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Re:Facebook is scaring me by funkychickin on Saturday September 24, 2011 @01:53PM (#3033844)
There's always g+ from Google. So far they're staying true to the deliberate opt-in mindset instead of the facebook all-in then opt-out later mindset.
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Re:Facebook is scaring me by natrius on Saturday September 24, 2011 @02:17PM (#3033924)
What exactly has Facebook opted everyone into? You have to explicitly allow applications to post things to your wall.
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Re:Facebook is scaring me by jarek on Saturday September 24, 2011 @03:46PM (#3034173)
Um, let's see... they started with opting people's profile updates into the newsfeed back in 2006 and went from there.
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Re:Facebook is scaring me by watmough on Saturday September 24, 2011 @02:02PM (#3033870)
You forgot the final clause: " later followed by the removal of the choice to opt-out, for your convenience."
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