Internet Meme

[Johans Nidorino]

Jul 20, 2010 19:29:35 GMT -5 @sgtmajorkururu said:

I didn't put much thought into it at first, but when I first joined Facebook, it recommended a bunch of people I knew both off and on the internet without me inputting any additional information. As time went on, it continued to make similar suggestions - weeding out friends and family completely unrelated to those people I'd already friended. It only dawned on me a few months ago that, the only way it would be able to do that is if it used my email's address book - which is seriously not cool, fyi.

Also, the lack of privacy is a huge issue. I left a comment on a piece of art a friend of mine had posted, and the next day, my dad told me he'd seen me make that comment. I hadn't said anything bad, but the fact that my dad saw a comment I'd left on a friend's picture - and neither know each other! - really put me on edge. I deleted my Facebook account right after that happened.

Besides, I'm a compartmentalist. I like keeping my internet life and real life segregated, kthx; my family, my offline friends, and my online friends all mingling is very unnerving.

I'm seeing your first issue is what triggered the others.

Because if separating online friends from your offline friends is that important, you may want to invite only online friends or only offline friends. And letting the website check your e-mail address book will send invites to all your e-mail contacts, online friends or not.

The moral is never provide your e-mail's password to any social networking website because it's precisely for that (and who knows what else).

Leaving that aside, there sure are ways to keep other people from seeing your updates at Facebook. Not sure if this extends to photo comments though.

[Shrikeswind]

They don't ask for your password at FaceBook. I know this, because my sister is more reasonably minded than that.

[Johans Nidorino]

Jul 20, 2010 23:22:16 GMT -5 Shrikeswind said:

They don't ask for your password at FaceBook. I know this, because my sister is more reasonably minded than that.

Technically you're right. They have agreements with major webmail providers like Microsoft or Yahoo!. If you're requested a password, it's because the webmail provider requests it and sends the contact list back to Facebook.

But a problem like Tei's is still the same, and it's as avoidable. Allowing Facebook to access your contact list is totally optional, so don't do it if you'd prefer to add friends manually.

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I didn't give my email password to FaceBook. Give me some credit, Johans You still have to give an email address to join FaceBook, though - that leads me to believe they've got some way of getting into your email anyway.

[Johans Nidorino]

Jul 21, 2010 23:42:31 GMT -5 @sgtmajorkururu said:

I didn't give my email password to FaceBook. Give me some credit, Johans You still have to give an email address to join FaceBook, though - that leads me to believe they've got some way of getting into your email anyway.

Yeah, I apologize for assuming giving passwords was the only way, which Shrikeswind made me realize.

It seems as long as you're logged in to your e-mail account at any time (which is usual on personal computers), they can just use cookies to access your address book, so authentication is not required.

However, I mantain you may have clicked a button prior to that...

[parrothead]

This meme below is one of my favorites. It even has some Nintendo-related versions:

knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-is-training-%E2%97%8B%E2%97%8B%E3%81%8C%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

For this other meme, which I'm not interested in, did any of you know the 3D Mario head seen in Mario Teaches Typing? It's possibly a meme. In the comments below this meme's article, I posted some videos that show the history of this specific Mario head that is probably officially called "Real Time Mario". There is even a "Real Time Wario":

knowyourmeme.com/memes/floating-mario-head

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Mario Head YouTube Poops are a mixed bag, but the good ones are REALLY awesome. My personal favorites:







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