Facebook opens up even more...
Sel Appa
06-09-2007, 04:43
One of the reasons I joined Facebook was because it DOESN'T let nonusers search. Now they plan to change that.
Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_facebook_privacy)
NEW YORK - The online hangout Facebook is opening another window to the outside world, letting nonusers for the first time search for members' personal profile pages.
The company also plans to begin letting Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other search companies index portions of Facebook profiles to help nonusers more easily find them.
Facebook, which faced a user rebellion a year ago over privacy concerns, stressed that information available through such searches would be less than what someone could find simply by signing up. Users could choose to remain invisible in such searches.
"We think this will help more people connect and find value from Facebook without exposing any actual profile information or data," Facebook engineer Philip Fung wrote in a company blog entry.
Normally, a search on Facebook would yield a user's name, photo, list of friends and network — such as that person's college or work affiliation or hometown. Nonusers would get the name and photo only. They also must sign up to contact the user.
Begun as an online community limited to college campuses, Facebook has grown in usage as membership eligibility gradually expanded to high schools, selected companies and later anyone with an e-mail address.
Unlike the social-networking leader MySpace from News Corp., Facebook has built several walls to limit what people can see about its users. So when Facebook launched a feature to let users easily see changes made to another member's profile, users rebelled and forced the company to offer additional privacy controls.
But limiting access in the name of privacy can also limit growth, and Facebook has been trying to strike a balance.
If they let anyone sign up, what difference does it make?
One of the reasons I joined Facebook was because it DOESN'T let nonusers search. Now they plan to change that.
Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_facebook_privacy)You can prevent non users, or even non friends from searching you.
One of the reasons I joined Facebook was because it DOESN'T let nonusers search. Now they plan to change that.
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Awww.facebook.com+name&start=50 ?
Actually in our school's paper, there was a letter to the editor about how Facebook sucks because it is much easier to eStalk that hot blond from pol-sci on MySpace.
What really annoys me about Facebook with regard to privacy is the "Find Friends" tool.
Giving someone your screen name or email should not allow them to learn your real name and networks.
The_pantless_hero
06-09-2007, 04:58
I went into options and turns that shit off.
What really annoys me about Facebook with regard to privacy is the "Find Friends" tool.
Giving someone your screen name or email should not allow them to learn your real name and networks.
I agree. All the people I used to know online were not people I knew personally and only knew me by aliases then they search for you and come up with your personal information.
Sel Appa
06-09-2007, 05:07
What really annoys me about Facebook with regard to privacy is the "Find Friends" tool.
Giving someone your screen name or email should not allow them to learn your real name and networks.
Well originally my AIM was only for school people...it does help find people I know personally...
Free Outer Eugenia
06-09-2007, 05:10
Facebook? What's facebook? Now get off my lawn you whipper-snappers!
IL Ruffino
06-09-2007, 05:20
Public Search Listings on Facebook
Facebook now enables anyone to search for Facebook users who have public search listings from our Welcome page. In a few weeks we will allow users to make these public search listings visible to search engines like Google. Public Search Listings only include names and profile pictures.
Because you have restricted your search privacy settings your public search listing will not be shown. If you want friends who are not yet on Facebook to be able to search for you by name, you can change your settings on the Search Privacy page.
No privacy rules are changing; if you do choose to make this public search listing available, anyone who discovers your public search listing must sign up and login to contact you via Facebook.
So says my facebook notices.
Well originally my AIM was only for school people...
I just have different screen names for different places, and link them.
it does help find people I know personally...
Yeah, I've found Find Friends useful at times too.
But its disrespect for Internet anonymity is still rather disturbing.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
06-09-2007, 05:22
One of the reasons I joined Facebook was because it DOESN'T let nonusers search. Now they plan to change that.
And here I thought that my stalking days were ended when they deleted my profile for Genghis Khan.
I am so going to stalk the Hell out of all of you now. Or, at least, more so than I already do.
The Brevious
06-09-2007, 05:30
Actually in our school's paper, there was a letter to the editor about how Facebook sucks because it is much easier to eStalk that hot blond from pol-sci on MySpace.
..and there it is, i suspect.
And here I thought that my stalking days were ended when they deleted my profile for Genghis Khan.
I am so going to stalk the Hell out of all of you now. Or, at least, more so than I already do.Yeah, well Ruffi already stole all my personal data, so if you want it get it from him.
IL Ruffino
06-09-2007, 05:33
Yeah, well Ruffi already stole all my personal data, so if you want it get it from him.
Did you add me as a friend yet? :(
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
06-09-2007, 05:34
Yeah, well Ruffi already stole all my personal data, so if you want it get it from him.
Oh, don't worry, I'm already planning a trip out to his house one of these nights to rifle through his underwear drawer and tamper with the color settings on his monitor. I'll get your info while I'm there.
Sel Appa
06-09-2007, 05:34
And here I thought that my stalking days were ended when they deleted my profile for Genghis Khan.
I am so going to stalk the Hell out of all of you now. Or, at least, more so than I already do.
HOW DARE YOU BLASPHEME AND IMPERSONATE THE NAME OF THE GREATEST MAN TO LIVE! You have no honor, sir!
Did you add me as a friend yet? :(No, I ignored the request, AGAIN!
I'm not totally sure what happened with Ladame, but I am sure that adding you as a friend is bad mojo.
IL Ruffino
06-09-2007, 05:36
Oh, don't worry, I'm already planning a trip out to his house one of these nights to rifle through his underwear drawer and tamper with the color settings on his monitor. I'll get your info while I'm there.
My facebook is auto-login. *nudgenudge*
The Brevious
06-09-2007, 05:36
Did you add me as a friend yet? :(
Is your name being morphed into "Raffi" now? :confused:
http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/e/e1/Raffi-FaceBeta.JPG/300px-Raffi-FaceBeta.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffi_(musician)
Whoa ... that lends your last thread a bit more credit than i expected. Fo sho.
IL Ruffino
06-09-2007, 05:36
No, I ignored the request, AGAIN!
I'm not totally sure what happened with Ladame, but I am sure that adding you as a friend is bad mojo.
God damn you! I will keep requesting.
IL Ruffino
06-09-2007, 05:38
Is your name being morphed into "Raffi" now? :confused:
http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/e/e1/Raffi-FaceBeta.JPG/300px-Raffi-FaceBeta.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffi_(musician)
Whoa ... that lends your last thread a bit more credit than i expected. Fo sho.
We have the same initials.. >.>
The Brevious
06-09-2007, 05:40
We have the same initials.. >.>
RC or AL?
IL Ruffino
06-09-2007, 05:41
RC or AL?
AL :cool:
The Brevious
06-09-2007, 05:46
AL :cool:
Oh, it's ..... YOU!!!
:eek:
Goobergunchia
06-09-2007, 09:21
Well, my old Facebook account (back from the college-limited days) doesn't have my "Goobergunch" identities strongly associated with it.
....On the other hand, it's not really too hard to find my real name, as I don't go out of my way to hide it.
Sel Appa
06-09-2007, 18:03
Well, my old Facebook account (back from the college-limited days) doesn't have my "Goobergunch" identities strongly associated with it.
....On the other hand, it's not really too hard to find my real name, as I don't go out of my way to hide it.
It's you! Have you fixed NSWiki??!!?
Shit, I need to get off of Facebook. I don't even use it much, so screw that.
Dinaverg
06-09-2007, 20:17
Meh, doesn't seem to change much...
HotRodia
06-09-2007, 21:46
Meh, doesn't seem to change much...
Indeed. I saw the option, then promptly disabled it. No issue.
Lex Llewdor
06-09-2007, 23:15
One of the reasons I joined Facebook was because it DOESN'T let nonusers search. Now they plan to change that.
That was never much of a barrier. I'm in Facebook under an assumed name.
Snafturi
07-09-2007, 00:08
And that's why I don't use my real name.