Are You On Facebook? I'm not...

[Abraham]

"I get to "like" and comment on things which then get shared with others who might delete the same information if I sent it to them as an e-mail."

Well, there you go...

[hillfighter]

I laugh when people talk about Big Brother on FB when they have just posted pics of every firearm they own on this forum.

There you go again. Being all logical and stuff.

[Abraham]

Yes, I know, I've touched a nerve with those who find FB to their liking.

As observed by others, if that's what you like, go for it...don't concern yourself with any further thought.

It's all good...

[chasfm11]

Yes, I know, I've touched a nerve with those who find FB to their liking.

As observed by others, if that's what you like, go for it...don't concern yourself with any further thought.

It's all good...

I'm not sure about your point here. FB is here whether you and I "like" it or not (pun intended). I actually give FB a reasonable amount of thought, both in what I read and what I post or comment about. If it doesn't trip your trigger, don't use it. I prefer to try to at least understand the current trends, even if I don't like them.

Gangum style is a cult musical item. I don't like it. I'm a classically trained musician and don't find any value in it. The rapper responsible has a history of anti-American comments. If you do a little research, you find out that the rapper has been over the top and has had at least one of his albums banned in Korea for its content and that the intended tone of the piece is a sarcastic comment on a suburb of Seoul. Less than 10% of the billions who have listened to it on Youtube understand any of that. At the same time, the music video that goes with it is funny and the tune, minus the lyrics is kind of catchy. There have been enough types of parody on the video worldwide to make it somewhat amusing. At the end of the day, it is no more stimulating than Jersey Shore, which to me also has no redeeming social value but it certainly has captured national attention. I'm always curious about the "why" of such situations. I've listened to Gangnum style audio and watched the video several times. It is cheesy. The rapper admitted on the TV that at least the dance is cheesy. I'm amazed at the instant success, including a Super Bowl add based on it. Would I trade it for a Mahler symphony? Not on your life but that doesn't mean that I'm going to ignore it. I'm fascinated about the fact that such a shallow piece of "art" has such world wide appeal. At least Snookie had some redeeming characteristics.

[ryouiki]

At the end of the day, what you do, where you do it, and what you share is purely personal choice... one that you are ultimately responsible for in the long run.

That said equating what someone posts on this forum vs. Facebook is quite a different argument... sure if someone (say "Big Brother") is interested, they may have the resources to know about it, but this is far cry from Facebook who evaluates/relates all the data provided. Mapping your profile to other users, using facial recognition software to identify you in every photo posted, grabbing your GPS data from your phone, uploading all of your smartphones contacts to their servers, or changing your profiles e-mail address without permission... it never really ends, and no matter what you do, any data provided to them will never be deleted.

But its like anything else... some people are comfortable with using G-mail as their email provider too (who's user agreement allows them full access to read your e-mail). Could other providers be reading your e-mail? Possibly... but you probably didn't explicitly sign that away at any rate.

Most everything on the internet is based on some form of trust (even/especially at the core infrastructure level... read up on how the Chinese "accidentally" routed U.S. internet traffic to servers in that country)... how much and who you give that trust to is up to you.