Comments on: Facebook spills over into blind rage

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By: Mula

Mula — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:27:13 +0000

I have deleted my facebook account, well “deactivated” it! It is upsetting though because Facebook did help me keep in contact with the people I love. The thought of all those other people though, from 19voetsak knowing all about me just freaked me out to be honest and I too, like Fred didn’t have the heart to ignore their requests. I think if I was able to screen exactly who saw what I would stay on Facebook. But the reality is my only choices are all friends or all friends in a certain network! The likelihood of all my friends being in one network is quite high and I don’t want them all seeing everything! I joined a site called Obami. I was skeptical at first but it allows me the ability to choose exactly which friends or groups (groups that I create) see what. Hopefully this is the future of SN sites because in my opinion privacy is not just an irritating factor but a major problem!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:17:01 +0000

LOL! Shane! Better change my strategy now (before it turns into stragedy:-p)… Jokes, nah, I just reckon I join too many interesting sounding groups that then decide to spam me so I’m forced to leave.

By: Poppy

Poppy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:06:28 +0000

Facebook is such a time waster and I definately think that there are major privacy issues with it. I don’t use it simply because I have photos and news I want to share with my closest friends, but I certainly don’t want someone who I haven’t spoken to since junior school to see – its none of their business! And yes, I know I could just forward the pics via email, but that defeats the purpose of having all my photos uploaded in one spot.

Basically, I think that social networks are here to stay, but the whole novelty of them is wearing off, Users need the same tools but with greater privacy controls. And they need to start playing a more constructive role in our lives, instead of leading to wasted time spent poking everyone – maybe then our workplaces won’t go banning them.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:50:39 +0000

I’ve noticed Dave Duarte joins and leaves arb FB groups on a daily basis. so his name keeps on coming up on everyones update list. Rather cunning!

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:26:04 +0000

Ah, I don’t know. I think that Facebook has it’s merit. Last night at the monthly Heavy Chef Session http://worldwidecreative.typepad.com/heavy_chef/2007/07/july-heavy-chef.html we discussed the power of being able to contact people through just changing your status profile. Imagine you want to tell people about a new product or service and you have 1000 contacts – arb or not, it’s an easy and cost effective way of spreading the word.

By: Shola

Shola — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:06:46 +0000

Facebook is a fad but every individual can choose to be part of it or not.

I’m using it to reconnect with highschool mates and hopefully plan a ten-year reunion but it also works great as a social networking system to meet up with ppl whose numbers u lost when ur phone was stolen or when u moved house/town/school.

the messages openly available to other ppl can be censored by the user so it’s up to each person to monitor their profile and send a private message if the info is private.

and like AJ said, there’s always the deregister button for those who hate FB!

By: A J

A J — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:02:26 +0000

cripes

i know how you feel. I signed up and lasted about 4 days. knowing all the minutae of my so-called “friends’ lives gave me the creeps.

you are correct. if we wanted to be contact with all these arb friends, we would have phoned them

look for the FACEBOOK Deregister button

best part of the whole thing

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:16:51 +0000

Haha, your friends letter definitely made me laugh.

I must say though I often wonder about all these people who get so fired up about invasion of privacy. What are you putting on Facebook that you don’t want the world to see?

If you want something to be kept private why not send it to your friends via email?

I reckon the only people getting upset about their privacy being invaded are people with something to hide… Or am I being naive?

By: Henre

Henre — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:40:09 +0000

Nicola, what you’re saying is probably correct. What we cannot ignore though is that there are 168 000 South Africans on Facebook at present and increasing rapidly. Even if it’s a fad, and even though chances are that the next social site will come along soon, it would be a sin to ignore the marketing opportunity it currently has.

Of course, mine is based on a business principle, and I guess on a personal level, for every one person that feels like Fred’s friend, there are 10 registering on Facebook at any given stage. (Stats are made up on the spot of course)