Comments on: Leaving Facebook: Paranoia or Good Judgment?

By: fiona

fiona — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:18:04 +0000

Thanks,
I’ve been stalked in the past and was recently contacted via facebook by this person. Now the nightmares begin again. I am disturbed by the availability with google and for these reason I’m leaving facebook.

By: Liza

Liza — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:47:02 +0000

I don’t blame you. Cyber-stalking is scary, and once your information is out there, you lose some semblance of control. I’m always getting invites from strangers to join their networks, strangers who want to add me to their "Friends" lists on various chat programs, etc., and I always say no, unless it actually is someone I know.

By: moi

moi — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:21:15 +0000

I’m not that familiar with Hi5 and MySpace, but I know that FB is much more private. You can make your profile very private, so that people can’t even search for you. You only add who you want and you control who sees your profile…but there is still room for weirdos to do their stalking. I think you do what makes you comfortable, some may call it paranoia, others would consider it finding their comfort zone :)

By: Devil's Mind

Devil's Mind — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:41:46 +0000

I think what you did was good judgment. I wouldn’t participate in fishy services like Hi5, Facebook, or whatever…. As a matter of fact, I HATE it when someone invites me to them!! I don’t want abusive sites (and yes, I mean it when I say abusive sites) like Hi5 to get my email, which many stupid assholes give it to those services without asking for my approval. The problem, is that many people don’t understand that it is intrusive to give your friends’ emails to strangers (and such services fall under the category of "strangers") without asking for consent!!

But I have an objection to your very last statement:
"but only the paranoid survive"
There is a quote that goes like this:
"A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events."
And paranoia won’t really stop bad things from happening!

By: A

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:05:05 +0000

Thought provoking. Even as I was reading this I was on Orkut (goog’s social networking thingy). You really make me think bout it now! :S

By: 7usam

7usam — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:52:58 +0000

I never tried HI5 or any other social networks m but facebook is just like a plague it spread like birds flu
it asks you to enter your email password then search your email contacts and you can send them emails asking them to join if they are not already in
yes I am testing it right now and technically speaking its peace of art ,
I have 3 friends listed all of them coworkers :D