Comments on: Facebook News Feed Reports on You Behind Your Back http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:45:18 -0800 hourly 1 By: belinda jane allen http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-3055702 belinda jane allen Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:41:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-3055702 hi i got news feed and view live feed i what it off my facebook asap please on my grandmothers and my friends to do as a i ask hi i got news feed and view live feed i what it off my facebook asap please on my grandmothers and my friends to do as a i ask

]]> By: Facebook Junkies Alert: It’s Sending Along Info — When You Think It’s Not — To Your Friends | Disinformation http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-3006426 Facebook Junkies Alert: It’s Sending Along Info — When You Think It’s Not — To Your Friends | Disinformation Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:09:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-3006426 [...] GO TO FULL STORY [...] [...] GO TO FULL STORY [...]

]]> By: Vax SEO Reporting » Blog Archive » Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2744092 Vax SEO Reporting » Blog Archive » Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback Tue, 12 May 2009 17:29:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2744092 [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...] [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...]

]]> By: The Zuckerburg God Complex: We Sympathize But We Will Never Empathize!!! « Thoughtpick Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2736690 The Zuckerburg God Complex: We Sympathize But We Will Never Empathize!!! « Thoughtpick Blog Fri, 08 May 2009 01:18:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2736690 [...] from Facebook’s thrive to make more money using the Facebook beacon and moving on to the “automated stalking” news feeds and ending with the biggest joke of all: Facebook’s forced redesigns, Marc [...] [...] from Facebook’s thrive to make more money using the Facebook beacon and moving on to the “automated stalking” news feeds and ending with the biggest joke of all: Facebook’s forced redesigns, Marc [...]

]]> By: gypsy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2698485 gypsy Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:31:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2698485 There are people who are addicted to Facebook as if it were oxygen and can't live without it -- and there are people, such as myself, who use it minimally and infrequently. So all I (and people like me) want to know is the basics: you do this / you do that. Period. I hate that every time I open my Home page I get a deluge of crapola posted by some friends and the responses about it from their friends, and I hate that I am unable to stop it. I DON'T want a blow-by-blow of everything my friends care about and are discussing with their friends. It's my home page -- so why can't I turn this mess off? There are people who are addicted to Facebook as if it were oxygen and can’t live without it — and there are people, such as myself, who use it minimally and infrequently. So all I (and people like me) want to know is the basics: you do this / you do that. Period. I hate that every time I open my Home page I get a deluge of crapola posted by some friends and the responses about it from their friends, and I hate that I am unable to stop it. I DON’T want a blow-by-blow of everything my friends care about and are discussing with their friends. It’s my home page — so why can’t I turn this mess off?

]]> By: Photomaniacal » Blog Archive » Meg Kane: Facebook now has more than 200 million users http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2696008 Photomaniacal » Blog Archive » Meg Kane: Facebook now has more than 200 million users Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:56:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2696008 [...] reality, the status update in combination with the News Feed feature makes it possible for your friends to insert themselves in to your day as often as [...] [...] reality, the status update in combination with the News Feed feature makes it possible for your friends to insert themselves in to your day as often as [...]

]]> By: ThoughtPickers Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2681219 ThoughtPickers Blog Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:57:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2681219 <strong>The Zuckerburg God Complex: We Sympathize But We Will Never Empathize!!!...</strong> This article is dedicated to the sole purpose of demonstrating pure empathy for Zuckerberg and genuine care for the Facebook community in efforts to try to correct the numerous mistakes that are being made in the name of social networking!... The Zuckerburg God Complex: We Sympathize But We Will Never Empathize!!!…

This article is dedicated to the sole purpose of demonstrating pure empathy for Zuckerberg and genuine care for the Facebook community in efforts to try to correct the numerous mistakes that are being made in the name of social networking!…

]]> By: anony http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2639495 anony Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:43:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2639495 There is a way for you to remove your information from your friend's news feeds: Deactivate your account. Deactivating your account removes ALL your previously published items from your friends newsfeeds. So, theoretically, it should be possible for you to selectively remove/prevent things from being published to your friends news feeds. However, this is NOT provided by facebook and their stated policy of “Hiding will remove the story from your Mini-Feed and prevent anyone from seeing it.” is misleading to say the least. There is a way for you to remove your information from your friend’s news feeds: Deactivate your account.

Deactivating your account removes ALL your previously published items from your friends newsfeeds.

So, theoretically, it should be possible for you to selectively remove/prevent things from being published to your friends news feeds. However, this is NOT provided by facebook and their stated policy of “Hiding will remove the story from your Mini-Feed and prevent anyone from seeing it.” is misleading to say the least.

]]> By: What you shouldn’t learn from the Facebook TOS incident | Creekmore Consulting http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2630506 What you shouldn’t learn from the Facebook TOS incident | Creekmore Consulting Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:10:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2630506 [...] adds a new feature [the News Feed, Beacon] without properly sharing the benefits with the [...] [...] adds a new feature [the News Feed, Beacon] without properly sharing the benefits with the [...]

]]> By: The Internet » Blog Archive » What To Do With Facebook? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2629752 The Internet » Blog Archive » What To Do With Facebook? Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:46:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2629752 [...]  Facebook has a history of taking shots and calling a do-over if users raise too much of a fuss (such as the privacy feature on its news feed).  So it’s keeping in line with past behavior when Facebook changes the way users grant [...] [...]  Facebook has a history of taking shots and calling a do-over if users raise too much of a fuss (such as the privacy feature on its news feed).  So it’s keeping in line with past behavior when Facebook changes the way users grant [...]

]]> By: Microblogging & Lifestream: segnalazioni del 16/02/09 | Microblogging.it http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2626520 Microblogging & Lifestream: segnalazioni del 16/02/09 | Microblogging.it Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:11:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2626520 [...] gigante Facebook, cercando di migliorare il suo News Feed, sta integrando sempre più elementi da network esterni, concorrenti e non. Sono Twitter e [...] [...] gigante Facebook, cercando di migliorare il suo News Feed, sta integrando sempre più elementi da network esterni, concorrenti e non. Sono Twitter e [...]

]]> By: J http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2582573 J Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:00:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2582573 James: Not fixed, apparently. I added an event, deleted the story from my mini-feed, and not a minute later, my sister said something to me about the event. It's a protest-type event, and although I like to discuss politics with non-friends on Facebook discussion boards, I don't want to come across as obnoxiously political to my friends (most of them support the opposite party, making it doubly awkward). I Googled "delete Facebook news feed" (or something like that) and came across this article just fifteen minutes ago. And that's when I confirmed deleting stories from your mini-feed does not affect the news feed. This 'feature' doesn't even make sense. What's the point of deleting something from your mini-feed if everyone can still see it? James: Not fixed, apparently. I added an event, deleted the story from my mini-feed, and not a minute later, my sister said something to me about the event. It’s a protest-type event, and although I like to discuss politics with non-friends on Facebook discussion boards, I don’t want to come across as obnoxiously political to my friends (most of them support the opposite party, making it doubly awkward).

I Googled “delete Facebook news feed” (or something like that) and came across this article just fifteen minutes ago. And that’s when I confirmed deleting stories from your mini-feed does not affect the news feed.

This ‘feature’ doesn’t even make sense. What’s the point of deleting something from your mini-feed if everyone can still see it?

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="682740515">James Fehon</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2579002 James Fehon Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:37:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2579002 Looks like Facebook took some feedback on this one – just deleted a story from my minifeed with a friend on their live feed next to me. It disappeared? Anyone else confirm it's fixed? Looks like Facebook took some feedback on this one – just deleted a story from my minifeed with a friend on their live feed next to me.

It disappeared?

Anyone else confirm it’s fixed?

]]> By: FacebookMoneyMaker http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2513920 FacebookMoneyMaker Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:13:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2513920 Doesn't bother me. It only helps business Doesn’t bother me. It only helps business

]]> By: Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback | Link Your Biz.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2507078 Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback | Link Your Biz.com Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:47:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2507078 [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...] [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...]

]]> By: Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback | Tech & Internet Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2506532 Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback | Tech & Internet Blog Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:29:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2506532 [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...] [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...]

]]> By: Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2503449 Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:05:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2503449 [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...] [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...]

]]> By: Ogilvy Feeds » Blog Archive » Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2503027 Ogilvy Feeds » Blog Archive » Redesign Bravery And The Nature Of Feedback Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:14:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2503027 [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...] [...] me take you back to Spring 2007 when Facebook implemented a relatively design update, but also launched their News Feed at the same time. People were outraged. Letters were written. Feet were stamped and fists were waved. Facebook [...]

]]> By: Blogroll » Stalking Myself (and How to Opt-out of the Facebook News Feed) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2494338 Blogroll » Stalking Myself (and How to Opt-out of the Facebook News Feed) Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:40:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2494338 [...] Similar issues have been brought up regarding the “hide story” feature that existed in “Old Facebook“. The current “New Facebook” that launched in September has a new design, a new enhanced interface, and clearly new ideas for how to mislead users. [...] [...] Similar issues have been brought up regarding the “hide story” feature that existed in “Old Facebook“. The current “New Facebook” that launched in September has a new design, a new enhanced interface, and clearly new ideas for how to mislead users. [...]

]]> By: Masters of Media, New Media MA Amsterdam » Stalking Myself (and How to Opt-out of the Facebook News Feed) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2493723 Masters of Media, New Media MA Amsterdam » Stalking Myself (and How to Opt-out of the Facebook News Feed) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:29:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2493723 [...] Similar issues have been brought up regarding the “hide story” feature that existed in “Old Facebook“. The current “New Facebook” that launched in September has a new design, a new enhanced interface, and clearly new ideas for how to mislead users. [...] [...] Similar issues have been brought up regarding the “hide story” feature that existed in “Old Facebook“. The current “New Facebook” that launched in September has a new design, a new enhanced interface, and clearly new ideas for how to mislead users. [...]

]]> By: Cision.net Blogs » Blog Archive » First sight of CISION.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2487078 Cision.net Blogs » Blog Archive » First sight of CISION.net Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:08:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2487078 [...] The key to this dashboard is the “activity feed”. Like Facebook’s Newsfeed, this shows what’s happening within your networks, among the individuals, groups and discussions that matter to you. Hopefully, because the network is professional and built for purpose, the content will be more useful than the relentless zombie and pirate action you get on Facebook - and it will hopefully be easier to manage too.)  [...] [...] The key to this dashboard is the “activity feed”. Like Facebook’s Newsfeed, this shows what’s happening within your networks, among the individuals, groups and discussions that matter to you. Hopefully, because the network is professional and built for purpose, the content will be more useful than the relentless zombie and pirate action you get on Facebook – and it will hopefully be easier to manage too.)  [...]

]]> By: The Challenges of Scaling Twitter's Follower Model - Loosely Coupled has moved http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2328667 The Challenges of Scaling Twitter's Follower Model - Loosely Coupled has moved Mon, 26 May 2008 16:58:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2328667 [...] with this on a real-time basis. (Facebook does in fact employ model #1 above for the news feeds - the reason you can't really delete a story from your mini-feed - but it doesn't need to do that on a real-time basis). Before we even get to the I/O math that [...] [...] with this on a real-time basis. (Facebook does in fact employ model #1 above for the news feeds – the reason you can’t really delete a story from your mini-feed – but it doesn’t need to do that on a real-time basis). Before we even get to the I/O math that [...]

]]> By: Luke Noel-Storr http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2189738 Luke Noel-Storr Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:09:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2189738 The lie (sorry, potentially misleading phrase) has been removed from the dialog box, and it no longer says "and will prevent anyone from seeing it": http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2798494&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=7967973537&aid=-1&id=840200214&oid=7967973537 The lie (sorry, potentially misleading phrase) has been removed from the dialog box, and it no longer says “and will prevent anyone from seeing it”:

http://www.face...;oid=7967973537

]]> By: Mario Mansour http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2189034 Mario Mansour Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:14:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2189034 Why are you scratching your heads so much, just delete your account and forget about all these social networking sites. Go to a pub, have a couple of beers, live and stop these stupid activities behind a machine. I think we should think about it, is social network sites what we really want? The misleading idea behind connecting people is really keeping people apart. It can connect you to a friend in the other end of the world, but thats not exclusive. I've seen people within the same building socializing on the internet. Come on!! wake up people...This is really getting seriously dumb. Stop it Why are you scratching your heads so much, just delete your account and forget about all these social networking sites. Go to a pub, have a couple of beers, live and stop these stupid activities behind a machine.

I think we should think about it, is social network sites what we really want? The misleading idea behind connecting people is really keeping people apart.
It can connect you to a friend in the other end of the world, but thats not exclusive. I’ve seen people within the same building socializing on the internet.

Come on!! wake up people…This is really getting seriously dumb. Stop it

]]> By: Law Bites » Understanding the Facebook News Feed http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/comment-page-2/#comment-2181986 Law Bites » Understanding the Facebook News Feed Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:09:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/facebook-newsfeed-reports-on-you-behind-your-back/#comment-2181986 [...] Jason Kincaid highlights a commonly misunderstood feature of the Facebook News Feed (I know it took me a while to realise [...] [...] Jason Kincaid highlights a commonly misunderstood feature of the Facebook News Feed (I know it took me a while to realise [...]

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