Comments on: Are the Cool Kids Leaving Facebook? http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/ A Canadian Take on the Web Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: michael moore http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-88698 michael moore Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:44:24 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-88698 free facebook for kidz http://www.koolkidz.ca free facebook for kidz

http://www.koolkidz.ca

]]> By: Crowd clout du jour– did you say Facebook? « ITSinsider http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-56739 Crowd clout du jour– did you say Facebook? « ITSinsider Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:51:51 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-56739 [...] This piece also busts two myths: only kids on Facebook and Facebook is dead. [...] [...] This piece also busts two myths: only kids on Facebook and Facebook is dead. [...]

]]> By: The Cool Kid http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-49385 The Cool Kid Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:01:39 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-49385 Yes the Cool Kids are leaving and really don't care... Life is busy enough trying to handle everything else... Who has time to "make friends" online...LOL!!! People still do their thing on it, but it's really whatever Yes the Cool Kids are leaving and really don’t care…

Life is busy enough trying to handle everything else…

Who has time to “make friends” online…LOL!!!

People still do their thing on it, but it’s really whatever

]]> By: The New Digerati: Connected for a Reason / frogblog / frog design http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-46426 The New Digerati: Connected for a Reason / frogblog / frog design Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:18:47 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-46426 [...] on the decline, and the once explosive growth of social networks has stagnated. In fact, a certain Facebook fatigue has set in, and users (including, reportedly, Bill Gates) are resorting from the site, deactivating [...] [...] on the decline, and the once explosive growth of social networks has stagnated. In fact, a certain Facebook fatigue has set in, and users (including, reportedly, Bill Gates) are resorting from the site, deactivating [...]

]]> By: In-Your-Facebook http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-44063 In-Your-Facebook Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:02:44 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-44063 [...] true—I could opt out of Facebook entirely; I know of plenty of people who have, or are thinking about it. But I’m not quite ready to do that, because I’m not willing to have the ease of that [...] [...] true—I could opt out of Facebook entirely; I know of plenty of people who have, or are thinking about it. But I’m not quite ready to do that, because I’m not willing to have the ease of that [...]

]]> By: creativity/machine » Why I’m deleting my Facebook account http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-43417 creativity/machine » Why I’m deleting my Facebook account Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:38:24 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-43417 [...] will die, but I’m leaving Facebook. I swear it’s not a case of getting early adopter syndrome. Trust me, given my background in subculture theory, I have workshopped that [...] [...] will die, but I’m leaving Facebook. I swear it’s not a case of getting early adopter syndrome. Trust me, given my background in subculture theory, I have workshopped that [...]

]]> By: Marc http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-37469 Marc Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:54:37 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-37469 I have deleted my Facebook account about three weeks ago, and three days later I re-activated the account to see if my data was kept, and it was. I should think that they keep it for some time before deleting it, although I cannot be sure. They might as well definitely keep it, I don't know. I have deleted my Facebook account about three weeks ago, and three days later I re-activated the account to see if my data was kept, and it was. I should think that they keep it for some time before deleting it, although I cannot be sure. They might as well definitely keep it, I don’t know.

]]> By: mxbrunet.com » Blog Archive » On quitting Facebook http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-34372 mxbrunet.com » Blog Archive » On quitting Facebook Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:31:13 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-34372 [...] post by Marc Evan’s (Are the cool kids leaving Facebook?) got me thinking about quitting Facebook again. I still log in daily, but the time I spend using [...] [...] post by Marc Evan’s (Are the cool kids leaving Facebook?) got me thinking about quitting Facebook again. I still log in daily, but the time I spend using [...]

]]> By: zac echola http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-34308 zac echola Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:22:48 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-34308 You can't kill your profile and with it your data. You can only kill your friends links to your data. Others can no longer see you via the Facebook network. When you deactivate your account you can log back in at anytime to see all of your data and connections still there, and have all of your connections plugged back in basically. I deactivated my account because of Beacon and general fatigue about a month ago. I brought it back but I really don't use it as much as I used to. You can’t kill your profile and with it your data. You can only kill your friends links to your data. Others can no longer see you via the Facebook network.

When you deactivate your account you can log back in at anytime to see all of your data and connections still there, and have all of your connections plugged back in basically.

I deactivated my account because of Beacon and general fatigue about a month ago. I brought it back but I really don’t use it as much as I used to.

]]> By: Erik http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-34191 Erik Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:16:21 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/04/are-the-cool-kids-leaving-facebook/#comment-34191 I've also noticed a striking increase in Spock & Plaxo Pulse invites in the last 6 weeks or so. Plaxo in particular is trying extremely hard to catch LinkedIn, esp. now that they're reportedly shopping themselves. Spock is different...and much more worrisome to me. Plaxo invites are a nuisance; Spock invites are an active invasion of privacy. Take a look at this quote from their Terms of Service: "All users who sign-up for Spock have the option to provide their email login information (email address and email password) in order to discover where their address book contacts (their "Contacts") may be on the Internet. We use the Contacts' email addresses and other information from your address book to link up current search results in Spock to your "Network" section on Spock. In addition, we use the Contacts' email addresses and other information to show an organized view of publicly available information about them from social networking sites, online communities, and the entire Internet at large. In this way, you and other Spock users can see the Contacts' online information and activity." This makes me very queasy. If I get this correctly, when someone who has my contact info becomes a Spock member and uploads their contact list, Spock uses that private data about me to cross-reference, validate and supplement the publicly available data about me on the Internet. Which means that everyone I know who joins Spock is actively eroding my privacy. To make matters worse, I've heard reports that Spock is heavily benefiting from a hair trigger invite function that spams your entire contact list before you realize you've OK'd such a thing...driving up registrations & ultimately feeding more private data into the system. Then they index the whole thing and make it available for anyone else to supplement (via tagging). All in all, a definite step backward for privacy. This web thing's getting out of hand. I'm switching back to Gopher. I’ve also noticed a striking increase in Spock & Plaxo Pulse invites in the last 6 weeks or so. Plaxo in particular is trying extremely hard to catch LinkedIn, esp. now that they’re reportedly shopping themselves.

Spock is different…and much more worrisome to me. Plaxo invites are a nuisance; Spock invites are an active invasion of privacy. Take a look at this quote from their Terms of Service:

“All users who sign-up for Spock have the option to provide their email login information (email address and email password) in order to discover where their address book contacts (their “Contacts”) may be on the Internet. We use the Contacts’ email addresses and other information from your address book to link up current search results in Spock to your “Network” section on Spock. In addition, we use the Contacts’ email addresses and other information to show an organized view of publicly available information about them from social networking sites, online communities, and the entire Internet at large. In this way, you and other Spock users can see the Contacts’ online information and activity.”

This makes me very queasy. If I get this correctly, when someone who has my contact info becomes a Spock member and uploads their contact list, Spock uses that private data about me to cross-reference, validate and supplement the publicly available data about me on the Internet. Which means that everyone I know who joins Spock is actively eroding my privacy.

To make matters worse, I’ve heard reports that Spock is heavily benefiting from a hair trigger invite function that spams your entire contact list before you realize you’ve OK’d such a thing…driving up registrations & ultimately feeding more private data into the system. Then they index the whole thing and make it available for anyone else to supplement (via tagging).

All in all, a definite step backward for privacy.

This web thing’s getting out of hand. I’m switching back to Gopher.

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