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Cadaverous Pallor 05-03-2010 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd (Post 322244)
Ok, starting to get it. However, my mom, and all those relatives, are still on Facebook, so I won't be. At least, not in the social way I am here.
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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 322250)
In fact, the only bad thing about it is its too ubiquitous. I have to restrain myself sometimes because family members are on there, too.
If you take a minute to set up your Groups you can easily decide who sees which posts. I decided to distinguish between "Family" and "Cool Family", as there's certain subjects that my siblings should see but my mom shouldn't.

However, I really don't post there much except for "look at my bebe" so it's not a huge issue. I enjoy it first as a lurker, second as a way to swap links, and third for activist uses.

Alex 05-11-2010 12:00 PM
Don't know if it was already posted but I found this visualization of the change in Facebook default privacy settings over time interesting (can't speak to accuracy)

http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

Moonliner 05-13-2010 02:53 PM
That's what's cool about the Internet.

5 College punks can take on a multibillion dollar corporation and make them nervous.

Betty 05-13-2010 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 323180)
That's what's cool about the Internet.

5 College punks can take on a multibillion dollar corporation and make them nervous.
Now they just need to come up with a better name.

Cadaverous Pallor 05-13-2010 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Betty (Post 323187)
Now they just need to come up with a better name.
Diaspora is a perfect name for a social networking platform. Maybe I just like it because I'm Jewish...

Kevy Baby 05-13-2010 06:15 PM
You know what else is cool about the internet? How easy it is to spread misinformation
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Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 323180)
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Originally Posted by the linked article
As Facebook completes its Galactic Senate-to-Imperial Empire transformation, four enterprising NYU students thought the world could do with a social networking service that wouldn't treat your personal information like advertiser catnip. So they started building Diaspora.
(Emphasis mine)

:evil:

Kevy Baby 05-13-2010 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Betty (Post 323187)
Now they just need to come up with a better name.
In looking up the meaning of Diaspora on Wikipedia (yeah; I know), I like the name they used:
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A diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – "a scattering [of seeds]") is any movement of a population sharing common national and/or ethnic identity. While refugees may or may not ultimately settle in a new geographic location, the term diaspora refers to a permanently displaced and relocated collective.

Not Afraid 05-13-2010 06:32 PM
I think LoT was sort of a diaspora.

€uroMeinke 05-13-2010 07:42 PM
Another interesting graphic courtesy of the NY Times

Ghoulish Delight 05-26-2010 07:16 PM
They've caved. Kinda. Nothing functionally will be different but they're going to make the setting easier to find. And I think the stuff that's defaulting to public will no longer default to public (though that's not clear from the article).

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social....ex.html?hpt=T2


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