What is this facebook?

[tiswas]

My kids are using this facebook, and I'm concerned whether it is addictive or not.
If it is, then I will be very worried and can they meet these bunch of strangers.:confused:

[d3v_]

I am on facebook



FRIEND ME!

[tiswas]

I have heard reports on all sorts of bad things happening to kids, as well as adults when they do meet folk for online. Take that woman tortured for a week - I believe she meet one of those animals online.

[tiswas]

dv3, as a mother, I am worried about the kids safety.

[edit]

I am on facebook



FRIEND ME!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0zzRbm2ALU&mode=related&search=so%20dun%20get%20pissed

[lilly555]

Facebook is similiar to myspace only more geared towards schools, colleges, and universities.

[tiswas]

my main concern is whether the kids can meet someone from facebook, because when I looked into their accounts, the kids are between 7 and 15, I notice a few mature people on it.
This distrubed me, but my hubby said he will ban the computer for them.

[d3v_]

They can add anyone, just click a person and do a friend request.


I'm not a mother myself as I am training to be a HMHT, I drink milk and eat cookies a lot.


You can meet all sorts of creeps in every corner of life

[matrixcutter]

It is another avenue for 9/11 truth, among other things.

[razed1]

My kids are using this facebook, and I'm concerned whether it is addictive or not.
If it is, then I will be very worried and can they meet these bunch of strangers.:confused:

hi its good your concerned about your children using facebook


watch this vid and show it to them and then see if they still want to put their lives on facebook


FACEBOOK: Federal Human Data Mining Program - YouTube

facebook = cia

[cf24]

I'm on Facebook, you just gotta be careful what info you put on there. Most of it is known to 'them' anyway....

[lilly555]

facebook is a pedophile's wet dream :eek:

[tejas]

Im on facebook as well. It was originally only for uni students, but now anyone can join.

[thisisactuallymyluciddream]

I'm on Facebook, you just gotta be careful what info you put on there. Most of it is known to 'them' anyway....


Yeah, I am on facebook too and don't give out my adresses and all that stuff, but like you said, they probably have all that info anyways.

[clipwip]

I have an account but not a page. I found it odd that they wouldn't let me use the first 2 names I tried b/c they didn't believe they were my real name. Then the same thing happened when I put in my first 2 false birthday dates. The info. is still false, but that's a major red flag.

[herebynightfall]

Facebook has been a great way for me to spread the love to my friends and just people.

A great way to get messages out to mass groups of people.

[herebynightfall]

But then again. I don't use my name.

My name is Brian M.Treasure
on facebook.

Nobody should put too much info.

My Hometown is Atlantis.

And ha these are my interests...

the concept of love, b-routes, mind expansion, boarding of all kinds, sexual goodness, most sports, campfires, computing, video games, the truth, alcohol, comedy, nature, quantum physics, ultimate frisbee, explosives, parties, pretty blond girls who are ironically smart, parking lots, beer pong, hookah, flip cup, women, FOOD, the wilderness, hikes, WATER, swimming, friends, cigarettes, photography, you, sounds, not worrying, paraphernalia, LOVE, city-style textiles, capture the flag, musicality & rhythmic beats, reading, writing, organic stuff, getting physical, observating, warming up from the cold, cooling down from the heat, climatizing, harry potter, movies, robot chicken, foreigners, accents, vocabulary, el sol, white lies, babelfish, colors, sharing laughs, adventures, description, detail, inuendo, life, animals, getting over your fears (ridikulus !!), paint, arts & crafts, inspiration, junk food, pain, traveling, biking, 7-11, dr. seuss, inter-dimensional beings, chemistry, math, beaches, infinite possibilities, feng shui, good chi / vibrations

[brotherapostate]

How old are they? Below 18, get them off.

[brotherapostate]

Did it ever occur to anybody that myspace, face party, facebook, all these crappy things are just adding you to the police state database, your picture, details, likes and dislikes, sexual orientation, eye color, conversations, everything - they know it all.

[cf24]

Did it ever occur to anybody that myspace, face party, facebook, all these crappy things are just adding you to the police state database, your picture, details, likes and dislikes, sexual orientation, eye color, conversations, everything - they know it all.

They already got your picture(Driving license, passport amongst others), details from endless sources, likes and dislikes from your internet browsing, phone calls, texts etc.... Where you could fall down is putting your future plans on show and describing incriminating events.......;)

[malvern]

They already got your picture(Driving license, passport amongst others), details from endless sources, likes and dislikes from your internet browsing, phone calls, texts etc.... Where you could fall down is putting your future plans on show and describing incriminating events.......


so do not give them anymore:mad:

[cf24]

so do not give them anymore:mad:

I agree, don't usually give details of future events, or juicy details of past ones....:D

[raffles]

Facebook is a cia front
Source: http://jacobmorse.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-would-orwell-do.html


If you are an active Internet user and under the age of 25 (or 30), you probably fit in one of two categories; either [1] You have tried social networking, but didn't really get what the buzz was about, or [2] you get it, you dig it, and you sit for hours scouring, posting comments and photos, and clicking refresh obsessively.

Everyone has heard of Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/). At almost 2 years old, it's growth is staggering.


Take a look at the Repeat Usage statistics, in particular and tell me that this isn't a craze bordering on obsession. 70 percent of users return on a daily basis to a site that really isn't all that dynamic. There are no blogs; just personal info, a place to post blurbs on users' "wall", and now pictures. With websites like Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) and MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/) gaining an almost-disturbing amount of popularity, it seems that our desire for networking has trumped our sound-thinking, skepticism and desire for privacy.

I started thinking about this issue recently, and the question just keeps popping up: Why do we place so much trust in the creators of these websites? Since the emergence of "Web 2.0", it seems that with a simple "We're not evil, try our Beta" everyone is falling over themselves to shell out as much information as it takes.

Stop and think about Facebook for one minute. A 21-year-old Harvard student starts a networking site for college students, and now there are over 5 million users, many of which have probably never looked at the Privacy Policy. After all, Facebook is fun, so they freely post their name, address, school, concentration, political affiliation, friends, plans and even photos in which faces are linked to profiles. Comforted by the idea that this info isn't crawled by search engines, the fact remains that membership is only limited by the ownership of an ".edu" e-mail address (the Wall Street Journal expressed concerns (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113400519172816925-eM2Kd1OhzKIFRz4CJj_F3OM7heU_20060107.html?mod=tff_ article) about this, in fact).

What about the Privacy Policy? In the Help Section of Facebook it says, "Facebook respects your privacy. We don't distribute your user information to third parties" followed by "Read more about our Privacy Policy." Click the link and it says oh yeah, one more thing: we just might share your info, and it "may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies." This is a pretty typical policy, actually. It's in the section entitled "The Information We Collect" that it gets a little disconcerting.

When you visit the Web Site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web Site.It goes on to explain cookies, etc., but then ends with this vague third mode of data collection:

I'm not sure what that means, but I do remember something about AOL's updated terms of service (http://www.aunty-spam.com/all-your-aim-chats-are-belong-to-us-aol-new-aim-terms-of-service-waives-all-privacy-aol-can-publish-your-chats/).

I'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but I point out Facebook's privacy policy to highlight some other interesting aspects of this company. It has been just a few months since Accel Partners announced a $13 million investment (http://www.accel.com/news/news_one_up.php?news_id=1) in Facebook. That may seem like no surprise that a VC is interested; Facebook's numbers are impressive. However, there are some significant details that cannot be overlooked.
1. Other VCs weren't very interested.
The concept isn't a new one, and according to Private Equity Week (http://www.privateequityweek.com/pew/freearticles/1110466012792.html):

It is also an enormous gamble for the firm, which typically invests in networking and software and is betting its status on Thefacebook. Not only has Accel shied away from Internet-related investments in recent years, but also it is veering into territory that has not been too kind to VCs.


Several top-tier funds have bets on various social networking sites that had enjoyed flashy launches, but have been quiet since the startups were announced.


[...]


“They're operating on a wing and a prayer,” says one VC who met with Thefacebook, but didn't invest. “They don't have any valuable [intellectual property]. Those kids got lucky, but I don't know that [their business] will prove any better an investment than the other social networking sites we've seen.”The fact of the matter is, regardless of Facebook's success, a $13 million investment is huge at this stage of the social networking game. That leads one to wonder about Accel's motivation.

2. The VCs that ARE Interested have strange connections


Take, for example, Jim Breyer (http://www.accel.com/people/print_bio.php?person_id=4), manager of Accel's Investment Team, and the guy working most closely with Facebook. Breyer is the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association (NVAC) (http://www.nvca.com/), where he served with Gilman Louie (http://www.markletaskforce.org/glouie.html), CEO of In-Q-Tel (http://www.in-q-tel.org/). In-Q-Tel is a venture capital firm established by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1999. This firm works in various aspects of information technology and intelligence, particularly in "tools for the rapid deployment of distributed, economical data collection networks. Systems that are self-organizing or that provide tools for the aggregation and management of data from large numbers..." and other items "of interest to the CIA."

Breyer has also served on the board of BBN Technologies, a research and development firm also closely tied to In-Q-Tel. In fact BBN shared board members with In-Q-Tel, such as Anita Jones, former Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense. Her responsibilities included serving as an advisor to the Secretary of Defense and overseeing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

In a 2002 NY Times article entitled, "Many Tools of Big Brother Are Already Up and Running (http://www.grailwerk.com/docs/nytimes3.htm)", John Markoff shed light on DARPA as well as it's cousin, the Information Awareness Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, whose purpose was described as

[gathering] as much information as possible about everyone, in a centralized location, for easy perusal by the United States government, including (though not limited to) Internet activity, credit card purchase histories, airline ticket purchases, car rentals, medical records, educational transcripts, driver's licenses, utility bills, tax returns, and any other available data.That almost sounds like a description of social networking itself. It's interesting to note that the IOA's original mission statement, "Total Information Awareness (TIA)" was adapted in 2003 to "Terrorist Information Awareness (TIA)." That was convenient. Following a Congressional investigation, the IAO "disappeared", though it's difficult to say if it ceased to exist. The Department of Defense and the CIA have their legal limitations; what better way to usurp those than to seek commercial products that do the job for them?

Proponent articles for Total Information awareness appeared in National Review (http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-levin021303.asp) and The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/137dvufs.asp). It is interesting to note that Peter Thiel, who is also a significant investor to Facebook sits on the board of the VanguardPAC (http://www.thevanguard.org/thevanguard/vanguardpac/join.shtml), and likely holds similar views.

I'll say this one more time; I'm not a crackpot, and I don't go around sniffing for conspiracies. There are simply so many strange connections back to the CIA and intelligence-hungry organizations that it truly has me concerned. Worst case scenario: we could be voluntarily handing over personal information to the government in a clean, searchable format. If there is something to these connections, we have - on our own accord - created an extensive network that Orwell's Big Brother could have only dreamed of.