Comments on: Arrivederci, Facebook http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:38:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris white http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35932 chris white Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:39:44 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35932 I have virtually everything bar my inside leg measurement on my website, but I still feel like I have greater control of it than I would on Facebook. Might be an appropriate juncture to remind folks of this: http://www.pledgebank.com/ID-Boycott I have virtually everything bar my inside leg measurement on my website, but I still feel like I have greater control of it than I would on Facebook.

Might be an appropriate juncture to remind folks of this: http://www.pledgebank.com/ID-Boycott

]]> By: ChristopherWhite.info » Facebook http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35931 ChristopherWhite.info » Facebook Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:35:17 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35931 [...] Quite [...] [...] Quite [...]

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35927 Justin Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:18:42 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35927 Aha, I got the comparison but wasn't sure who you were giving the award to. Sorted. Aha, I got the comparison but wasn’t sure who you were giving the award to. Sorted.

]]> By: Antipholus Papps http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35918 Antipholus Papps Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:06:21 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35918 Sorry Justin, I'll explain that rather obtuse comparison - I've heard rumblings about Facebook being the covert manifestiation of the Bush administration's aborted Total Information Awareness programme (as directed by John Poindexter). Specifically, I didn't sign up to a Facebook account as I didn't like it asking me questions about religious beliefs and political affiliations. It felt like I was innocently filling in the 1939 census, hence the incredibly tenuous Nazi analagy, hence the Godwin Award. I should probably do some work. Sorry Justin, I’ll explain that rather obtuse comparison – I’ve heard rumblings about Facebook being the covert manifestiation of the Bush administration’s aborted Total Information Awareness programme (as directed by John Poindexter). Specifically, I didn’t sign up to a Facebook account as I didn’t like it asking me questions about religious beliefs and political affiliations. It felt like I was innocently filling in the 1939 census, hence the incredibly tenuous Nazi analagy, hence the Godwin Award. I should probably do some work.

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35871 Justin Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:52:56 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35871 <b>Claire</b>: Er, no. Call me, baby! Claire: Er, no. Call me, baby!

]]> By: Facebook or Farce-book? | The Wardman Wire http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35867 Facebook or Farce-book? | The Wardman Wire Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:42:59 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35867 [...] Chicken Yoghurt has jumped off the (band) wagon: I’ve finally bitten the bullet and divorced the bowel-achingly tedious Facebook. I’ve ‘deactivated’ my relationship with her. I got sick to the gills with her constant banging on. ‘Justin, come and look at this’, she kept saying. ‘Justin, come and do this’, she kept suggesting. Join that, poke this, invite the other. Nag, nag, bloody nag. [...] [...] Chicken Yoghurt has jumped off the (band) wagon: I’ve finally bitten the bullet and divorced the bowel-achingly tedious Facebook. I’ve ‘deactivated’ my relationship with her. I got sick to the gills with her constant banging on. ‘Justin, come and look at this’, she kept saying. ‘Justin, come and do this’, she kept suggesting. Join that, poke this, invite the other. Nag, nag, bloody nag. [...]

]]> By: Leighton Cooke http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35856 Leighton Cooke Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:33:47 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35856 Recently Facebook has been asking people to upload copies of their ID to prove copyright. Such a large amount of data on one database cannot go unregulated even under existing data protection legislation. Users have no real control on how their data is used and anyone who has heard Facebook executives speak at a conference realizes very quickly that this is an organization with ambitions far more scary than the clean cut college image they cultivate. Since they jumped into bed with Microsoft they have become quite arrogant. Recently Facebook has been asking people to upload copies of their ID to prove copyright. Such a large amount of data on one database cannot go unregulated even under existing data protection legislation. Users have no real control on how their data is used and anyone who has heard Facebook executives speak at a conference realizes very quickly that this is an organization with ambitions far more scary than the clean cut college image they cultivate. Since they jumped into bed with Microsoft they have become quite arrogant.

]]> By: Andy http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35854 Andy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:27:41 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35854 Looks like no-one's seen the latest privacy-busting wheeze Facebook has come up with? Beacon, they call it - when you do something on a site that's signed up with Beacon you'll get a little note pop up saying it's been posted to your newsfeed (I had it today when making a donation at Kiva). You can opt out of it being posted, but you can't opt out of the information being transmitted to Facebook, so far as I'm aware. Amazon is in, and so is eBay. There's stories about it GigaOM and TechCrunch that you can find by Googling 'facebook beacon privacy', and this is good too: http://www.bspcn.com/2007/11/09/block-facebook-beacon/ It's enough for me - I'm out of there in the next day or two. Looks like no-one’s seen the latest privacy-busting wheeze Facebook has come up with? Beacon, they call it – when you do something on a site that’s signed up with Beacon you’ll get a little note pop up saying it’s been posted to your newsfeed (I had it today when making a donation at Kiva). You can opt out of it being posted, but you can’t opt out of the information being transmitted to Facebook, so far as I’m aware. Amazon is in, and so is eBay. There’s stories about it GigaOM and TechCrunch that you can find by Googling ‘facebook beacon privacy’, and this is good too: http://www.bspcn.com/2007/11/09/block-facebook-beacon/

It’s enough for me – I’m out of there in the next day or two.

]]> By: Tim Ireland http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35853 Tim Ireland Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:15:43 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35853 RS: They do give you the choice, but (at least when I signed up) they gave no indication at sign-up that your profile would display this by default without your permission. RS: They do give you the choice, but (at least when I signed up) they gave no indication at sign-up that your profile would display this by default without your permission.

]]> By: Claire http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-35852 Claire Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:11:35 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/11/12/arrivederci-facebook/#comment-35852 Justin... come back and BE MY FRIEND! I'm sorry to sound a note of pathetic bandwagon jumping, social trend consuming reactionism but I use Facebook for nearly all my social happenings and have had approximately 5 reunions with long-lost pals through it, only ONE of which was an unmitigated disaster. All hail the mighty Facebook, don't scrooge me out of my simple pleasures please. Justin… come back and BE MY FRIEND! I’m sorry to sound a note of pathetic bandwagon jumping, social trend consuming reactionism but I use Facebook for nearly all my social happenings and have had approximately 5 reunions with long-lost pals through it, only ONE of which was an unmitigated disaster. All hail the mighty Facebook, don’t scrooge me out of my simple pleasures please.

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