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Why Facebook will never give your data back
downloadsquad.com — Facebook won't join Open Social, and you can forget about the pipe dreams of the Data Portability movement. The simple fact is, as the market leader, there is no benefit for or strategic advantage in Facebook making your data available to you in any format you wish.
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- superpixel, on 01/03/2008, -3/+24of course not! why would they? It would be nice, to be sure, but your average FB user likely has no clue about any of this anyway. Until they try to go elsewhere, naturally.
- iiTenaciousG, on 01/03/2008, -3/+6try to go elsewhere to do what?
- MWeather, on 01/03/2008, -5/+6To interact with people on other social networks, of course.
- StealthMonkey, on 01/03/2008, -2/+11There are other social networking sites?
- schavira, on 01/03/2008, -1/+6Yes but save ***** nobody is on them.
- duser4, on 01/03/2008, -6/+1*****
- Charlotte_Web, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Why not just write a Facebook app? Facebook would have to be your primary social networking app, but utilizing the openness of the other services, you would have access to everything.
- MWeather, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Yes, you're using one right now. Or did you not notice because nobody wants to be your friend?
- StealthMonkey, on 01/03/2008, -2/+11There are other social networking sites?
- MWeather, on 01/03/2008, -5/+6To interact with people on other social networks, of course.
- tedhead2k, on 01/03/2008, -4/+13Yeah, it sure is a pain! I wish I could take all my Facebook data to some other wannabe social network where none of my friends visit.
- Firehed, on 01/03/2008, -1/+9I'm pretty sure that's what MySpace's early adopters were saying in reference to Facebook.
- MScrip, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3What's the big deal with "moving" your data to another social network? What data? It's a template! Type your name, upload a profile photo, and you're done. Then copy and paste your crappy favorite books, movies and TV show lists.
I was on Myspace first, then I got Facebook. Both my profiles are very sparse. I don't have data on them, other than photos. And it's not a big deal to upload my photos to each site. The main draw for either of those sites is the friends list. That's why you join a social network. I don't spend hours collecting favorite quotes, listing every movie and book I love.. etc. I just use Facebook and Myspace as an address book. With photos.
- MScrip, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3What's the big deal with "moving" your data to another social network? What data? It's a template! Type your name, upload a profile photo, and you're done. Then copy and paste your crappy favorite books, movies and TV show lists.
- smackhero, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1that's not the point. did you even bother to read the article?
- raynar, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2I'm thinking that maybe companies will realize that these sites arent REALLY worth the billions of dollars they're offered, and when they pull their heads out of their asses, companies like Facebook and Myspace will have to sell your data to stay afloat.
- jhuebel, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Facebook already is selling your data, in a way. Every time you authorize another Facebook app to access your profile information, you've given away your information to another 3rd party. You give up a little bit more of your privacy every time...
- Firehed, on 01/03/2008, -1/+9I'm pretty sure that's what MySpace's early adopters were saying in reference to Facebook.
- ell0bo, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2See... my AIM list is essentially my facebook account, at least for the people I care to keep in touch with. I use Facebook for keeping track of events or people's birthdays, but nothing will ever replace just being able to chat with your friends in real time. Run Meebo, unify your AIM, Google, and Yahoo. As long as AIM doesn't close up their system I'm safe with being able to pull out my friends and add them to any site that has an AIM list to users look up.
- HareBall, on 01/03/2008, -1/+3Ever hear of that new device called the TELEPHONE! If you really want to chat in real time it can't be beat.
- wolferz, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Yeh it can, its called AIM... where I can start three or even 10 way conversations and not have to pay a penny for it. Or how about AIM where you can have a conversation with multiple people at once and not have to preform a three way call. And then there is AIM where you can walk away from the computer and get a drink and come back and no one even know you got up.
Yeh being able to hear their voice is nice but... wait... aim does that too... and still doesnt cost money. Personal I use Trillian but that is the same difference in the end. - MWeather, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3I find talking on the phone with 5 or 6 people in several time zones for hours a day gets costly.
- wolferz, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Yeh it can, its called AIM... where I can start three or even 10 way conversations and not have to pay a penny for it. Or how about AIM where you can have a conversation with multiple people at once and not have to preform a three way call. And then there is AIM where you can walk away from the computer and get a drink and come back and no one even know you got up.
- MScrip, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1I used to be the same way. MY AIM list was my life. Over time, however, I used AIM less and less. I use Facebook for sending messages and sharing photos and stuff. I still use AIM if I need to talk to someone right away... but Facebook allows me to send a message to someone, or write a quick Wall post... for those times where you don't need an immediate replay. Besides, if your AIM friend is away, you'll just end up leaving your message sitting on their desktop until they get home anyway.
AIM used to be the hoppin' social event each night... but, I can check Facebook once or twice a day, and still see what's going on with my friends. And that's the big difference... your AIM buddy list is just a list of your friends who are online... but probably away from their desk. But, when I log into Facebook, it tells me what happened today in the life of my friends. Status updates, new pictures, etc. That's important to me too.
I still use AIM to chat with people instantly, but I get a different kind of satisfaction checking Facebook.- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -1/+1buried for getting 'satisfaction' from facebook.
- HareBall, on 01/03/2008, -1/+3Ever hear of that new device called the TELEPHONE! If you really want to chat in real time it can't be beat.
- smackhero, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3the data you create through the personal social network you build on facebook should at least in some part belong to you to do with as you like. so if i wanted to save my facebook contacts into an address book on my PC, i should be able to do so freely. that is exactly the ideology that Google subscribes to with all of their online services, and it's really how all online social networks should be. it is _my data_ after all...
a large part of the concept of the semantic web relies on the use of open standards and the free exchange of information between different services/applications. that is the best way to fully take advantage of the interconnected nature of the web. this allows separate specialized networks to be maintained while simultaneously creating a global network of free-flowing information from which new emergent applications can arise.
facebook can either choose to embrace the data portability movement and evolve with the web in the direction it's already headed in, or they can try to lock users in by exploiting their current position as a market leader, though this would inevitably lead to their demise as the preeminent online social network.- MScrip, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2What data??? All your photos should be saved on your computer anyway. And all your About Me, Activities, Interests, Favorite Music, Favorite TV Shows, Favorite Movies, Favorite Books, Favorite Quotes is just text, so you could save that too.
Other than wall posts and messages, what else do you have on Facebook that you want to keep so badly?
- MScrip, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2What data??? All your photos should be saved on your computer anyway. And all your About Me, Activities, Interests, Favorite Music, Favorite TV Shows, Favorite Movies, Favorite Books, Favorite Quotes is just text, so you could save that too.
- rpgmaker, on 01/03/2008, -0/+6FTA: "Facebook is simply a company that was in the right place at the right time, with a lucky strategy which happened to work. Zuckerberg may be bright, but he isn't a visionary; he's a follower."
I couldn't have said it better myself.
- iiTenaciousG, on 01/03/2008, -3/+6try to go elsewhere to do what?
- ishboo, on 01/03/2008, -2/+5Check out the almost identical article in PCMag this month. Never made me think of it before but it would be nice to download your friends into a spreadsheet.
- form3hide, on 01/03/2008, -2/+2...why?
- MWeather, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2So I can import them into my phone, email client, or whatever else I want to import them into.
- timewarp424, on 01/03/2008, -0/+10I prefer to meet my friends in person, but people are weird now a days. If you want to download your friends in a spreadsheet, who am i to judge?
- jgtg32a, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Hey if I can't get my friends in spreadsheet form then how can I rank them?
- houndeyex, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1Can it be done with a Facebook app?
- c0ldfusi0n, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Wow that's a great idea. I'd really like to finally be able to refer to my friend as line numbers!
- form3hide, on 01/03/2008, -2/+2...why?
- fkr3, on 01/03/2008, -5/+33It's not your data, it's their data. It's also their business. Market leader or not it's in no [whatever] site's interest to share enough of their data (aka, all of your data) to make their own services redundant.
- smackhero, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4that's the primary difference between microsoft's business philosophy and google's. google holds that it's ultimately the user's data and they can do as they like with it and take it with them wherever they like. one is reactionary, the other is progressive. from the look of things, the web is evolving in the direction of google, not microsoft.
from a very myopic standpoint, it might be in facebook's interest to lock users in and withhold their data from them, but as a long-term strategy it won't serve them well. their current strategy only works so long as you have a monopoly, but i don't expect facebook hold their lead forever. the web is ever-evolving, and you can either embrace the change or resist it. but companies that fail to adapt inevitably lose out to those that embrace change.- fkr3, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2The only part of your data that google makes available is the part where sharing and collaberation is required.
- smackhero, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4that's the primary difference between microsoft's business philosophy and google's. google holds that it's ultimately the user's data and they can do as they like with it and take it with them wherever they like. one is reactionary, the other is progressive. from the look of things, the web is evolving in the direction of google, not microsoft.
- mykotron, on 01/03/2008, -1/+10Maybe not but anyone can create an exporter for Facebook to export your details in a format that could be imported into another website, program etc.. I recently downloaded all my contacts birthdays into my outlook calender through a facebook application.
- mojojojo, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1can you give a link? that would be great :) thanks.
- tmcpheeters, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=19 ...
- XStatic, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Perhaps OutSync?
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=64 ...
OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your Facebook friends with matching contacts in Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to select which contacts are updated. So you can update all contacts at once or just a few at a time.
The main benefit of OutSync is for Windows Mobile users. Updated contacts are automatically synced with Windows Mobile devices by Exchange server or ActiveSync. Thus new and fun photos appear during calls and other places where contacts are used.
OutSync is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. It requires Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Visit the OutSync page on Facebook for discussions, reviews and more.
- mojojojo, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1can you give a link? that would be great :) thanks.
- GoOrange, on 01/03/2008, -5/+7This serves as an important reminder to all of us who use various sites like this on the internet. Caveat emptor.
- Jexie, on 01/03/2008, -0/+4Being dugg down for suggesting 'buyer beware'...right! how dare you suggest people educate themselves about the rules and regulations of what they are using so we can make informed decisions! Didn't you know we all have to just shut up and consume?
- captaindigger, on 01/03/2008, -6/+11Once your on Facebook you can't get out. You can "Disable" your account but you can never get out of Facebook your information will be on there forever. When some looks you up on Facebook they will find you whether your account is "Disabled" or not. It is a viscous circle they have people in. They find you whether you want to be there or not and then that person joins and someone finds them and so on.
- saleem, on 01/03/2008, -2/+9Mmmm viscous
- pHuXxXBoXx, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2mmm *fap *fap *fap
i had disabled my account through those means and it disappears jsut like if the admins had disabled it. *****- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1not at all. people still added me as a friend after searching my name, despite the account being closed and wanting nothing to do with it. the only option i had was to change my name, which is then manually reviewed. so to make it seem reasonable, I just switched a letter or two as if I had misspelled it initially.
even after all that, the account still remains
- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1not at all. people still added me as a friend after searching my name, despite the account being closed and wanting nothing to do with it. the only option i had was to change my name, which is then manually reviewed. so to make it seem reasonable, I just switched a letter or two as if I had misspelled it initially.
- pHuXxXBoXx, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2mmm *fap *fap *fap
- Ryosen, on 01/03/2008, -0/+11You can clear out all of your information. After that, all that will remain is your name. That's not going to do anyone a lot of good.
- Firehed, on 01/03/2008, -0/+6You CAN delete your account, but you have to first remove every bit of data in your profile, all of your applications, wall posts, uploaded photos, defriend everyone, etc. IOW, it can be done, but it's too much of a tremendous pain in the ass.
- DigiAngel, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4I'm still not convinced it's completely deleted. I have a feeling it's on their severs stored for easy theft/sale.
- Trollmaster, on 01/03/2008, -3/+4*****, they can't find you if you disable ur account, go ahead and try it. Disable your account, make a new one with a false name and look for yourself
- Corrosionx, on 01/03/2008, -1/+5Let's say in 1997 you wrote an inflammatory letter to the editor in your local paper.
What if your local paper makes all its archives available on the web and they are searchable with Google...
Did you ever think when you wrote that letter that anyone could find stuff about you by searching for your name in Google? Or that it could come back in that manner?- HonoredMule, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Well, actually yes. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and antiquated, but I consider the internet to just be a new medium for the same old data-leakage. No one can rationally expect that information they share or something they say to a stranger can never be discovered by others, whether its on paper, electronically stored, or possibly even if it's just in someone's memory (ram or brain). The how or why of that discovery process cannot necessarily be predicted, but you are ultimately responsible for everything you say and do, and secrecy is never assured.
- CrimsonBlur, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Well you'd have to be an idiot not to realize people could find it later in some form, considering you signed your real name and it's a widespread publication. The same applies to anything online. All of that information is accessible to anyone that wants to look for it, it's no different. The only difference is that online documents are easier to search.
- smackhero, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1i prefer inviscid circles myself.
- saleem, on 01/03/2008, -2/+9Mmmm viscous
- DavidHorn, on 01/03/2008, -1/+12Presumably, if they ever open an office in the UK the Data Protection Act will force them to turn over any information they hold on me at my request.
- CrimsonBlur, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Well unfortunately for you Facebook will most likely never have any reason to open offices overseas...
- JasonCox, on 01/03/2008, -2/+17And I care why? If you sign up on one of my forums I don't let you transfer your posts to another website. If Google indexes your site it doesn't let you move those search results to Live or Ask. Why should Facebook?
- Trollmaster, on 01/03/2008, -1/+8Gee, I wonder why facebook isn't going to join OpenSocial... could it be because Google created it to COMPETE against facebook?? hmmmmmmmmmmmm
PS - This isn't exactly the end of the world you know, not being able to have the data you put in facebook in any format you wish... don't know about you, but my life isn't based around what I put on a social networking site - naughtyboy, on 01/03/2008, -4/+9I'll never succumb to the evils of proprietary social networks such as Facebook. Never never never, I'm just waiting for an open source alternative to rise and shine, just like I wait for Linux to triumph over windows. Will it ever happen?
- dognose, on 01/03/2008, -0/+10heh, you've already fallen for digg. And here you are contributing to the discussion. Congrats.
- fkr3, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1There's not going to be an open source alternative unless the software it's made with happens to be opensource. The only ones who want data shared are the ones providing it, not the ones controlling it.
- pHuXxXBoXx, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1well... no one expected all the scum of society to start praising apple for its faggotr- ACCOMPLISHMENTS, but here we are. and yes with ***** like vista linux stands to prosper :D
- mchisari, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1I've been working on one called Appleseed at http://appleseed.sourceforge.net/ It works on a distributed model, too.
- Chirp08, on 01/03/2008, -4/+2I'm going to write an article about how cars let you get places!
There a market for that kind of information on digg apparantly.. /sarcasm - HypocriteDigg, on 01/03/2008, -1/+5F#%$ Facebook. I wouldn't be surprised if they are owned by News Corp. Have any of you tried deleting your account? Guess what, you can't! You can only 'deactivate' it.
- thosemoose, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7that is somewhat true. In order to fully delete your account you have to: 1) delete every single friend you have. 2) every wall post on your wall, and 3) every bit of information on your profile (and remove yourself from any 'networks'.) Then and only then will the remove your account. (you've got to email support and tell them you've done all this, at that point they'll remove you.
BTW it took me upwards of an hour to remove all the required information.- amgamer23, on 01/03/2008, -2/+1Then why put all that information on there in the first place? You know what you are getting yourself into when you put all that info out there.
- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1that's not enough, either. Then you have to change your name, which is manually reviewed, so people can't still find you.
- xero9, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Soooo, for someone like myself who has 0 wall posts, 1 picture, 1 network, and 4 friends, this should take around, a minute? :D
- thosemoose, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7that is somewhat true. In order to fully delete your account you have to: 1) delete every single friend you have. 2) every wall post on your wall, and 3) every bit of information on your profile (and remove yourself from any 'networks'.) Then and only then will the remove your account. (you've got to email support and tell them you've done all this, at that point they'll remove you.
- radink360, on 01/03/2008, -4/+13who cares, facebook is lame.
- topace3000, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1Yeah I'm too cool to be social. xbox live is where it's at!
- KaivenTor, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4Did everyone suddenly forget about the API? You can get your data via the API with nigh-unlimited calls instead of screen scraping. Probably much easier too... And if FaceBook was owned by NewsCorp, the site would probably look as bad as MySpace and be run as well (AKA, barely at all) *Shudder*.
- victrola, on 01/03/2008, -4/+4Facebook is like 1984 and Brave New World, and Hitler. You think you're a volunteer, but you're just another victim.
- skyteria, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2Yes......Facebook is like Hitler. The genocide is coming......Brilliant.
- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1sadly, you'll be one of the first to go
- skyteria, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2Yes......Facebook is like Hitler. The genocide is coming......Brilliant.
- amadeusdemarzi, on 01/03/2008, -1/+15Zuckerberg jut got totally pwnt in that article:
"Facebook won't offer you open access to your data for one simple reason; if they did, they couldn't compete. They aren't innovative, they aren't the first mover, and they don't have a stable of hot talent designing any "next generation" of the social web. Facebook is simply a company that was in the right place at the right time, with a lucky strategy which happened to work. Zuckerberg may be bright, but he isn't a visionary; he's a follower."- CrimsonBlur, on 01/03/2008, -3/+2Actually, that entire paragraph does a good job of describing MySpace, but not Facebook. Facebook IS innovative, why do you think OpenSocial even exists? The other social sites are scared that Facebook is going to take over the market. Facebook is easily the best social networking site with the most interesting features, and the API opens the door to endless possibilities, including portable data.
- topace3000, on 01/03/2008, -3/+1lol pwnt we showd dat rich guy who dun something we jealous of now lol
- ronnsprocket, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1i wish they would allow us to export contact info. just graduated and got a palm centro. i need to get numbers in there, but with this keypad made for ants and a list of close to 200 contacts, i would love to just be able to export/import that *****
- j.carcinogen, on 01/03/2008, -1/+3Yeah, it has nothing to do with their connection with the CIA (they handing from in-q-tel, the CIA's venture capitalist).
- neko6, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1Yeah, I'm sure the CIA is just waiting until Osama opens an account so they can get his IP without a court order
/sarc- huadsu, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1The sarcasm is that the CIA are after Osama?
- neko6, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1Yeah, I'm sure the CIA is just waiting until Osama opens an account so they can get his IP without a court order
- Trollmaster, on 01/03/2008, -9/+4AN ANTI-FACEBOOK ARTICLE... CALLING ALL DIGG GEEKS TO DIGG UP THE STORY AND SHOW THE FACEBOOK HATRED!!!
- ascheinberg, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1I don't agree at all. Facebook will LOSE customers; some won't sign up knowing it's a closed system, and many will eventually come to realize it's a closed system and decide to set up camp elsewhere.
Before Bluetooth and USB on cellphones, getting a new phone was a big deal. It meant re-entering all of your contacts. But eventually, people took the plunge and now it's possible with every modern phone to move off your contacts.
Facebook will come to realize that the "lock in" strategy doesn't win new users and doesn't make old ones happy. Every site goes through a "define yourself" moment, and Facebook's JUST STARTED with Beacon. 2008 should be an interesting year for them.- xero9, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Sadly, I doubt most of Facebook users even consider, or care about this
- MScrip, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1> "Facebook will LOSE customers; some won't sign up knowing it's a closed system, and many will eventually come to realize it's a closed system and decide to set up camp elsewhere."
So, if someone is thinking about signing up with Facebook, you think they won't because it's a closed system... where will they go instead? Myspace?
> "Facebook will come to realize that the "lock in" strategy doesn't win new users and doesn't make old ones happy."
I don't feel locked in. I use Facebook for what it's for. Sending messages and keeping in touch with my friends. If Facebook closed its doors completely, I'd have to go elsewhere... but, I'm fine with Facebook. Why would I leave?
Do other sites try to lock you in? I have a Flickr account. Can I move all my pictures to Webshots? No!
I had Myspace first, then I got Facebook. I'd prefer to only use Facebook, but there are some friends that only have Myspace. So I check both. Not that big a deal.
I wouldn't be crushed if some new social networking site came along, and I couldn't export my friends list from Facebook. I'd just add friends as I go along. When you join a new social network, it's a mad rush to add all your close friends first. Then, over time, you find friends and get friend requests once in a while. I've been on Facebook for over a year, and I still get 1 or 2 friend requests a week.
There's only been 2 major social networking sites... Myspace and Facebook... and I belong to both. Unless there is something new and exciting on the horizon, I'm not going anywhere.
- Ilyanep, on 01/03/2008, -6/+5Why is it getting so fashionable to bash Facebook all of a sudden? If you don't like it, then don't use it.
- HypocriteDigg, on 01/03/2008, -3/+5I don't use it. But when I tried to delete my account, I COULDN'T!!!! That's why I bash facebook!
- kjm2664, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1But, then I would actually have to converse face to face (or at least through e-mail) to get status updates of all of my 'friends'.
Imagine how much time away from Digg this would cause me.- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1buried for admitting to having a facebook account
- kjm2664, on 01/04/2008, -0/+0it seems sarcasm is lost on some people.
- staeiou, on 01/03/2008, -1/+5Facebook is now mainstream. Mainstream things are not cool. It is as simple as that.
- haazard, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Dude, Internet is mainstream, even my grandma uses it, darn where are those lovely days of BBS
- topace3000, on 01/03/2008, -1/+1Bandwagon, idiot bloggers with nothing better to do, etc.
- giveer, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1This article reads like an opinion piece. Granted, he's got good reason for thinking so, but is there anything much beyond speculation?
Second, while I'm sure it's a massive nuisance, what's stopping someone from manually deleting ALL their info? Sure it'll take forever, but I just blew two weeks on Mario Galaxy, if it was a big concern, I'd just do it... - Tangeuray, on 01/03/2008, -3/+5facewho?
- huadsu, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Is this information true? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMWz3G_gPhU
- ozziek, on 01/03/2008, -3/+1no ***** sherlock. Next week on stating the obvious we'll be talking about why Microsoft won't give Windows away and make it open source....
- XStatic, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1Won't it be fun when we can pull up old digg posts and facebook entries of presidential condidates?
- DeFex, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4The whole point is to collect info for the FBI CIA NSA DHS etc do the CIA give your data back?
- cadmiumpaint, on 01/03/2008, -2/+1none of this matters...in maybe 2-3 years facebook will be dead, and everyone will have migrated to the next social community.
- whyteeford, on 01/03/2008, -2/+3Who cares? A whole 2% of the userbase at Facebook would even know what you're talking about and only 2% of those would care to try. Buried as lame.
- SuspiciousCat, on 01/03/2008, -2/+3Facebook is run by the US Government. They want as much information on you as they can get so they can make you their slave.
- haazard, on 01/03/2008, -1/+0And don’t forget that US Government allegiance lies with Souron and the army of darkness thus not only slaves but mere shadows of once race called Man...
- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1what's sad is you're being sarcastic without realizing it's true
- haazard, on 01/07/2008, -0/+0Sad is that I know it’s true and there is nothing that can (currently) be done about that. So I rather put information up on my terms …
- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1what's sad is you're being sarcastic without realizing it's true
- haazard, on 01/03/2008, -1/+0And don’t forget that US Government allegiance lies with Souron and the army of darkness thus not only slaves but mere shadows of once race called Man...
- EMsean, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1There's not too much trouble in exposing your life if it isn't too lucrative. Say everyone gets my 'data'; if they're really really adamant, they'll come and steal my crappy computer, my crappy tv, and my lame textbooks. If someone is really that hard up for my life savings (200 USD), the jokes on them.
The bulk of people who would be uh oh if the CIA had their data, or everyone found a way to their millions of dollars probably never signed up anyway. - MaddieCakes, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2I posted this on Facebook for all my friends to see.
- naughtyboy, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2Waves and says "Hi" ... to all the stupid friends :P
- topace3000, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2I'm glad I'm not your friend.
- KingKobra, on 01/03/2008, -2/+3Some of us have a sixth sense about surfing internet...i never joined facebook because i knew that it was evil.
- NameNotInUse, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2I also share this sense, i have not singed up for myspace or face book. oh yea i also use https://ssl.scroogle.org/ just incase google is no good either :)
- radiofrequency, on 01/03/2008, -1/+7At its core facebook is an evil company.
- daridave, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Yes, it is. From the rumors of stolen code to refusing a ridiculous amount of dollars for a buyout, I really do believe that they're not in it for the good reasons.
- topace3000, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Stopped reading at "internet socialite".
- victrola, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2Facebook is disgusting. It's being used as an example about how to get people to give up their rights.
- almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1wait, why does anybody have a facebook account to start with?
- smek2, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1***** facebook. I never ever want to read another stupid blog entry about it again.
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