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Why are people still using Facebook anyway? I can only presume people that do simply don't care much about privacy because Facebook has proved time and time aga

by SeanDav 14y ago

Why are people still using Facebook anyway? I can only presume people that do simply don't care much about privacy because Facebook has proved time and time again that your privacy does not matter at all to them.

clobber 14y ago
Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. This breach of privacy stuff is a slippery slope and Facebook will continue to chip away at it until it's gone. To help people remember I've started: http://pleasedeletefacebook.com http://pleasedeletefacebook.com
- Volpe 14y ago
  Or you could just treat facebook as public... Over reaction much? > Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. You need to think harder.
  - clobber 14y ago
    You need to respect privacy harder.
NegativeK 14y ago
The users who are okay with Facebook have a different set of priorities than the detractors who have abandoned it. Asking why people are still using Facebook is roughly similar to asking why people use 123456 as a password.
MartinCron 14y ago
All of their privacy breaches don't really matter if you consider all of the things that you do with Facebook to be explicitly public. My only privacy filters are discretion and sobriety, and they've worked well enough so far.
- robryan 14y ago
  Yep, I generally don't care about Facebook privacy because I don't place anything on it I'm not comfortable with the world knowing.
- gm 14y ago
  Agreed. In this day and age it's just asinine to expect privacy from the Internet, no matter what you are promised. There is not privacy and I do not expect any. That's the way to be happy and care free on the Internet. It's simple: Don't post anything privately or publicly that you do not want the whole world to see.
  - xiaoma 14y ago
    Are you fine with the whole world seeing all you email and chat history, then?
- guelo 14y ago
  Danger is if your friends don't have similar filters and expose your drunk indiscretions
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    That's a problem with your friend, not with Facebook. As someone wiser than me once said, "you can't opt-out of people talking about you on the Internet"

by SeanDav 14y ago

clobber 14y ago

Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. This breach of privacy stuff is a slippery slope and Facebook will continue to chip away at it until it's gone. To help people remember I've started: http://pleasedeletefacebook.com http://pleasedeletefacebook.com

Volpe 14y ago
Or you could just treat facebook as public... Over reaction much? > Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. You need to think harder.
- clobber 14y ago
  You need to respect privacy harder.

NegativeK 14y ago

The users who are okay with Facebook have a different set of priorities than the detractors who have abandoned it. Asking why people are still using Facebook is roughly similar to asking why people use 123456 as a password.

MartinCron 14y ago

All of their privacy breaches don't really matter if you consider all of the things that you do with Facebook to be explicitly public. My only privacy filters are discretion and sobriety, and they've worked well enough so far.

robryan 14y ago
Yep, I generally don't care about Facebook privacy because I don't place anything on it I'm not comfortable with the world knowing.
gm 14y ago
Agreed. In this day and age it's just asinine to expect privacy from the Internet, no matter what you are promised. There is not privacy and I do not expect any. That's the way to be happy and care free on the Internet. It's simple: Don't post anything privately or publicly that you do not want the whole world to see.
- xiaoma 14y ago
  Are you fine with the whole world seeing all you email and chat history, then?
guelo 14y ago
Danger is if your friends don't have similar filters and expose your drunk indiscretions
- MartinCron 14y ago
  That's a problem with your friend, not with Facebook. As someone wiser than me once said, "you can't opt-out of people talking about you on the Internet"