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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT A note for facebook users
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:25:45 +0100
And I live on Christmas Island :-)
My FB profile says so, so it must be true.

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA



On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:

> I don't think it's quite up to you how much you share.
> Collecting info on referring sites, setting tracking cookies etc all
> gather your saleable info. Yes, the users are the PRODUCT, advertisers
> are the CUSTOMERS.
> But I'm not paranoid...
> Jez
> 
> On 22/12/2011, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well, it is up to you how much to share. FB and others can mine my data to
>> their heart's content. Garbage in = garbage out. Yet, I find FB a great tool
>> for keeping in touch with faraway family and friends.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 22, 2011, at 4:26 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> 
>>>> I guess they are trying to cut back on electricity usage ...or something.
>>> 
>>> Or something. I've encountered few companies that had less corporate
>>> "maturity" than Facebook. Willy-nilly changes, changing of terms and
>>> conditions and repeated nullifications of privacy settings are the
>>> hallmark of this company. At least now they've come out and admitted
>>> that the users of Facebook are not the "customers" of Facebook.
>>> Facebook is all about data-mining and selling that data to everybody
>>> and anybody.
>>> 
>>> I'm not saying that Google is much better, but at least they do have
>>> more corporate maturity and know that you don't just up and change the
>>> terms and conditions with "let's see anybody notices" attitude.
>>> 
>>> As to the saving electricity, well, that actually is true. The
>>> electric bill for some of these data centers is staggering. Moving and
>>> storing bits costs real money.
>>> 
>>> AG
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