Legal Commentary

More Privacy Glitches at Facebook

By Jeralyn

I really tired of Facebook months ago and stopped accepting friends I don't know and haven't heard of. I changed all my privacy settings to "friends only" or "just me" and deleted most of my "pages" and "causes." But I still don't trust it (and something about adding myself as a "fan" rather than a "friend" (required for those with over 5,000 friends) that just rubs me the wrong way.)

I don't like when people post their self-promotional material on my "wall." I don't like reading that x and y became friends. There's probably fewer than 50 friends whose postings and photos I'm interested in.

And now, there's more reason not to trust Facebook.

I wouldn't mind if Facebook crashed and burned, and took Linked In and all the others with them. They were entertaining for a while, but the negatives far outweigh the positives.

Anyone disagree?

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 09, 2010 (boomark / email).