AUP and Privacy

[JsMom]

wtf just happened? I didn't post 3 damn times!

[username]

I sure the fuck did! you got the same fuckin' shit, don't you? Or are you peepin' in my windows?

-3 Jsmom.

Retard. I hope you liked it while it lasted.

[JsMom]

I deserved that one. I honestly don't know why it posted my reply 3 times. Shit Fire!

[username]

And strangely, all three replies were slightly different so it wasn't just a matter of hitting "post reply" over and over again. Maybe it's some cognitive disassociation or maybe you're just really high?

What would Dr. Drew say?

[kitty1]

You are sooo busted jsmom!!

[JsMom]

He would say I tried to edit but it just didn't work out quite right. I am far from high. Now get some sleep it is past your bedtime.

[JsMom]

dammitt Kitty.

[QueenBee]

Yeah, I try to be really careful about what I put out there. I just spent this morning cleaning up my Facebook page...got rid of a bunch of people who I have no clue why I friended them in the first place.
Since FB is shoving this new Timeline thing down our throats, I just got rid of people I really do not want knowing too much shit about me.
Over this past long weekend I Googled some of the user names I have used in the past. I did Marie5656..which is one some of you may remember me by from some other forums. Most of the stuff I remember, but then there was a series of posts in some breast enhancement forum....NOT ME. Christ...can you imagin someone else who knows ,me by that user name googleing it and seeing that??

You know, I think it is OK to be paranoid....it is just part of being careful.

[SIXFOOTERsez]

I had to go google myself, real name and on line names, not much there. Some corvette forum posts and some actual info on real name but nothing harmful. Figure unless someone actually spends some $ for state/Govt database searches they ain't gonna get much.

[ramseycat]

I have FB but I don't put much on it and it's private. I never post about work on FB. I never post about anything really except maybe one of the kids did something funny or had a good football game. I have different user names for different sites. I am actually only on two these days.

[NightOwl]

Doctor's are sitting at the Computer now setting up appointments, sending out prescriptions and much much more!! Your SS number is in there, your date of birth etc., just how do you protect yourself with all this coming at you? More and more data is being stored on you electronically, full speed ahead!


6 Degrees of Separation? Now It's Only 3, Thanks to Facebook!

http://socialmediatoday.com/marketmesuit...s-facebook

The argument is, everyone is linked to each other whether it be via friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances, one way or another, you are 6 people away from knowing someone. But new research has said that it may now be nearly half that at only 3.74 degrees (how you get .74 of a human being I'm not quite sure...).

But why the sudden increase in social awareness and contacts world wide?

You guessed it, social media! Primarily Facebook.

In May of this year, Facebook conducted a study on active members in an effort to see if the rumour of separation was true at 6 or if modern life had indeed made it easier to communicate with people world wide. The experiment, carried out by Facebooks data curator, Lars Backstrom on all active Facebook members (ie, had logged in once in 28 days). Using social network data of 721 million members, he had roughly 10% of the world wide population to test the theory upon. He along with four others, were able to examine and crunch the data and conclude that social media had in fact, nearly slashed the 6 degree rule in half.

The Statistics

Although Facebook caps the amount of friends you can have to 5,000, they found that the median was only 100 friends or 0.000014% of Facebook's users.
99.6% of these 100 people were connected by 5 degrees and 92% were connected by 4 degrees.
The average distance between any two users was 3.74 degrees
In 2008 it was believed the separation was at a higher 4.28 degrees so a decrease in septation of 0.54 degrees.
There Is No Such Thing As Strangers, Just Friends You Haven't Met Yet

If you didn't the world was a small enough place already, Facebook and social media are making it even smaller. It's so easy to sit on your bed, login to the internet and surf social networking sites, following anyone you like on Twitter, accept friend requests and starting conversations.

Obviously, there are people who will add and follow anyone, whether they know them or not so these new findings are not fool proof. It's the same as if you bump into someone in the street, yes you have connected but no you wouldn't know them to be a link in their chain. Social media makes it easier to connect but not necessarily know, love or care about the people you connect with so this idea should be taken with a pinch of salt.

However, it's beyond dispute that social networks can make it easier to make friends so maybe there is a chance you may well be connected to the person sat opposite you in the coffee shop...

~Articles mentioned in this post: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15844230

[username]

NightOwl, I hate the quote "less is more". Any idiot knows less is less. It may be beneficial in some cases but LESS IS STILL LESS!


Carry on.

[Duchess]

I hate the quote "less is more".

I hate when people say I gave 110% or 150% or "whatever". Hello. 100% is it. Dufus

[Midwest Spy]

I hate the quote "less is more".

I hate when people say I gave 110% or 150% or "whatever". Hello. 100% is it. Dufus

Holy shit! Something else we agree on. ^^^^^^^^

You must be tired of all those athletes saying that shit over and over and over...

[NightOwl]

username, Duchess & MidWest Spy - what a fun trio you are I had a good laugh - I love it. We better all have a wee bit less than a wee bit more before we get in the bloody car to-morrow night thats for sure! Happy New Year!

Carry on!