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Facebook Changes Provoke Uproar Among Users

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

coastal984 writes, "Facebook, the college (and now, high school and professional) networking site, launched changes to their web site this morning, provoking a massive and immediate response, and not the one the company had hoped for. Hundreds of protest 'Groups' formed, the largest of which have over 10,000 members, and sites like this student portal sprang up to pour scorn on the recent changes. The biggest gripe is the new "News Feed" on every page that tracks recent changes, activities, and comments made by everyone the user is connected to, such as a change in a user's relationship status." These details were all public previously, but it was only through intentional browsing that they would be discovered. In the words of one user, "Stalking is supposed to be hard."

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  1. WAAAHHHHH by ArchieBunker · · Score: 0, Troll

    WAAAAHHHH A free website that I waste time on added features I don't like... WAAAAHHHH

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    Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
  2. Re:difference between "not private" and "announced by MankyD · · Score: 0, Troll
    However, you don't get all your friends on a Telephone conference call and say "My girlfriend and I broke up, thanks!", or take out an ad in the local paper saying "Attn to all my friends: I broke up!"
    You see, you're getting confused again. You are exactly right - you don't hold a telecon. So why should you put it up on a public website? There is no difference. None. End of story. If you don't want to announce to the world that you broke up - don't.
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  3. +10 mods for the same goddam thing by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Troll
    Thank you. It's painful to read 'well, don't use the internet' 400 times. I can't believe this guy has gotten modded up over 10 times for saying the same fucking thing.

    And guess what 'MankyD'? You would have earned no call-out from me if /. didn't have a feature where I can see the last 24 of your posts, all of which say the same thing.

    Which may just prove the point at long last. Having a list of your seven posts all in one spot made it truly easy for me to become annoyed with you, whereas if that feature did not exist, you could've gone to bed thinking you were right, as chances are good I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of 'investigating'.

    Of course, you could have NOT PUT THE INFORMATION ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE too.

    sigh.

    All the privacy concerns are all probably moot anyway.