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by Ronja » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:06 am
I had missed this, I'm so little on FB anymore. This blog post was dated June 1, 2012:
Facebook wants to know your political views before it gives you a birthday card
We all know that Facebook and its 3rd party apps have a voracious appetite for our personal information, and I think it cheapens the user experience, at least for those of us that are concerned about online privacy.
Recently a friend of mine was kind enough to send me a birthday card on Facebook, but to view it I would have to tell the app every detail of my being:
Facebook birthday card alert
- photos
- education histories
- hometowns
- interests
- likes
- locations
- relationship statuses
- relationship details
- religious and political views
- websites and work histories
Imagine if the postman demanded to know all these things before they handed over your post – you’d tell them to get lost – but somehow it has become normalised online.
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More here:
http://alexpoole.info/blog/facebook-wan ... hday-card/
ETA: I can't say much more than
WTF! 
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by rachelbean » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:51 am
Pretty sure that's just a third party app, they can request whatever they want which is why I'm careful about what I accept. Most of them are just ways to mine your info for marketing.
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by Thinking Aloud » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:04 am
After their first two days of using Facebook, I'd question the sanity of anyone sending me any kind of eGreeting from an app on FB.
If I see "Your Friend has sent you an X, find out what it is using MineDataApp! Click here", my immediate reaction is, "well they are stupid then".
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by JimC » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:06 am
Bah humbug!
Rationalia is as social as I get...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
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by Robert_S » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:14 am
I do not like any apps and rarely use any of them.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:32 am
I ignore apps for the most part. Especially the ones that will "post on your behalf." It's not my behalf, it's using my name to make my friends think I'm crazy about something and being obnoxious about posting the same shit over and over again. Not going to happen.
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by Ronja » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:30 pm
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I ignore apps for the most part. Especially the ones that will "post on your behalf." It's not my behalf, it's using my name to make my friends think I'm crazy about something and being obnoxious about posting the same shit over and over again. Not going to happen.
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"The internet is made of people. People matter. This includes you. Stop trying to sell everything about yourself to everyone. Don’t just hammer away and repeat and talk at people—talk TO people. It’s organic. Make stuff for the internet that matters to you, even if it seems stupid. Do it because it’s good and feels important. Put up more cat pictures. Make more songs. Show your doodles. Give things away and take things that are free." -
Maureen J
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anyone who says it’s “just the Internet” can
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again." -
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by Pappa » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:31 pm
I fastidiously delete every app request that comes my way.
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by hiyymer » Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:12 pm
For some reason, years ago, I set up a facebook account for no rational reason. I quickly learned, put a few pictures of the house and town on it, asked any one of my relatives who happened to find it to come and visit, and haven't looked at it since. Of course I do get those annoying emails, which are automatically sent to trash when they come in. I've had thoughts that someone should really start up a truly private social site, but then how would it make money.
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by Tero » Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:14 pm
I only used apps the first year. Some were fun.
Sometimes I edit and delete stuff just to see if I can still do it.
The internet does not seem to know my full birthday, in 1954.
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by Bella Fortuna » Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:35 pm
Ronja wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I ignore apps for the most part. Especially the ones that will "post on your behalf." It's not my behalf, it's using my name to make my friends think I'm crazy about something and being obnoxious about posting the same shit over and over again. Not going to happen.
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The only ones I deal with are Bejewelled and Words With Friends.
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by Audley Strange » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:46 pm
I predict Zuckerberg one day will wind up "accidently" dying in some horrible tragedy once the dupes on his info-trawl machine have given up everything and his backers have made their move.
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by Bella Fortuna » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:56 pm
Audley Strange wrote:I predict Zuckerberg one day will wind up "accidently" dying in some horrible tragedy once the dupes on his info-trawl machine have given up everything and his backers have made their move.
At least we'll have an automatic map on his account showing where it happened!
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by Audley Strange » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:59 pm
Bella Fortuna wrote:Audley Strange wrote:I predict Zuckerberg one day will wind up "accidently" dying in some horrible tragedy once the dupes on his info-trawl machine have given up everything and his backers have made their move.
At least we'll have an automatic map on his account showing where it happened!
Shotinthefacebook?
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by rachelbean » Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:03 pm
hiyymer wrote:For some reason, years ago, I set up a facebook account for no rational reason. I quickly learned, put a few pictures of the house and town on it, asked any one of my relatives who happened to find it to come and visit, and haven't looked at it since. Of course I do get those annoying emails, which are automatically sent to trash when they come in. I've had thoughts that someone should really start up a truly private social site, but then how would it make money.
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