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Re: User data ownership on Facebook and why it doesn’t matter

BettyCMiller — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:06:19 -0000

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Sesli Sohbet — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:05:08 -0000

very thanks admin sesli chat

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Jeff Barson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:14:03 -0000

While Facebook plans to take over the world, it seems less and less interesting. Of course it'll make a couple of more billion.

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Medspa Doc — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:11:52 -0000

Facebook seems to have something of a half life. After 18 months I have less interaction.

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Mark — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:14:03 -0000

What's going on? I just joined FB. It asks, "Who can see this?" and I replied "Only Friends". Is that not true? FM!

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Dan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:53:06 -0000

I am so tired of reading about Facebook doing this or that. What is next? Facebook comes out with the new fPhone? How can they mine our voice data? I am sure they are already thinking of this.

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mitziszereto — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:29:41 -0000

frankly i'm fed up with facebook's gestapo and arbitrary tactics. i've had a lot of grief from them and i still continue to get grief. there needs to be some kind of fair system in place, not this random nonsense that results in people having their accounts deleted or being told they can and cannot do such and such. like you, i'm nearly at my limit for adding friends. now what? do i suddenly become anti-social on a social network? they have us at their mercy, they really do.

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Ahad Bokhari — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:27:03 -0000

sorry typo, *it couldn't have said it better (DELETE ME)

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Ahad Bokhari — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:43:39 -0000

I totally agree with you Scobleizer, it could have been said better!

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Marco — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:56:48 -0000

Dude... 3 weeks with no post equals dead blog.

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Theresa Precinct 368cor — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:32:21 -0000

Equally annoying is that way past the elections Facebook is still placing Obama ads near our conservative postings.

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ScoobyOne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:04:14 -0000

Scoble,

Are you still alive?

You posted this on feb the 17th!!!

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Kentucky and Tennessee family — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:43:01 -0000

Is there anything that protects emails from disappearing? Think about the morning after finding out that Yahoo shut down it servers. Worse than Pan Am miles going worthless, Citibank failing, 3000 dow. Have a nice day.

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Patrick O'Malley — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:47:56 -0000

Well said. Too many people overrate things like this, and after all, you're dealing with a free site that you gave your pictures and information to.

Pat O'Malley
Pat O'Malley

Re: User data ownership on Facebook and why it doesn’t matter

bjorn — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:07:37 -0000

You come into his father's kingdom if you are U.S. propagandists
The right to bear arms human right
Just crap in the tax payer
Just slide
Politicians accept the consensus on the term
Left Intellectual = just kill packet
General amnesty

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esd714 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:50:17 -0000

I like the twist FB added yesterday to this--with kind of a WiKi for TOS--making the TOS for the site a community forum.

Not sure that is a great business decsision, but certainly should untangle bunched up panties.

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eric — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:37:24 -0000

are you on vacation?

hope all is well.

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gazete — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:47:48 -0000

i like facebook, in any conditions, i will continue to live on virtually for friends :D

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Brian — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:52:23 -0000

Robert, I understand your cynical attitude. But I disagree. The problem here is transparency, or the lack of it by Zuckerberg, et al. They have tried stunts like this before, and luckily for Facebook users, they've been outed. The fact that Zuckerberg has tried repeatedly to take control of their users' content, freely assume that activities of users could be broadcast, that user privacy is unimportant is proof positive of the callous disregard for the people who give any legitimacy or value to Facebook.

The fact is, Facebook has a broken business model. Zuckerberg is desperately trying to monetize the one thing he has - eyeballs. And unlike Google, he's doing a terrible job. In 1999, blissed out Internet pundits claimed that savings and earnings no longer mattered, but eyeballs do. Fast forward less than a year later, and they are harshly proven wrong by the decline of the NASDAQ. And yet, Wall Street and pundits alike are falling all over themselves to praise Mark Zuckerberg for his ability to capture eyeballs. But unlike the folks from Google, Facebook is the next cool idea in search of a profitable quarter. In the desperation to convert eyeballs to dollars, Facebook has become arrogant and disingenuous. It's why I believe that unless Mark Zuckerberg takes a hard look at the ethics of running his business, that the day may come when Facebook, despite its large membership, becomes a Trivial Pursuit question.

And for me, that day can't come soon enough. I am proud NOT to be a member of Facebook.

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Engago Team — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:47:16 -0000

Free Use rhymes with Free Content.
Pay Use rhymes with Proprietary Content.

Get a paid service and sleep well.

Re: User data ownership on Facebook and why it doesn’t matter

Abhishek — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:47:25 -0000

@Ray - Almost every "Terms & Conditions" that I've come across has a clause that effectively amounts to "We reserve the rights to change these terms at any point in future".

So no, changing the terms AFTER we have signed up with a different agreement is not all that shady.

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Joe — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:06:55 -0000

the fact that Facebook change their TOS back so quickly is an indication that they knew they were wrong in the first place

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Ray Scott — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:37:41 -0000

It does matter. They have no right to make money off your content unless it CC. And changing their terms AFTER you have signed up with a different agreement is just plain shady. \

You say it doesn't matter in the title of your post, but you wouldn't upload your videos there. Still bitter about them deleting your account. tut tut.

Thanks for the laugh.

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dellhart — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:30:20 -0000

Social networking sites are like banks. They create value only if people create content or deposit money (in case of banks). If the service provider sabotages customers’ trust, I don’t see a sustainable future for that particular business. Just posted my views on this episode here:http://www.codelathe.com/bl...

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Bayanlarla Sohbet — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:17:59 -0000

Yes.Me to have read about Facebook TOS scandal...