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I agree with a lot of what you're saying, and I'll miss Facebook for the very reason you like it, too. But I'm often more worried about what my friends do that

by ihodes 16y ago

I agree with a lot of what you're saying, and I'll miss Facebook for the very reason you like it, too. But I'm often more worried about what my friends do that can effect the amount of information out there, about me. Facebook makes it easy to inadvertently share information about your friends. That, I don't like. I'd love a replacement Facebook, one that is a little bit like Facebook used to be: relatively simple, unintrusive and benign. I want fine-grained control over what I can share, and not to have to worry about what will be given away. Or at least know upfront what will be. Opting IN to things is great. Basically, Facebook has treated me (and those who feel similarly) like crap.

steveklabnik 16y ago
Even with the way Facebook used to be (I signed up in 2004), people could have still shared information about you. One wall post is all it takes. For that matter, this could happen anywhere on the Internet. Someone could write a blog post about you, or tweet about you, or any number of ways to publish information about others. The web is increasingly becoming read/write, and Facebook privacy settings aren't going to change that.
- jarek 16y ago
  Writing a wall post or tweet takes active action on behalf of the friend. Hmm, this is on Jarek's Facebook profile -- let's paste it somewhere where others can see it too. With the recent app privacy changes, all they have to do is use an app. The programmer can take care of the rest. Different level altogether.
hartror 16y ago
Much of the talk I have been around has been that Facebook is adjusting societies mores as it concerns to what information you share about oneself and how one judges others. The result of this could be that Gen Y and Z will have a better integrated outlook on people. I'm not sure if this will actually be the case, there could be a backlash against this (much like the backlash against the sexual revolution of the 60s/70s) or simply that "oversharing" will be done by a section of society while the rest continue to judge as we do today. I have unfettered access to a rather large social graph so I should make some studies of this. Anyone know some good reading on the subject to get me started?
- steveklabnik 16y ago
  Yep. I think this is what's happening. I wrote a bit about the topic on my blog a while back: http://blog.steveklabnik.com/the-burning-question-of-reputation http://blog.steveklabnik.com/the-burning-question-of-reputat... If you find any other people discussing this, I'd be interested in reading, too. Edit: It's kind of funny reading old things you've written. At the time, I felt like I might have said "asshole" one too many times when writing this post, and now I _definitely_ feel that way. Oh well, I apologize for the moderately excessive profanity.
chronomex 16y ago
Facebook's new Open Graph makes it easier for a "replacement Facebook" to help you find your friends!

by ihodes 16y ago

steveklabnik 16y ago

Even with the way Facebook used to be (I signed up in 2004), people could have still shared information about you. One wall post is all it takes. For that matter, this could happen anywhere on the Internet. Someone could write a blog post about you, or tweet about you, or any number of ways to publish information about others. The web is increasingly becoming read/write, and Facebook privacy settings aren't going to change that.

jarek 16y ago
Writing a wall post or tweet takes active action on behalf of the friend. Hmm, this is on Jarek's Facebook profile -- let's paste it somewhere where others can see it too. With the recent app privacy changes, all they have to do is use an app. The programmer can take care of the rest. Different level altogether.

hartror 16y ago

Much of the talk I have been around has been that Facebook is adjusting societies mores as it concerns to what information you share about oneself and how one judges others. The result of this could be that Gen Y and Z will have a better integrated outlook on people. I'm not sure if this will actually be the case, there could be a backlash against this (much like the backlash against the sexual revolution of the 60s/70s) or simply that "oversharing" will be done by a section of society while the rest continue to judge as we do today. I have unfettered access to a rather large social graph so I should make some studies of this. Anyone know some good reading on the subject to get me started?

steveklabnik 16y ago
Yep. I think this is what's happening. I wrote a bit about the topic on my blog a while back: http://blog.steveklabnik.com/the-burning-question-of-reputation http://blog.steveklabnik.com/the-burning-question-of-reputat... If you find any other people discussing this, I'd be interested in reading, too. Edit: It's kind of funny reading old things you've written. At the time, I felt like I might have said "asshole" one too many times when writing this post, and now I _definitely_ feel that way. Oh well, I apologize for the moderately excessive profanity.

chronomex 16y ago

Facebook's new Open Graph makes it easier for a "replacement Facebook" to help you find your friends!