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Why do you need to protect yourself from trolls on facebook? Those are your friends. Unless you add every stranger that send you a friend request. I'm not in f
by islon 14y ago
Why do you need to protect yourself from trolls on facebook? Those are your friends. Unless you add every stranger that send you a friend request.
I'm not in favor of Germany on this one but sometimes the law/government should interfere to ensure people freedom. Just because it's a private company doesn't mean they can do whatever they want with our data even if we were the ones providing the data.
- stared 14y agoI use FB mainly for information distribution and conversation. It means that I interact with friends of friends, and with people who "are going" to my event (and I'm not knowing them in person). (And yes, I add Internet-only acquaintances, but not guys I don't know.) Some of my personal experience says that (usually, not always) people under names don't troll that much. Of course, the situation is different for small communities, or skill-driven communities, but (usually) not for open ones. (E.g. on HN anonymity works well.) I don't say that I agree with FB's rules (personally I prefer "real names encouraged, but not required" policy on such "for everyone" sites). I'm just saying that there are pros and cons, both for FB and for its users.
- omd 14y ago> personally I prefer "real names encouraged, but not required" policy That's what the German government is saying. They're not outlawing the use of real names.
- thirdtruck 14y agoBoyfriends/girlfriends turned stalker. Having others add you to groups without permissions. Hacked accounts.