So I was on Facebook today...
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I know, bad start to a post but this is odd. I was going through the suggestions for friends and Christian came up. So I thought well it must be a small world that Christian is friends with someone I know. I clicked to see the mutual friends and there weren't any, it just must have thought I would like Christian as a person and should be his friend. Either that or they've started scanning your browser cache...:suss: Anyone else have this happen to them? I get a lot of random suggestions (not to mention the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics that seem to know me...) but never quite this targeted.
------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
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I know, bad start to a post but this is odd. I was going through the suggestions for friends and Christian came up. So I thought well it must be a small world that Christian is friends with someone I know. I clicked to see the mutual friends and there weren't any, it just must have thought I would like Christian as a person and should be his friend. Either that or they've started scanning your browser cache...:suss: Anyone else have this happen to them? I get a lot of random suggestions (not to mention the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics that seem to know me...) but never quite this targeted.
------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
The minute I created an account on facebook, all my address book contacts turned up there. I know they scan the address books and all that, but still it's very creepy sometimes. Your situation is even scarier. :~
**Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...
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I know, bad start to a post but this is odd. I was going through the suggestions for friends and Christian came up. So I thought well it must be a small world that Christian is friends with someone I know. I clicked to see the mutual friends and there weren't any, it just must have thought I would like Christian as a person and should be his friend. Either that or they've started scanning your browser cache...:suss: Anyone else have this happen to them? I get a lot of random suggestions (not to mention the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics that seem to know me...) but never quite this targeted.
------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
So you want to publish your details on Facebook and then complain that they are not protecting your privacy - is it just me that sees a contradiction in this. While I don't belong to the tin beanie brigade I do consider "social networking" as the creeping cancer of the net.
Doctor Nick wrote:
the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics
I got one of these in my hotmail account
Although I have never seen you, your eyes inspire me
:doh:
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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So you want to publish your details on Facebook and then complain that they are not protecting your privacy - is it just me that sees a contradiction in this. While I don't belong to the tin beanie brigade I do consider "social networking" as the creeping cancer of the net.
Doctor Nick wrote:
the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics
I got one of these in my hotmail account
Although I have never seen you, your eyes inspire me
:doh:
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Although I have never seen you, your eyes inspire me
I think I know her! :-D I'd better go log in and check my Friends list. She told me I was the only one...:suss:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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So you want to publish your details on Facebook and then complain that they are not protecting your privacy - is it just me that sees a contradiction in this. While I don't belong to the tin beanie brigade I do consider "social networking" as the creeping cancer of the net.
Doctor Nick wrote:
the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics
I got one of these in my hotmail account
Although I have never seen you, your eyes inspire me
:doh:
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Who complained about privacy? Seems to be Doctor Nick was just saying it's odd, or weird.
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Who complained about privacy? Seems to be Doctor Nick was just saying it's odd, or weird.
Brady Kelly wrote:
Who complained about privacy?
True - I just needed to witter on about something and farcebook and twatter are always valid subjects in my opinion.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I know, bad start to a post but this is odd. I was going through the suggestions for friends and Christian came up. So I thought well it must be a small world that Christian is friends with someone I know. I clicked to see the mutual friends and there weren't any, it just must have thought I would like Christian as a person and should be his friend. Either that or they've started scanning your browser cache...:suss: Anyone else have this happen to them? I get a lot of random suggestions (not to mention the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics that seem to know me...) but never quite this targeted.
------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
Facebook - waving goodbye to your private life one click at a time.
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Who complained about privacy?
True - I just needed to witter on about something and farcebook and twatter are always valid subjects in my opinion.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Del.icio.us topic...and this way you remain linked in to CP.
**Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...
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Facebook - waving goodbye to your private life one click at a time.
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v serverYeah, I once deleted my MySpace account for a few months. Think I'm about due to shred both my MySpace and Facebook acounts again.
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Del.icio.us topic...and this way you remain linked in to CP.
**Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...
**Abhinav S wrote:
Del.icio.us topic...and this way you remain linked in to CP.
FTFY.
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I know, bad start to a post but this is odd. I was going through the suggestions for friends and Christian came up. So I thought well it must be a small world that Christian is friends with someone I know. I clicked to see the mutual friends and there weren't any, it just must have thought I would like Christian as a person and should be his friend. Either that or they've started scanning your browser cache...:suss: Anyone else have this happen to them? I get a lot of random suggestions (not to mention the odd requests from lovely ladies with provocative profile pics that seem to know me...) but never quite this targeted.
------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
Although its not entirely to do with what you just posted, I went onto facebook and set Opera to ask me whether to accept cookies or not... it was constantly asking if it should accept cookies from facebook, and if you click refuse about 5 minutes later it then starts asking over and over again if I want cookies from facebook:suss:
I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.
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Facebook - waving goodbye to your private life one click at a time.
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v serverpeterchen wrote:
Facebook - waving goodbye to your private life posting your private life one click at a time.
FTFY. :)
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Who complained about privacy?
True - I just needed to witter on about something and farcebook and twatter are always valid subjects in my opinion.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
You picked the wrong person/post to begin your antidisestablishmentarianism drivel.
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Abhinav S wrote:
Del.icio.us topic...and this way you remain linked in to CP.
FTFY.
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Del.icio.us topic...and this way you remain linked in to CP.
**Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...
**I wouldn't go so far as putting LinkedIn in the same category as FaceBook. Although it is a social network, too, LI's purpose, way of functioning and target audience is totally different. I, for one, have a profile on LI, and have made a number of business contacts using it. Heck, there's even a link to my LI profile on my CV. Meanwhile, not a single friend request has been sent to me by a girl that is inspired by my eyes (although she's never seen me), or one with profile avatar of a class b porn star, or anything similar. And, there is no farm on LinkedIn :)
Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!
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peterchen wrote:
Facebook - waving goodbye to your private life posting your private life one click at a time.
FTFY. :)
It ain't private anymore when you post it ;)
Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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Although its not entirely to do with what you just posted, I went onto facebook and set Opera to ask me whether to accept cookies or not... it was constantly asking if it should accept cookies from facebook, and if you click refuse about 5 minutes later it then starts asking over and over again if I want cookies from facebook:suss:
I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.
Come to the dark sid... I mean, Facebook, Lloyd... we got cookies!
Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!
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The minute I created an account on facebook, all my address book contacts turned up there. I know they scan the address books and all that, but still it's very creepy sometimes. Your situation is even scarier. :~
**Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...
**Abhinav S wrote:
The minute I created an account on facebook, all my address book contacts turned up there.
They have a password field for the email address you used to register to their site. They ask you that password while you are distracted and when you enter it, they send an invite to everyone in your address list. The solution is to read before entering anything, and think before clicking. A slut I used to know in college had all her email contacts added to her friends list conveniently because she did not read before she gave the info. ;)
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I wouldn't go so far as putting LinkedIn in the same category as FaceBook. Although it is a social network, too, LI's purpose, way of functioning and target audience is totally different. I, for one, have a profile on LI, and have made a number of business contacts using it. Heck, there's even a link to my LI profile on my CV. Meanwhile, not a single friend request has been sent to me by a girl that is inspired by my eyes (although she's never seen me), or one with profile avatar of a class b porn star, or anything similar. And, there is no farm on LinkedIn :)
Where it seems there are only borderlines, Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise!
I use Facebook and even like it (shock! :omg: horror! :wtf: ) but the apps/games are rubbish. Farm and Mafia Wars in particular are really annoying when your friends' 'achievements' show up on your home page. Thank God FB provided a way to block applications from showing up on your home page. But I found a 'Which Friends character are you?' quiz that said I'm Chandler. :cool:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Abhinav S wrote:
The minute I created an account on facebook, all my address book contacts turned up there.
They have a password field for the email address you used to register to their site. They ask you that password while you are distracted and when you enter it, they send an invite to everyone in your address list. The solution is to read before entering anything, and think before clicking. A slut I used to know in college had all her email contacts added to her friends list conveniently because she did not read before she gave the info. ;)
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Right. I didn't enter mine. They should be banned from even asking.
