Re:1 of every 50 people on earth belong to Facebook
by unalone on Monday November 10, 2008 @03:18AM
(#359022)
Wow. Very impressive. And Facebook is not a site that encourages spoof accounts: I'd guess that number is close to the mark for how many ACTUAL profiles there are.
A few questions, though:
1) How is it that people rack up 140 messages in their inbox? I couldn't get that many messages if I TRIED.
2) Why do people get superior, like they do in the comments, and act like not having a Facebook profile gives them an advantage in privacy? I have an account, and all you can tell from looking at it is that I wear a fine brimmed hat on occasions - that from my profile picture. I don't friend strangers and I don't put deeply revealing personal info online. That makes the privacy issue moot. And stuff like that is ultrabasic "Internet protection" stuff, too.
Re:1 of every 50 people on earth belong to Facebook
by alphamule on Monday November 10, 2008 @09:12PM
(#360119)
one thing that spooks me is the fact that pictures that other people take of you can get tagged back to you. now I have to rely on the judgement of all my "friends" not to post something that may affect my job, relationship or sentencing hearings.
A few questions, though:
1) How is it that people rack up 140 messages in their inbox? I couldn't get that many messages if I TRIED.
2) Why do people get superior, like they do in the comments, and act like not having a Facebook profile gives them an advantage in privacy? I have an account, and all you can tell from looking at it is that I wear a fine brimmed hat on occasions - that from my profile picture. I don't friend strangers and I don't put deeply revealing personal info online. That makes the privacy issue moot. And stuff like that is ultrabasic "Internet protection" stuff, too.