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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:36 PM Original message |
Err, when you first sign up to Facebook how does it know who you know?! |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. delete dupe |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But I've never emailed some of these people - that's why I'm flummoxed! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Same here ~~ |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
76. i think if other people have your email address in their address book that they |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So even if you use a BS email addie, it can get into your computer and snoop around? |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yikes! But....I'm certain some of these people who I do know are not in my email contacts. Puzzled! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Same here.... |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's flippin' bizarre! Freaked me out completely! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Ever get the feeling that BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING? |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I just deactivated my account, and honestly: I'm not usually paranoid! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Same here ~~ |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. It looks for people who share a lot of the same friends as you |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Ah.......that makes sense. So Facebook DOES have access to your email account?? Jesus! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But I used a hotmail account ... |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. If you give it access. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whenever I sign in, I get a list of "suggested friends" from my email lists, others who live in my |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. you can remove the use of your address, i did it today.nt |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Same here, I think they asked what high school I |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Sorry, just updated the OP - I didn't give them any info about where I went to school/college, etc. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I'm really not sure if I did either, it a couple weeks ago. The one |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Maybe it peruses your address book? |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Frankly, Facebook scares me. My neice insisted we all join and |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Oh heck, that's freaky. |
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JSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. You have to give FB permission to access your email contacts |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. ISP Address. If you signed up using a work connection, FB may have matched to others from the server |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Well that is starting to make some sense... |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Facebook isn't that much different than other sites.... |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Exactly. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I see what you mean, maybe Facebook is just more open about its powers than other sites! |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Signed up from home! But that sounds like a good explanation for how they match up most people. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. I won't register for Facebook--this is one reason why. Creepy and invasive. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oldschool is cool |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. meh, I like it. It's Bayesian AI in action |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. And you also have no credit cards, a driver's license or car loan, etc, right? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Of course I have those things. They're necessary. Voluntarily telling |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. If other people give it okay to access their email and you have emailed with |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Oh, okay, thanks. Do you agree with Salviati's theory (post 13), ie |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. It does do that. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. You are in for a fun-filled journey on FaceBook...I absolutely LOVE it...the only problem is.... |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Actually, I read that the over 40 set is growing faster than other age groups! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
75. I have to laugh at the age divide... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. In your Google search, did you come across this? |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Okay, now I AM paranoid! I think I shall remain deactivated. |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. lol! |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Suggested Friend: Emit |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. lol! |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Yikes... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sorry, but this is ridiculous. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I didn't say I registered with an email account I never use - I use it regularly. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. So it came from other people sharing their email contacts... |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yep, that seems to be the answer. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Maybe you may think so... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Did you use a Hotmail account that you use to email your friends? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. No.... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. And you used a fake name, age, location, etc? -nt- |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Not on petitions... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
79. that's the web though |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. Maybe these are people who had searched for your name in the past. nt |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. But I didn't use my name when I registered! |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. Maybe this... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. But I used a bogus hotmail account ~~ |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I find that really hard to believe. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. From information you gave them. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Only gave them my email address, nothing else, so that's obviously the source of all their info. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. Data mining. n/t |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. Social networking |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. When you sign up, if you listed where you work, where you attended |
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Greg K (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. Here's how it works. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Sounds right Greg, thanks for that - but flip, how do they dip in to your email contacts? |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
63. Never seen so many tin-foil responses in one thread |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. But are you not curious about how they gather information about you?? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
70. No kidding...why would Facebook target some but not others... |
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HarveyDarkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
65. I did, and it gave me several possible "friends" |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
68. They are people either in your address book or you are in theirs. |
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ipfilter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
69. Do you have a gmail account? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. My two dogs have a Gmail account |
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ipfilter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yeah, the quizzes really need to go. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Well, there are some gems in there, to be honest... |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
73. Is does ask you about using contacts. |
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