it's the station he started at in Maine.

HR
 
Actually, FB is a huge marketing tool, and if used properly, you can garner alot of readership through it whether your selling a product or service like flight training. The ADs you see on the are very focused, directed at you the user. An advetiser can control the age, sex, preferences (like flying, cars, etc) and pick to advertise to only those people who fit the advertisers parameters. You are tarteted not only by what you put as your preferences, but also by what you write on your wall and to others. It is an advertisers dream and that is why the founder is a billionaire...Do I like it for personal use, not really. Does wonders for me professionally though.....
 
steingar said:
Bah. The closest I've come to Facebook was watching The Social Network.
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And that is a MUST SEE movie for anyone using Facebook (or the internet for that matter). There is a moral to the story - about just how much a bit of indiscretion in your postings can lead to. And it really paints the founder (and still CEO) in a very unflattering light. If you think he's at all concerned about your personal information, think again.

Lawreston said:
Relative to the LinkedIn reference I recently had an interesting experience. A NYC radio broadcaster has, according to our local newspaper, purchased a nearby radio station which has been silent for a couple years. Many years ago I was a broadcaster at said station. I wrote the man a letter recapping some of the earlier days of the station and noted that, though I'm now retired, I could be interested in re-entering radio on a part time basis. Less than a week later I received an e-mail that Mr. Xxx Xxxxxxxx was inviting me to join him on LinkedIn(or however the invitation is phrased). I'm hoping it will lead to getting my hand(voice?) in radio again. For those of you in Chicago or California who may remember J J Jeffrey(WLS Chicago), it's the station he started at in Maine.

HR
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Ah, good old JJ. I know Doc Fuller & have met JJ several times. Good folks.
 
What, exactly would anyone expect from a company with investors who have ties to the Russian Mob?

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-facebook-stor-2009-5

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index...-you-interfacing-with-the-russian-mafia-a-kgb

http://www.ryanswagar.com/blog/?p=352

I love FB, though. I'd wager that at least 80 percent of the viruses and rootkits I'm paid to remove come through malicious links that idiot users click on FB. Perhaps not coincidentally, a lot of this crap installs redirects that go through servers in Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus, etc.

So yeah, FB has been profitable for me. Personally, though, I want nothing to do with it. I'd just as soon tow a banner with my name, Social Security Number, date of birth, and the PIN numbers to all my debit and credit cards over Jones Beach on the Fourth of July. I think that would be safer than entrusting any personal information whatsoever to the cretins who run Facebook.

-Rich
 
I don't use any of the social networking sites. The only downside is for people you want to find you maybe can't. My college roomates and friends are mostly on FB. I am not, so to track me down for a college reunion they ended up finding me through my aircraft registration and finding my phone number as its listed. They all connected on FB and almost gave up on me.
 
I don't get the animosity toward Facebook. Its a good way to keep in touch with friends, and your personal information being used for ads is a good thing (remember, ads are intended to show you items you would be interested in.....targeting those ads means you would most likely only see items you're interested in).

Eliminating ads means paying for stuff. I like doing free stuff. FWIW, if it doesn't cost you anything, and you have to see a targeted ad, I see no problems with it, especially when you have a means to opt out (which I feel is an unnecessary option).
 
tonycondon said:
what do you think this site is?
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True. However, this is a subject based informational sharing site, not a purely social networking site.

FB is where you promote your life and connect with friends or whomever. There is not subject matter content besides gossip.
 
SkyHog said:
I don't get the animosity toward Facebook. Its a good way to keep in touch with friends, and your personal information being used for ads is a good thing (remember, ads are intended to show you items you would be interested in.....targeting those ads means you would most likely only see items you're interested in).

Eliminating ads means paying for stuff. I like doing free stuff. FWIW, if it doesn't cost you anything, and you have to see a targeted ad, I see no problems with it, especially when you have a means to opt out (which I feel is an unnecessary option).
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Go see "The Social Network" movie, then see if your views change. The movie is real-life story of the founding of Facebook.
 
wsuffa said:
Go see "The Social Network" movie, then see if your views change. The movie is real-life story of the founding of Facebook.
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I haven't seen it yet, but I'll make sure when I watch it I watch it with the filter of "this is more about entertainment than knowledge." I'll bet most of the "truth" in it was over dramatized to make a better movie.
 
Between texting and sites like Myspace and Facebook, and other technology like video games, Youtube, etc, the fabric of our culture is changing, especially with younger people.
 
SkyHog said:
I haven't seen it yet, but I'll make sure when I watch it I watch it with the filter of "this is more about entertainment than knowledge." I'll bet most of the "truth" in it was over dramatized to make a better movie.
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Perhaps. But the story line follows closely the story presented in business publications: Link
 
wsuffa said:
Go see "The Social Network" movie, then see if your views change. The movie is real-life story of the founding of Facebook.
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"The Social Network" is Aaron Zorkin's fictionalization of the real-life story of the founding of Facebook.

I haven't seen it and I don't give a damn about Mark Zuckerberg, but he has had the same girlfriend since Harvard. I know. That doesn't fit the basement dweller storyline.
 
mikea said:
"The Social Network" is Aaron Zorkin's fictionalization of the real-life story of the founding of Facebook.

I haven't seen it and I don't give a damn about Mark Zuckerberg, but he has had the same girlfriend since Harvard. I know. That doesn't fit the basement dweller storyline.
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SINCE?

You mean since he started making buttloads of money... not to be cynical.
 
mikea said:
... he has had the same girlfriend since Harvard. I know. That doesn't fit the basement dweller storyline.
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I'm not sure what basement dweller storyline you have in mind, but lifelong monogamy is a pretty typical feature of real-world computer geek mating habits. The story begins with "she chooses him", and then they go from there, boyfriend/girlfriend, marriage, kids, happily ever after, etc.
-harry
 
mantakos said:
I'm not sure what basement dweller storyline you have in mind, but lifelong monogamy is a pretty typical feature of real-world computer geek mating habits. The story begins with "she chooses him", and then they go from there, boyfriend/girlfriend, marriage, kids, happily ever after, etc.
-harry
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I heard the story in the moo vee was that these nerds built facebook to to meet girls and MZ himself never had been with one. That was the element that p'd him off the most.
 
mikea said:
I heard the story in the moo vee was that these nerds built facebook to to meet girls and MZ himself never had been with one. That was the element that p'd him off the most.
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The movie starts with his girlfriend dumping him, and it portrays that as being his inspiration. It's primarily a work of fiction woven around a thin framework of real-life events.
-harry
 
I just wish people would realize that when they load a social network site with their email address book that the rest of us are victims of email spam from those sites. THAT is how you get an invite. It's not some overt invite from the user. You might also look at the list FACEBOOK generates under "People you might know".
It's the embodiment of things wrong with internet computing. MICROSOFT started it with building Internet Explorer and OUTLOOK with all the sharing switches turned on. FACEBOOK and others follow the same model. That's how they enlarge their network. And let's face it, even if it is free to us, someone is making lots of money just because "YOU ARE THERE".
And if you really care to stay in touch with your old school chums, there's always a bar or a clandestine hotel meeting you could have.
Lunchtime quickie, anyone?
 
I agree but the people that let FB look into their contact list generally aren't what I'd consider "computer savvy". Facebook won't remember their e-mail password? Suuurrrre- and the government never lies either.:rolleyes2:

As for people I might know, they are generally correct, but I'll mostly wait for them to contact me.
 
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silver-eagle said:
I just wish people would realize that when they load a social network site with their email address book that the rest of us are victims of email spam from those sites. THAT is how you get an invite. It's not some overt invite from the user. You might also look at the list FACEBOOK generates under "People you might know".
It's the embodiment of things wrong with internet computing. MICROSOFT started it with building Internet Explorer and OUTLOOK with all the sharing switches turned on. FACEBOOK and others follow the same model. That's how they enlarge their network. And let's face it, even if it is free to us, someone is making lots of money just because "YOU ARE THERE".
And if you really care to stay in touch with your old school chums, there's always a bar or a clandestine hotel meeting you could have.
Lunchtime quickie, anyone?
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This is the most nonsense I've read. People you may know is caclulated by comparing your friends fridns with your friends. That is all. Facebook doesn't crawl the internet with your personal information, trying to find your old friends....notice how they all have picture^facebook profiles...

Facebook only spams after it asks if you want to email people.
 
SkyHog said:
This is the most nonsense I've read. People you may know is caclulated by comparing your friends fridns with your friends. That is all. Facebook doesn't crawl the internet with your personal information, trying to find your old friends....notice how they all have picture^facebook profiles...

Facebook only spams after it asks if you want to email people.
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Hmmmm- my first Facebook invitation was because a friend let facebook troll through their contact list. I wasn't on FB.
 
Anthony said:
True. However, this is a subject based informational sharing site, not a purely social networking site.

FB is where you promote your life and connect with friends or whomever. There is not subject matter content besides gossip.
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FB does allow you to target certain subjects by becoming part of a Group within FB.
ie, Aviation Groups, Aviator Groups, Airline Groups, AOPA Groups and many more that actually keep you better in touch with those that you would like to communicate with on similar interests.
 
flav8r said:
FB does allow you to target certain subjects by becoming part of a Group within FB.
ie, Aviation Groups, Aviator Groups, Airline Groups, AOPA Groups and many more that actually keep you better in touch with those that you would like to communicate with on similar interests.
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Didn't know that. Thanks. Still not a fan of FB though.
 
Cap'n Jack said:
Hmmmm- my first Facebook invitation was because a friend let facebook troll through their contact list. I wasn't on FB.
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That's different. That's not "People you may know," that's someone specifically giving permission to an app to access their contact list, then manually checking which people in their contact list they want to contact, and then having an email sent on their behalf.

Nothing like that happens automatically.

People you many know is simply "Friends of Friends."
 
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