Comments on: A Peculiar List of Facebook Facts You Probably Didn’t Know [Infographic]

By: PhillipGibb

PhillipGibb — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:37:47 +0000

should I be worried?

What if I post an image onto facebook that I do not have rights to? Does Facebook have rights to it?
This whole privacy thing raises an interesting question regarding the license to use content – once you share it on FaceBook does that license disappear? It kind of supercedes the who piracy thing because FaceBook is basically saying that once they have a copy, that that copy is theirs; attack of the clones I say.
Maybe I am off on a tangent?

By: Danny Bixby

Danny Bixby — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:11:19 +0000

I forget who said it a while ago, but it was something along the lines of “Deleting your Facebook profile is the new ‘getting rid of your tv.’”

Meh.

By: joanna

joanna — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:17:22 +0000

The privacy stuff is a bit of a worry. I was shocked to find in my privacy settings that my data was not just being shared with websites i visit but with websites my friends visit (which could be anywhere) It isn’t really viable for me to leave facebook if i wanted to because that is all most of my friends use. a lot of them don’t even use email for social purposes. To get rid of facebook would be to cut myself off from friends from when i lived overseas and would make organizing events and sharing photos with my friends in interact with offline more difficult. I guess I just have to be careful about my privacy settings and watch what I post.

By: Adam Lehman

Adam Lehman — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:55:18 +0000

yeah.

As a 24-year-old who is pretty used to the idea that whatever i post online is going to be public, i’m not worried at all about the privacy stuff.

Also, i’m employed by a church so I’m pretty aware that stuff I post will be scrutinized by uptight peeps.

By: Adam Lehman

Adam Lehman — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:53:48 +0000

wow

By: Andre Barnes

Andre Barnes — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:42:46 +0000

Interesting…I wonder if there will be a mental health disorder for Twitter and Foursquare next! lol!

By: Nick Shoemaker

Nick Shoemaker — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:06:38 +0000

Interesting stuff for sure…

LOL @ the cougar!

Everyone is talking about privacy changes, but I haven’t heard of a lot of people dumping their pages- aside from those that lead an extra-normal existence (call celebrity or what-have-you).

I agree with what Stetzer says- it’s facebook and it’s their party. If you don’t like it, you have the right to leave.

While I’m not jumping ship- that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t. As of now, according to the report cited by Stetzer, all that’s left for privacy option is my birthday and contact info (which you could get simply by googling my name from somewhere else).

The reality here is that for most of us, our lives are already online. Yes- we should always be careful what we post, or allow others to post about us, but I don’t see the ability to control this becoming easier anytime soon.

Thanks for the post!

By: kylan

kylan — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:03:05 +0000

“Woman aged 55 and up” should read “Women age 55 and up”

By: Tim Owens

Tim Owens — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:44:41 +0000

I hear that. I was glad to see this last year:

“When Obama was asked for advice on becoming President from a group of 14-15 year old students, he replied: “Well, let me give you some very practical tips. First of all, I want everybody here to be careful about what you post on Facebook, because in the YouTube age, whatever you do, it will be pulled up again later, somewhere in your life,” Obama said.”
http://socialnomics.net/2009/09/09/obama-school-speech-addresses-facebook-for-glass-house-generation/

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:39:02 +0000

I’m ok with the changes as long as I KNOW about them and have the ability to opt out if I want to. I think we live in an increasingly digital environment though and just like in real life you have to be careful what you say and who you say it to.

I do think we need to do a better job of teaching our children to use the new technology though. Unlike a random comment made in real life to a friend that could be forgotten easily and not end up being known by the whole world, it doesn’t work that way online. I see SO many children on Facebook and Twitter that have NO understanding of how permanent their behavior is and how it could affect the rest of their lives.