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Is Facebook taking over the world?

Fred Weiss

Merchant Member
I was doing some research and went to Ask.com and entered a question. I then went to the top link supplied to read the answer (from another website named http://www.quickonlinetips.com) which was exactly what I wanted to know. As I scrolled down the page, however, I was shocked to find my picture next to the all too familiar Facebook comment box offering me the chance to post to Facebook from the page I was on at http://www.quickonlinetips.com.

I'm not shocked that they were able to do this ... what I am shocked at is that they would do this! It seems very Orwellian to me.
 

Joe Diaz

New Member
My new website I'm still working on has a way for you to leave comments using your Facebook profile. Here's an example:http://diazmedia.com/?p=152

As long as you are logged into facebook, on that computer you should be able to comment on my site using your profile. I don't think it's an invasion of privacy though.
 

Mike F

New Member
Was gonna say, were you logged into Facebook at the time? Not a big fan of this practice at all, at least not the whole "my face being plastered randomly across the interweb" thing. Creeps me out, plus I'm just plain paranoid to begin with.

@oldgoat thanks for posting that, saw that lifehacker article when it was published and never remembered to add that list to ABP. Going on my to-do list right now for when I get home.
 
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www.esigns.com

Guest
Most likely the page was customized just for your session and your privacy was only exposed to your session (user/computer). It could be flipped ad a good thing then you have custom tailored online experience based on You just for you. But there definatly needs to be a solid Off switch.
 

petepaz

New Member
not sure that would be an invasion of privacy (if the info is up there you had to put it there) but it's just amazing how everything is linked together and how the internet tracks or connects you to everything.
just google your name and see all the info that pops up, craziness, you don't realize how involved with the internet your life is.
 

oldgoatroper

Roper of Goats. Old ones.
I don't think that is the point, Pete... what is at issue is that FaceBook is tracking its users trails across the web when they are not on FaceBook. (see my previous post above).

I think this is what Fred experienced.
 
i could be very wrong...i usually am...but in time i think that facebook is going to take over the role of forums such as this. i am already seeing it happening on a microlevel, for example the large group of members from this forum alone who communicate via facebook, i know many others who ask their questions through facebook versus on industry/topic specific forums. i don't think it is going to happen tomorrow but eventually why would we all visit multiple forums for multiple topics/subjects when we can visit one? as long as you have built the connection of friends/colleagues/etc.
 

Fred Weiss

Merchant Member
I have not logged onto Facebook since sometime yesterday.

While I have some involvement with Facebook, I have to say that I find it overwhelmingly confusing ... which makes me an old fart I guess. I find that it is very easy to find yourself unwittingly signed up for things there and incredibly difficult to get off their lists. I think ultimately Facebook will peak and tail off as the next big things comes along.

As far as replacing forums, I think they will have to get a lot better at archiving and classifying to do that. OTOH, I would have to say that LinkedIn seems to be on the right track to meet the needs of a lot of people.
 

GypsyGraphics

New Member
i could be very wrong...i usually am...but in time i think that facebook is going to take over the role of forums such as this.

i could be very wrong... i usually am... but we can't both be wrong, so i must be right...

i don't EVER see facebook taking over the role of forums such as this.
i find facebook amusing, but it no place for in depth discussion.
 

CentralSigns

New Member
As far as replacing forums, I think they will have to get a lot better at archiving and classifying to do that. OTOH, I would have to say that LinkedIn seems to be on the right track to meet the needs of a lot of people.

Google is working on a system of archiving as we speak. They are setting up data storage warehouses all over the country and world for that matter. their goal is to be the number one place for all to go to find anything. They are buying up underground facilities and old manufacturing completes to set up data storage facilities.
 

genericname

New Member
While I have some involvement with Facebook, I have to say that I find it overwhelmingly confusing ... which makes me an old fart I guess. I find that it is very easy to find yourself unwittingly signed up for things there and incredibly difficult to get off their lists.

Not at all, Fred! I'm a young pup, and I find it confusing. It's built to be like that, so that they can get the biggest yield of advertising fodder. I'm tired of their constant redesigns and "feature" upgrades, all while resetting my privacy and security settings each time, not to mention the inaneness of every post being "whoooooo I'm so drunk!" or "take this survey OMG!"

I've switched to Twitter for online interaction, and believe it or not, actually find it less vacuous. I can find out anything at the drop of a hat, whereas when I ask a question on Facebook, nobody could be bothered to answer because fixing a real world issue would break their focus on FarmTownGoatPimpSim.

I've actually started a countdown, and will be deleting my Facebook account permanently in a short while. Remember that in the commercial chain, there's customer, product, and supplier. You're definitely not the supplier, and if you're not paying, you're not the customer.
 

genericname

New Member
Oh, I should add:

If you want to circumvent Facebook's tracking cookie, really the only thing you can do is delete your history after logging out of Facebook, and then browse in private (porno mode!) when you do log in, in order to sort of sandbox it. Be sure to exit private browsing when you're done with Facebook though, as any cookies written during that session will still track and interact with anything else during the session.
 

John Butto

New Member
"Orwellian" describes the situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free society. It connotes an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson" — a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments. Often, this includes the circumstances depicted in his novels, particularly Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Orwell's ideas about personal freedom and state authority developed when he was a British colonial administrator in Burma. He was fascinated by the effect of colonialism on the individual, requiring acceptance of the idea that the colonialist oppressor exists only for the good of the oppressed person and people.

There has also been a great deal of discourse on the possibility that Orwell galvanized his ideas of oppression during his experience, and his subsequent writings in the English press, in Spain. Orwell was a member of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) militia and suffered suppression and escaped arrest by the Comintern faction working within the Republican Government. Following his escape he made a strong case for defending the Spanish revolution from the Communists there, and the mis-information in the press at home. During this period he formed strong ideas about the reportage of events, and their context in his own ideas of imperialism and democracy.

..for the people who did not have to read this in highschool
 

SightLine

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For many reasons - deleted my FB account over a year ago. Kinda glad I did, I do not miss it in the least. Interestingly my installer did a contract install (we did not print or design this) of a nice size (I think it was about 24 feet long x 10 feet high) wall mural at FB's new data center in NC. It's comprised of thousands and thousands of profile pictures.
 

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ddarlak

Go Bills!
For many reasons - deleted my FB account over a year ago.

same here, i went facebook suicide route though, deleting every friend and every post. otherwise it's not truely deleted - as you can sign right back on...
 
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