blogs.zdnet.com — Facebook is adding "public search listings" whereby user profiles will be indexable by Google et al. This, once again, raises the issue of privacy on the social web. In this post, I argue that Facebook profiles that show up on Google results could actually benefit users who are concerned about...
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sixlaneveSep 6, 2007
Might be time to delete my account, for some reasons I can't change my family name to an initial.... I really don't want that a recruiter googles my name and thinks that I am a slaker
scabbersSep 6, 2007
If you have a really common name, being googled isn't a problem.
kelchmSep 6, 2007
Did the guy who wrote this even bother to proofread?"with the need to fine ever greater ways" [find, maybe?]
thespiffSep 6, 2007
Meh, I find facebook really useful for keeping in touch with my college buddies, but this stuff makes me uncomfortable. I know that the day will come when I apply for a job and the potential employer will manage to somehow pry into my Facebook only to find all of my drunken college escapades captured in tagged photos. I keep everything locked down now so that only friends can see my stuff, but loopholes are inevitable. Photos of me doing kegstands or face down in a puddle of beer are funny to me and my friends, but not so appealing to potential employers...
blinderbomberSep 6, 2007
This was the message on my home page two days ago:"Facebook now enables anyone to search for Facebook users who have public search listings from our Welcome page. In a few weeks we will allow users to make these public search listings visible to search engines like Google. Public Search Listings only include names and profile pictures.Because you have restricted your search privacy settings your public search listing will not be shown. If you want friends who are not yet on Facebook to be able to search for you by name, you can change your settings on the Search Privacy page.No privacy rules are changing; if you do choose to make this public search listing available, anyone who discovers your public search listing must sign up and login to contact you via Facebook. Learn More."Read the end, it's opt-in.
brammerSep 6, 2007
Are engines (like Google) going to display the *found* person like any other search result, or, will it actually stand out like the facebook search layout and such? In other words, are search engines just crawling this crap or are they truly incorporating facebook into their search? This could be a rhetorical question - i'm not sure.
jbrozettiSep 8, 2007
This article raises interesting questions about how making facebook profiles search-able in search engines will effect personal privacy. It is concerning to think that information from a profile could end up in google's info. data bank and they would know even MORE about the individual person. But this change may also be good, when a person "googles" the name of a long lost friend or relative, they will likely find their facebook page and be able to directly contact and reconnect with that person.
Closed AccountSep 8, 2007
Is it really that hard to get into the privacy settings and choose NOT to have your listing viewable to people outside facebook or from google, etc??? they're not forcing you to allow it... u can easily choose that you don't want anyone outside to view you