links for 2007-12-01
Slideshow: Ashbrook Apartments Fire - Multimedia
(tags: fire photo)
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November 2007
here’s hoping I never go back to facebook
On the third try I was finally able to deactivate my account.
boyd’s law defined, aka. why I’m leaving facebook NOW.
In the real world, we don’t articulate our social networks. Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker’s cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by “friend” and “foe,” with the top eight friends elevated to a small shrine decorated with Post-It roses and [...]
facebook backpedals, I still feel burned
Facebook has apparently backpedaled on beacon. Beacon will not publish to your feed without explicit permission the first time any vendor tries to publish. At that time you can choose whether to block that vendor, prompt every time, or allow the vendor to publish every time. The most important bit is that apparently it will [...]
<3 socializr
I haven’t actually registered yet, but I’m reading the STOS for socializr and I think I will:
PHOTO GUIDELINES. When you set up a free Socializr account, you will have the opportunity to post photographs of yourself. These photographs should be of you and should be as awesome as possible. We will accept photographs which show [...]
2nd response to facebook abt. beacon
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:12:13PM -0800, Facebook Support wrote:
> Hi Cristóbal,
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> Your feedback has made it clear that Beacon can be kind of confusing.
Thanks for NOT reading my email at all. That’s great. A condescending
form letter makes me feel so much better.
What I asked for was a way to opt out of beacon [...]
time to leave facebook
I got a response:
Subject: Re: Privacy Help: make beacon opt-in
Hi Cristóbal,
Thanks for your feedback about Facebook Beacon, it has definitely helped us make some changes to the product that we hope will provide you with a better experience on Facebook. Beacon was designed to help you share all the interesting things that you are doing [...]
response to facebook support email
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:35:09PM -0800, Facebook Support wrote:
> Hi Cristóbal,
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> Unfortunately, the functionality you are requesting is not currently available.
Right. Because it was removed:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/26/facebook-privacy-mel.html
If that’s not true, the world really should know it. Step up and tell
me I’m wrong, please. I want to believe that it’s wrong because its
truth cuts to the [...]
fire at my apt complex
There’s a fire at my apartment complex. They seem to have it under control now. Word on the street is that it was somebody trying to have a cookout on their porch. Totally haven’t verified that bit at all, though.
The above is from my photostream on flickr. The following one is from nivex6’s photostream on [...]
links for 2007-11-28
RIAA Afraid of Harvard
Here [blogspot.com] they were caught in a lie to the Judge; here [blogspot.com] the Judge figured out that they were lying about an “emergency” need to file their cases WITHOUT NOTICE to the other side
(tags: /. riaa malfeasance)
