see, people act like this is a big deal but 99.9% of websites are public domain anyways. For example if I write a public blog on myspace, or any other forum, journal, or blog, it is automatically indexed and searchable and I have no option to opt out of indexing. However, on facebook, I do. Not that it matters because if you've got half a goddamn clue ... See Moreabout the internet you'd probably have your profile set to private/friends only anyways and it can't index it at that point even if I left that box checked. There is so much facebook conspiracy theory going on right now, artificial drama over nothing.
a little info on how it works, it's not facebook that does the indexing, its the search engines, because that is their job and service that they provide when looking for relevant content.
Web crawler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
furthermore, click on settings > privacy settings: and right at the top they address this rumor.
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Worried about privacy? Your information is safe.
There have been misleading rumors recently about Facebook indexing all your information on Google. This is not true. Facebook created public search listings in 2007 to enable people to search for your name and see a link to your Facebook profile.
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also, they automatically opt minors out of the indexing.
so tired of this bullshit fueled by ignorance and conspiracy theorists.