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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
2 years ago I'd have agreed with you. Now, however, FB has become the Wild West; you can be anyone you want, just like here. Zuckerberg couldn't control half a billion users if his life depended on it, just as Alex Turcic has the Star Chamber to moderate as he can't be everywhere. I've had the same privacy concerns in the past regarding FB (as have many others) because I also don't want those ex-high-school classmates finding me, but there are steps you can take to prevent it. I'm in IT and I'm pretty fascist about security, but like anything else it all depends on whether the user thinks the effort is worth it. I know people on FB who are using phrases and slogans as their usernames and putting up sports logos for their photos; some have multiple accounts. All of this is possible both here and there, as well as any other social networking venue. It doesn't matter what their creators have in mind; just like a tavern owner doesn't pick his crowd, they pick his tavern.
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Zuckerberg is another reason I avoid using it, because of his obnoxious comments that show a disrespect for privacy.
He has had to retract some, but the fact that he ever thought that way makes him not trustworthy to me.
And haven't there been a few occasions when the software bugged out and allowed things like email and private conversations to be revealed to people they shouldn't have been?