If people were outraged about Facebook’s ethics violation when they conducted psychological experiments on unsuspecting and unconsenting users, I imagine they’ll be equally unhappy to learn about a new, persistent tracking tool that’s being used to spy on users of millions websites. Aside from this Mashable post and a Forbes article, though, I’m not seeing […]
Facebook Ignores User Settings AGAIN and Opts Everyone Back into Group Email Notifications
Have you spent all weekend wondering why your email inbox was full of notifications from Facebook groups? Notifications you swear you had previously turned off, but now seem to have been re-activated? Well, you’re not alone, and you’re not imagining things–Facebook did indeed just do one of their famous “we let you control your experience […]
Why Facebook Can’t be Trusted to Care About Kids’ Safety
I haven’t yet written about Facebook’s recent announcement that they are developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the site under parental supervision. I’ve been thinking about it, though, and what a joke it is that anyone is depending on Facebook to look out for the interests of kids, and […]
Importing Member Emails into Facebook–Just Because You Can, Should You?
I just read on Facebook that they have created two ways to allow admins of Pages with fewer than 5,000 “likers” to use email contacts to “build” their Pages. You can either upload a contact file into Facebook or import email contacts who are already on Facebook then suggest your Page to them. Facebook adds the following caveat […]
New Facebook Profiles Only Hours Old…And Already A Privacy Glitch
What was my first thought when I heard about the new Facebook profile layout? So does the new Facebook profile come with any “oops” privacy roll-backs like previous Facebook changes? #skepticalofFBless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhonemaggielmcg maggielmcg Looks like we didn’t have to wait long for the first privacy glitch to reveal […]
Protecting Your Privacy on Facebook with safego
If you read this blog you know that, while I acknowledge Facebook can be a valuable business tool, I have have, at best, a love/hate relationship with Facebook. I love how easy Facebook makes it to see what’s going on in friend’s lives, but I hate their continual “whoops, we didn’t mean to…” attitude. As […]
Why I Will Never, Ever Use Facebook Places
It’s simple: because I hate how much of my life Facebook already owns and has control over. Facebook is now worth $33 BILLION–all because chumps like me are willing to share their lives with the world and Facebook gets to sell us out. Why the hell am I going to give them one more piece […]