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- AmishRefugee, on 10/11/2007, -2/+116Oh boy, I can't wait till someone buys Facebook so all of my personal information can be used by some giant corporation in order to target their services towards me for their own financial gain.
- mntbikeracer1, on 10/11/2007, -12/+48I really don't give a crap, Facebook has given me a moderate amount of entertainment and I haven't paid a cent if they or someone else wants to make a buck off it more power to them.
- ncairns, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34This is the number one reason I've opted out of all of these seemingly innocuous information aggregators - if you read the ToS at MySpace or Facebook, or almost any social networking site really, they own anything you put on your page.
- ZackWolk, on 10/11/2007, -2/+31http://albumoftheday.com/facebook/ - what happens in the facebook SHOULD stay in the facebook
- jmpeagle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24they already legally use your info to target ads better. As long as you are volunteering information, it would be stupid for them to not use it.
- staffell, on 10/11/2007, -0/+22I don't get this whole debate - If anyone is fussed about companies finding information on them, just don't ***** share it.
- sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Pirate Bay.
- brandon573, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19How is it news that someone should buy Facebook? Its the 6th most visited site with over 100,000 new members a day, and some of the most loyal members of any social networking site. Common sense says it would be a good buy for anyone. The problem is Mark Zuckerberg is not interested and it will probably take more than its worth to change his mind.
- detrate, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10I wish I got paid to state the obvious
- Hervard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9No, that's MySpace ;)
- antoniojvr, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Welcome to capitalism. Enjoy your stay in Cuba?
- JasonPrini, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Not sure about mySpace, but the very next sentence in the facebook TOS says that if you remove your content, their right to it ends.
- Zippo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Facebook has ads?
Oh... right, Adblock. - Toast1185, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Exactly, there is precisely one useful piece of info I have on there, my e-mail. Unless Corporate America is interested in the fact that I like long walks, pizza or that my favorite quotations are by Benjamin Franklin.;
- Oniony, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I'll tap dance for you if you give me your credit card number.
- tsk1979, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Hmm whats with the "Facebook is this" "Facebook is that" Facebook is god" kind of articles. Somebody calls it better than myspace. Then another article springs up highlighting other benefits.
Its as if this site is being promoted on the internet so that "Someone Buys it".
Some kind of shadow marketing? - Error601, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Can we have a Facebookfanbots category so I can shut it off. This stuff is beyond the point of lame and stupid.
- CKnight, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I can't say I agree with the sentiment. IMO the most valuable data in media history has been and still is Amazon.com (and eBay in the same breath). It's one thing to gather information based no what someone scribbled on a wall or which network they joined in Facebook, but as a digger mentioned above, he hasn't paid a cent for any of this. Amazon however, has information that actually matters to advertisers: Who are the people that are spending money. If I'm selling scuba gear, I want to advertise to the guy who has aquatic interests and spends on same; not the guy that "..is wishing he could be off the coast of Jamaica right now".
...it's also possible I don't fully grasp what he means by "Media" in the given context. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Perhaps not even media... but the CIA may take interest?
http://www.commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t34949.html - mcraigw, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3They are interested. Companies selling walking shoes, pizza cookers, and books of historical quotes will target you with their advertising. Some people view this as an invasion of privacy, but I would rather receive information about something that I might want rather than advertising about feminine hygiene products, or laundry detergents, or walking shoes, or books of historical quotes.
- bwilliams80, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3i would rather be targeted with ads that fit my profile then get spam email about viagra daily.
- lordpanik, on 10/08/2009, -0/+3the only people i consider worth "networking" with are too busy to use these sites.
- timmyrich, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2All hail the mighty adblock and the frequently updated filterset!!!!
- tmspecial, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Yet another bubble! Companies such as MySpace, YouTube, FaceBook and so on are way overrated. Realistically they are only worth a few million dollars. They additional value is only hype and will not last very long.
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3What information will they have of mine? Some of my flickr images? the knowledge that I watch Lost? my ***** graffiti drawings? Enjoy
- richardiscool, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2No, they just target CP towards you.
- HillerMylife, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Indeed, I too heard about the initiative Bush put forward so that it's mandatory everyone sign up for Facebook so the government can farm their favorite movies and learn that 20-year-olds are drinking that devil rum.
- masterstan, on 12/06/2008, -0/+2you can't easily leave facebook.. which is the problem... all your stuff is still there after you "delete" your account. You can re-activate a year later and EVERYTHING will be resurface (pics, etc.)
- mistahroth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3So basically they can sell data like "top movies for girls 18 - 22" to companies that want to learn how to approach advertising for that demographic better? So what?
- xst4t1kx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I'd rather not be targeted at all.
- ubuwalker31, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Interesting conspiracy theory. But I don't buy it. I mean, what are the chances that important venture capitalists who are into data mining technology once worked for government security agencies? I think the chances are pretty good. I don't think anything nefarious is going on...yet.
- CKnight, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Who would buy it at it's peak? Once you peak you have nowhere to go but down. That's diminishing returns on investment my friend.
- Nikon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1They wont be too happy when they realize all they've purchased is the worlds biggest collection of beer in hand pictures..."Okay lets see what we've got here, it seems the youth likes: Fight Club, The Office, Oar, and Beer... money well spent!"
- digjedi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"has the potential to become the social-networking fabric that connects everyone and everything on the Internet today" - oh my god these Facebook/MySpace/Blogger are really full of themselves. Sorry but most people, even most internet users, don't feel a need to publish their lives online. Nor do they care to read someones MySpace/Facebook profile. They are communities that feed on themselves and few outsiders give a crap.
- Mikekuul, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Out of curiosity, how does this effect those not in the US? Not that I have anything to hide, I just wonder if they can legally store my info.
- Markpdotcom, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3*****! That is scary!
I'm glad I didn't enter all my personal info into facebook! - kevincannon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I thought that mySpace changed their TOS to say that wasn't the case.
- KingAdrock, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1yea, that *everyone* can take advantage of - join a network and boom you can see at least 50% of the peoples full profile.
- hydroplane, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2That's what you get for giving your info to trendy crapsites, you get bought and sold like the cattle you are.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"myspace was created by one of the worlds biggest spammers"
That's my only friend you're talking about! ## I don't actually use myspace. ;) - Speed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I realize it's scarrier for people like you since you live in the States, but for me it's kind of a who cares thing. A government that has no jurisdiction over me knowing I'm a liberal who likes the Daily Show and the Simpsons.
I'm all for privacy, but unless you're joining the "Official Al Queda Facebook Group", or have Ossama Bin Ladin in your friends list, what useful information could you possibly have on your facebook? - ronaldinho, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If I'm Zuckerberg, I'm not selling this baby because the value can go up to at least $2.5 billion at the very least, maybe even $3 bill. It's still expanding and still has too much potential to sell right now. Time has not come yet; Facebook has not yet peaked.
- jellygraph, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2the day a corporation buys facebook, to use my private information, is the day i leave facebook and ask all my friends to do the same
- sprintmarathon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Any cache that a company like facebook has as a privately held company is instantly dissolved when a large public corporation takes over.
- n3m6, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1this is truly frightening
- Duhitsmichael, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Wtf, that report button is too damn easy to accidentally click.
- allengeer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1every time I hear a "Loose Change" style expose I want to punch babies.
- Handcannons, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Why did you put any, much less all, of your personal information on Facebook?
- dani190, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2oh sure lets just go ahead and promote big companies to harvest our information a little bit more. Those are the kinds of people i truly hate.
- ScrewedThePooch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1As soon as Fox News buys FaceBook, I am deleting everything. Worst advice ever. Tell this ***** to keep his mouth shut.
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