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Originally Posted by Martian
I don't think it's 'pervasive' by any means. The only reason I joined facebook to begin with was because I had intel that people were putting pictures of me up there. I check it a couple of times a week, but I find it mostly useless.
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That's true. My OP was a little bit sensationalistic, but it *can* be pervasive if you so choose it to be. Its funny how each generation takes facebook to a new level; my generation for the most part occasionally wall posts, but the generations a few years younger all have thousands and thousands of wall posts. its crazy.
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Originally Posted by Martian
If you're worried about people having access to sensitive information, the best solution is not publishing that information on the internet. It really is that easy.
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Yea, that is true. There are those that have basically a blank profile, a few words here and there, an email, an AIM/MSN screenname perhaps, a few photos.. then there are those who use the tool (facebook) to the max; posting everywhere and uploading billions of pics, updating statuses every few hours, etc..
Quite the contrasts.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
1) Uncheck the option to publish relationship status changes.
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Nah, that stops it from publishing it on the newsfeed. But you can still click on the "Friends" tab and on "Recently updated profiles" tab, your friends/contacts will all see that you have recently changed your profile, and the exact thing you have changed.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
2) Put your exes in a security group for Exes, and remove viewing rights to certain parts of your profile.
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Yup, I've done this. Again, this is hard to do without hurting feelings. If you limit too much of the profile, they know they are limited. Also, they can also login from their friends facebook and look at your profile to see if there is a difference.
So you'd have to "cast a net" on all your ex'es friends, so to speak, to really prevent them from seeing your profile. And what if you have mutual friends? Would you have to limit your mutual friends too? Clearly, this is not feasible.
Its really quite hard to do it perfectly.
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Originally Posted by willravel
I deleted my myspace a while ago and trimmed down my facebook. It's just a tool for people to get in contact with me.
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I agree, that's a good way to avoid the problems.
However, its undeniable that Social Networking sites are here to stay, and that they are a tool. Its equal in the sense that everyone has the same tool. If you limit yourself, you're cutting yourself out of the loop -- why give yourself a disadvantage when everyone else is making full use out of the tool ?