John Stumbles wrote:
Having just, with some unease*, bitten the bullet and signed up to
facebook** I'm gobsmacked how many people it suggests as friends, most
of whome I know but some I haven't corresponded with for years. How
does it do it? I haven't offered it my address book but ISTR it
invited me to do that. Is it that everyone else has done so and it's
finding my
email addy in other people's address books and offering links that
way?

I've now deleted*** my 'real' email address which facebook seemed to
have listed for me (how? I didn't give it to them) and am sticking
with a " type address, so theoretically it
shouldn't be able to link people up with me through that, though if
their address books contain my real name alongside my address it may
still be able to guess.


* I have a deep sense of unease that when They come to get Us we'll
have done most of the detective work for them :-

** as myself: I was already on there under a pseudonym

*** ok, I asked fb to delete it: but they could be keeping it but not
telling me

John,

having read quite a bit about facebook over the last year, I wouldn't touch
them with the proverbial bargepole.

It's amazing the amount of personal info they can extract and use from their
subscribers - read their T&Cs very carefully.

At one stage, their T&Cs stated that whatever you posted there became theirs
and whilst you could archive your 'site' they wouldn't allow you to delete
it (this was changed after a bit of a ding-dong in the 'States).

There has also been a recent 'privacy' issue whereby they made it rather
complicated to adjust the security settings from 'open' to 'private' if you
wished - again this has now been 'partially' rectified after a lot of
complaints were made.

It would also appear that many employers search facebook for information on
existing and prospective employees - all rather George Orwellian in my own
opinion.


Cash

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:56:41 +0100, Cash wrote:

John Stumbles wrote:
Having just, with some unease*, bitten the bullet and signed up to
facebook** I'm gobsmacked how many people it suggests as friends, most
of whome I know but some I haven't corresponded with for years. How
does it do it? I haven't offered it my address book but ISTR it
invited me to do that. Is it that everyone else has done so and it's
finding my
email addy in other people's address books and offering links that
way?

I've now deleted*** my 'real' email address which facebook seemed to
have listed for me (how? I didn't give it to them) and am sticking
with a " type address, so theoretically it
shouldn't be able to link people up with me through that, though if
their address books contain my real name alongside my address it may
still be able to guess.


* I have a deep sense of unease that when They come to get Us we'll
have done most of the detective work for them :-

** as myself: I was already on there under a pseudonym

*** ok, I asked fb to delete it: but they could be keeping it but not
telling me

John,

having read quite a bit about facebook over the last year, I wouldn't touch
them with the proverbial bargepole.

It's amazing the amount of personal info they can extract and use from their
subscribers - read their T&Cs very carefully.

At one stage, their T&Cs stated that whatever you posted there became theirs
and whilst you could archive your 'site' they wouldn't allow you to delete
it (this was changed after a bit of a ding-dong in the 'States).

There has also been a recent 'privacy' issue whereby they made it rather
complicated to adjust the security settings from 'open' to 'private' if you
wished - again this has now been 'partially' rectified after a lot of
complaints were made.

It would also appear that many employers search facebook for information on
existing and prospective employees - all rather George Orwellian in my own
opinion.

Yes, I'm aware of that and I've kept my personal information on there down
to pretty much name rank and number ... and a link to my personal web site
(on which there's also not too much intimate personal info).

--
John Stumbles

Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh

On 19/07/2010 23:08, John Stumbles wrote:


Yes, I'm aware of that and I've kept my personal information on there down
to pretty much name rank and number ... and a link to my personal web site
(on which there's also not too much intimate personal info).


Yes, if you're *going* to do it, it makes obvious sense to take
reasonable precautions - but I *still* don't understand the motivation
for doing it in the first place! Just what do you hope to achieve?
--
Cheers,
Roger
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checked.

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:23:36 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

Yes, I'm aware of that and I've kept my personal information on
there
down to pretty much name rank and number ... and a link to my
personal
web site (on which there's also not too much intimate personal
info).

Yes, if you're *going* to do it, it makes obvious sense to take
reasonable precautions - but I *still* don't understand the motivation
for doing it in the first place! Just what do you hope to achieve?

As you said employers search facebook. I'm half toying with having
some minimal information up there just so that I appear infront of
potential employers with basic work related information. Similarily
something on linkedin might be beneficial.

As for the other "I've just bought brocoli" stuff that is published
on facebook etc, I see very little point.


--
Cheers
Dave.

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:23:23 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:23:36 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

Yes, I'm aware of that and I've kept my personal information on
there
down to pretty much name rank and number ... and a link to my
personal
web site (on which there's also not too much intimate personal
info).

Yes, if you're *going* to do it, it makes obvious sense to take
reasonable precautions - but I *still* don't understand the motivation
for doing it in the first place! Just what do you hope to achieve?

As you said employers search facebook. I'm half toying with having
some minimal information up there just so that I appear infront of
potential employers with basic work related information. Similarily
something on linkedin might be beneficial.

I've used LinkedIn (which seems to be the timewaster of choice for
professionals) and I've contributed a few bits to soem of the tech.
questions. However I've never really found anything useful on there
in terms of opportunities or job openings.
It may be that the value is simply in having a profile, rather than
strangers approaching you with job offers.

As for the other "I've just bought brocoli" stuff that is published
on facebook etc, I see very little point.




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pete writes:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:23:23 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:23:36 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

Yes, I'm aware of that and I've kept my personal information on
there
down to pretty much name rank and number ... and a link to my
personal
web site (on which there's also not too much intimate personal
info).

Yes, if you're *going* to do it, it makes obvious sense to take
reasonable precautions - but I *still* don't understand the motivation
for doing it in the first place! Just what do you hope to achieve?

I introduce enough inaccuracies to prevent it being used for
identity theft.

As you said employers search facebook. I'm half toying with having
some minimal information up there just so that I appear infront of
potential employers with basic work related information. Similarily
something on linkedin might be beneficial.

I've used LinkedIn (which seems to be the timewaster of choice for
professionals) and I've contributed a few bits to soem of the tech.
questions. However I've never really found anything useful on there
in terms of opportunities or job openings.
It may be that the value is simply in having a profile, rather than
strangers approaching you with job offers.

For me, the most interesting part of linked-in is seeing what
colleagues you worked with years ago are up to now.

I have advertised jobs on Linked-in too which is very much cheaper
than going through agencies, but in the end I've never taken on any
of the people who came through linked-in.

I get invites from plaxo too, but haven't joined it.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

For me, the most interesting part of linked-in is seeing what
colleagues you worked with years ago are up to now.

Deeply depressing you mean.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:23:36 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

Yes, I'm aware of that and I've kept my personal information on
there
down to pretty much name rank and number ... and a link to my
personal
web site (on which there's also not too much intimate personal
info).
Yes, if you're *going* to do it, it makes obvious sense to take
reasonable precautions - but I *still* don't understand the motivation
for doing it in the first place! Just what do you hope to achieve?

As you said employers search facebook. I'm half toying with having
some minimal information up there just so that I appear infront of
potential employers with basic work related information. Similarily
something on linkedin might be beneficial.

As for the other "I've just bought brocoli" stuff that is published
on facebook etc, I see very little point.


It is of value to those who follow you into the loo..