The Facebook Privacy Thread

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Without it sounding like baiting, what about FaceBook is not easy to substitute? Am I that old? I feel like I'm asking why the telegraph is so much better than smoke signals. What I suspect I'm asking is why a touchscreen phone is better than one with a keypad.

The power of Facebook is that nearly everyone is there already.

In the past, I'd post a photo on a site like Photobucket, and then I'd email some friends and post it here for others. If you know people on different sites you need to visit all your haunts to get your stuff out to everyone.

When almost everyone is in one place, it makes posting things infinitely easier. My posted photo on Facebook is seen by parents, cousins, in-laws, old high school buddies, college friends, many of you guys, and other myriad friends. I didn't even add circles like coworkers and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before my new mom group friends get on there too.

Another example - I've gotten over 30 Happy Birthday posts on my wall so far today, from all the various groups I listed above. It's only 2pm and I'm sure I'll get plenty more. It's pretty neat.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Another example - I've gotten over 30 Happy Birthday posts on my wall so far today, from all the various groups I listed above. It's only 2pm and I'm sure I'll get plenty more. It's pretty neat.

Speak for yourself Missy! It is a near fatal flaw that Facebook has generated a new stream of birthday comments that I have no hope of shutting down short of deleting my account.