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0 pointsicebraining13y ago0 comments

Let's hope other people don't post them for you. At least when email was the main social network, the effects of indiscreet friends and acquaintances didn't usually appear on Google.

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philwelch13y ago· 2 in thread

Maybe it's to my advantage that I'm not in any kind of closet, but I also don't share my deepest darkest secrets with people I don't trust implicitly.

gfodor13y ago

It's not exactly your "deepest, darkest secrets" you need to be worried about. Do you really want your boss to know your interests? Do you really want your ex-girlfriend to know if you've moved somewhere nearby? Etc.

philwelch13y ago

Sure, why not? If there's anything like that I did care about, Facebook would be none the wiser anyway.

graue13y ago

This. You can choose not to have a profile on Facebook, but you can't choose to live in a world where Facebook doesn't exist.

I was an FB refuser for the longest time but would still get friends telling me about photos they saw of me on there. Those photos might be 100% public and I would have no control.

We're all affected, unless we literally have zero friends, friends of friends, colleagues or family members who use Facebook — good luck with that.

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