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- mt066, on 10/19/2007, -1/+33The best way to get more member protection is to wear a rubber.
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -0/+26Why does any level of government have the right to tell a privately owned website that users join voluntarily, after accepting a TOS agreement, how to run their business?
Sex predators are disgusting and horrible, but I'm not willing to submit to this kind of absurd government meddling in order to better protect 'the children'. - SmallZee, on 10/19/2007, -2/+14Why cant people just supervise their children?
- nexah3, on 10/19/2007, -2/+12I think they are already #1 because Myspace is a pile of garbage infested with 13 year old girls and more porn spam than mistyping a common web address.
- bariswheel, on 10/19/2007, -3/+9The fact that I can't delete my account, but only deactivate it, rubs a lot of people the wrong way and doesn't help any of the conspiracy theorists who think facebook is indirectly tied to the CIA.
If you haven't seen this, it'll stir your noodles :
http://www.albumoftheday.com/facebook/ - orangesoda, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5If they can avoid all the security issues that myspace had, there's no doubt they can be #1
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -2/+7best bet would to ban everyone under 18....period.
- mattus, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4Non-members can see names and profile pictures. That's hardly the same as seeing entire profiles.
- skyshock1, on 10/23/2007, -0/+4They could start by making their login page use https instead of http... ?
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4Yeah, and THAT could be effectively enforced...Oh and...people older than 18 can't be stalked and harassed?
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3Yeah, itis "as soon as you look away". Because you are going to folow your kids to school. Or to their friends house, etc.
And of course, no kids have EVER done something that their parents told them not to do, without it being bad parenting...riiight. - dark_helmet, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2they may be #1 in your mind, but at the moment, by the numbers they're number 2 to myspace.. even if it isn't by much
- Slothy88, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2What....
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2Fair enough.
However, I think parents should take responsibility for their children's internet activity. - Atomic1fire, on 10/20/2007, -0/+2thats why you teach your kids not to do the wrong thing
and trust them to do the right one
its called being a good parent - Evildad, on 10/19/2007, -1/+3Because they accept minors onto their site, who are not legally of age to accept the TOS.
- pcpimpster, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2I hate to say this but social politics is going to control any popular social web site because of public out cry and the political engine as a whole.
Anyone doing only right will still be shoved into a cube with the rest of the douches. - pcpimpster, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2so as soon as you look away your 16 yr old is on facebook doing the wrong thing...
yeah its facebook's fault......? - inactive, on 10/19/2007, -1/+3If you sign up for an account and put all your information out there, are you not asking to be stalked and harassed? Truth is parents should educated children about how much personal info they put online.
- Evildad, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2How meaningful are the numbers? Are they counting users who are on every day, or are they including dead accounts that haven't logged in for a month?
- inactive, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1Except it IS by much. A LOT.
- mattus, on 10/19/2007, -2/+3I wondered when that Flash would come up. The height of scaremongering FUD.
- rheaume, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1Member protection from.. facebook?
- trevorjez, on 10/19/2007, -2/+3hilarious...
- tech42er, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Then don't worry about it. If it's just teens being teens and not a reflection of bad parenting, it must not be that serious. The government doesn't have to step in.
- CapeKid, on 10/19/2007, -2/+3Jeez, this crap popping up again. I will say the exact same thing that I said last time. I work in University of Virginia Computer Science and have known Dr. Anita Jones for a while now. She has the position in the defense department, because she is probably one of the most experienced, brilliant computer scientists in the United States. That being said, she has much more important things going on than lording over your personal life and finding out that you really love "Old School." She is a really great professor and it is a shame to see her name dragged through the mud as some sort of evil mastermind.
- mrjit, on 10/19/2007, -2/+3Whatever you just "said" made my head hurt.
- FishHammer, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1All their goddamn 'security' and 'protection' does is make it harder for me to find my actual friends online.
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -1/+2The government has always had the jurisdiction when public safety is involved.
- Petzke, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Did anyone else notice that the headline says "member protection"?
Hehe...member protection.
Yes, I'm four. - mattus, on 10/19/2007, -1/+2Oh, come on. Do you really think marketeers or figures like those in the Flash really care if you have conservative views or have read Catcher in the Rye? They're analysing general trends, not aspects of individuals. And as for those scary license agreements... if you're running Windows, you've agreed to a license agreement which probably contains clauses you wouldn't agree with if they were picked out for you!
- tomis, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1And I still don't understand how a DA has any power to compel a website to police/spy-on its users. If someone is committing a crime, shouldn't the COPS be going after that person, instead of targeting the website they used?
Yes, yes I know the whole thing was politically motivated. Well, politics is *****, we need a new system. - Atomic1fire, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1There are both logical sides to the argument
For: parents cant watch kids all the time and the government is for the people
against: parents should entrust there kids with responsible behavior
and there is another consideration
as culture changes so does the role of family
and as technology changes it may be more difficult to keep an eye on children or decide whats right and whats not right
in fact now with the mp3 players being widespread many are considering software such as limewire in music obtaining methods not understanding or not caring about the legality of such usage as the mentality of "I cant get cought" goes widespread or thinking that easy to get=legal - tech42er, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Well, there are infinite social web sites, so what does it matter? If Facebook becomes the next Myspace, everyone intelligent will jump ship.
- BevansDesign, on 10/19/2007, -1/+1Yea, but there's no way to enforce that.
- coheedcollapse, on 10/19/2007, -2/+2I thought it was absolutely hilarious when people protested when the news feed rolled out.
"OMGz! I don't want the people that I've added to my friends to see things that I update on my 'available to everyone on the internet' page! That's an invasion of privacy!"
It's weird how so many people who live in this age of technology still don't know what the hell they're doing. - pcpimpster, on 10/19/2007, -2/+2He never said anything about Dr. Anita Jones.
- punkmonkey, on 10/19/2007, -0/+0I thought they were giving away free condoms.
It would be more usefull. - pcpimpster, on 10/19/2007, -1/+1Thats powerful.
They claim to "protect" you but make all content you submit their property and can use it as they see fit.
I feel protected, thanks - ThreeDee912, on 10/19/2007, -1/+1So this happens a few days after Facebook decides to make user profile's optionally public to everyone, including non-members. Hm...
- coheedcollapse, on 10/19/2007, -2/+2What the hell are you talking about? Is it suddenly uncool to insult people who post all their information on public social sites and get upset when people can actually read it?
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -2/+2indeed its a good move..
- freakingretard, on 10/19/2007, -0/+0> "They could start by making their login page use https instead of http... ?"
It does. The page on which you type your username and password may not be HTTPS, but the page which that information is submitted to -- https://login.facebook.com/login.php -- uses 128-bit TLS. - mrjit, on 10/19/2007, -3/+3Whatever you just "said" made my head hurt.
- inactive, on 10/19/2007, -4/+3Don't have children. Seriously. If you think that a parent can supervise their children 100% of the time, then you are not fit to be a parent.
- rheaume, on 10/19/2007, -3/+2Yeah!
For example, take yourself, you spout out a bunch of ***** that makes everyone sound like tards and you get dugg down. So cool. - sickswaystop, on 10/19/2007, -4/+2security makes surfing safe.
thank you facebook. - sebastijan, on 10/19/2007, -11/+0That scavengers are really annoying at all over the net.Almost where ever you look there is always few individuals who aggressively promote links to pornography or similar contents site.
My opinion is that who wants to find that kind of content in net can do for self but not to be almost forced to sites with that content.
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