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Posted: 11/20/2012 7:56:08 AM EDT
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Reason #87 why I will never use Facebook. And I'm not the least bit surprised.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:05:58 AM EDT
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I simply didn't provide Facebook with my phone number.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:06:45 AM EDT
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Quoted: I simply didn't provide Facebook with my phone number. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:07:29 AM EDT
[#4]
I love facebook!
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:07:52 AM EDT
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Am I the only one here who uses an ad-blocker?
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:08:34 AM EDT
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Google keeps asking me the same fucking thing!
How many times do I have to tell you fuckers no? 
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:09:21 AM EDT
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Am I the only one here who uses an ad-blocker? Facebook has ads? ABP + SocialFixer FTW! |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:10:25 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Am I the only one here who uses an ad-blocker? Facebook has ads? ABP + SocialFixer FTW! Allegedly. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:10:43 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:16:14 AM EDT
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Google keeps asking me the same fucking thing! How many times do I have to tell you fuckers no? Whenever I log back into my YouTube page they ask me for my phone number, and I always decline. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:16:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:18:00 AM EDT
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Am I the only one that uses the phone number to a local pizza chain in this type of situation?
They have billboards, tv and radio ads and their number is part of their jingle... Only once in the past has a cashier called me on it when asked for a phone number at a store. 
I use it online pretty frequently when signing up for stuff I don't want getting too much access to me. I also use a dead end gmail account and the address of the local zoo. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:21:50 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly. more or less, but they're combining with retargeting. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:22:14 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly. You're missing the point. If Facebook had originally told it's customer base that by giving their phone numbers to FB, FB would be selling them to advertisers, that'd be one thing. No, they sold it as a "security feature", then changed their terms of service. This was fraud. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:28:46 AM EDT
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Am I the only one here who uses an ad-blocker? What is this strange magic that you speak of, and how can I bind it to my explorer of the internet?
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:39:53 AM EDT
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They don't have my real name, they won't be getting my phone number. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:43:40 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly. You're missing the point. If Facebook had originally told it's customer base that by giving their phone numbers to FB, FB would be selling them to advertisers, that'd be one thing. No, they sold it as a "security feature", then changed their terms of service. This was fraud. they're not selling numbers to advertisers in the sense that you're thinking, but I do agree that the way that FB went about this was unethical. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:44:50 AM EDT
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I simply didn't provide Facebook with my phone number. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:49:24 AM EDT
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I have my real name, full address and phone number in my profile. It's visible to friends (and very convenient, because I don't have to update all of them when I move). I'm not friends with anyone I wouldn't give this info to.
The fact that Facebook or advertisers have it? BFD. I remember a time when it was published in a phone book, that EVERYONE had access to.  Sheesh.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:50:47 AM EDT
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"If a service is free, you are not the conumer, you are the product"
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:54:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: I have my real name, full address and phone number in my profile. It's visible to friends (and very convenient, because I don't have to update all of them when I move). I'm not friends with anyone I wouldn't give this info to. The fact that Facebook or advertisers have it? BFD. I remember a time when it was published in a phone book, that EVERYONE had access to. Sheesh. I'm Somebody!!! |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 8:59:07 AM EDT
[#22]
i used to have mine listed but took it down... bastards either way
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Posted: 11/20/2012 9:00:45 AM EDT
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I don't see any ads or pixels coming from Facebook or any other advertiser.
I use Hostsman, Firefox with NoScript and AdBlockPlus. So tracking is not an issue. On my Android, I blocks ads and tracking via AdFree Android |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 9:46:58 AM EDT
[#24]
I personally think adblockers are a product of yesteryear's "dumb" advertising
I rarely see ads that I'm not interested in |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 9:51:43 AM EDT
[#25]
Google Voice.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 9:54:04 AM EDT
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I have my real name, full address and phone number in my profile. It's visible to friends (and very convenient, because I don't have to update all of them when I move). I'm not friends with anyone I wouldn't give this info to. The fact that Facebook or advertisers have it? BFD. I remember a time when it was published in a phone book, that EVERYONE had access to. Sheesh. I'm Somebody!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqqjVyOYmow |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 9:56:24 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly. You're missing the point. If Facebook had originally told it's customer base that by giving their phone numbers to FB, FB would be selling them to advertisers, that'd be one thing. No, they sold it as a "security feature", then changed their terms of service. This was fraud. Did you accept the new terms of service? |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 9:58:15 AM EDT
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I have my real name, full address and phone number in my profile. It's visible to friends (and very convenient, because I don't have to update all of them when I move). I'm not friends with anyone I wouldn't give this info to. The fact that Facebook or advertisers have it? BFD. I remember a time when it was published in a phone book, that EVERYONE had access to. Sheesh. You know, that's a fair point. I think we're so inundated with faux-'privacy' scares that we forget how little information actually is (or ever was) private. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:04:36 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly. You're missing the point. If Facebook had originally told it's customer base that by giving their phone numbers to FB, FB would be selling them to advertisers, that'd be one thing. No, they sold it as a "security feature", then changed their terms of service. This was fraud. Did you accept the new terms of service? Oh, I never gave them my number to begin with (are you crazy? ) But there were probably millions that did, and yes they probably accepted the new terms without reading them, because who ever reads it really.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:06:13 AM EDT
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Quoted: I personally think adblockers are a product of yesteryear's "dumb" advertising I rarely see ads that I'm not interested in I just like a clean looking page, is all. I use them to customize the look of arfcom, too (I've removed entire CSS DIV containers). |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:07:12 AM EDT
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it's a very slick process, and 100% of the Luddites will not understand what they're doing at all. As near as I can tell, they're using your phone number like a primary key. Seems to me like they're doing the same with other guaranteed unique identifiers, like an email address. Ho-hum, honestly. You're missing the point. If Facebook had originally told it's customer base that by giving their phone numbers to FB, FB would be selling them to advertisers, that'd be one thing. No, they sold it as a "security feature", then changed their terms of service. This was fraud. Did you accept the new terms of service? Oh, I never gave them my number to begin with (are you crazy? ) But there were probably millions that did, and yes they probably accepted the new terms without reading them, because who ever reads it really.I fail to see the problem then. Facebook updated their terms of service with the new information and the participating parties voluntarily agreed (though foolishly by not reading) and now need to deal with the consequences of their stupidity. I for one have read citations of all the bullshit in facebook's terms of service and disagreed with quite a few things so I did not create one. 
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:08:11 AM EDT
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I have my real name, full address and phone number in my profile. It's visible to friends (and very convenient, because I don't have to update all of them when I move). I'm not friends with anyone I wouldn't give this info to. The fact that Facebook or advertisers have it? BFD. I remember a time when it was published in a phone book, that EVERYONE had access to. Sheesh. You know, that's a fair point. I think we're so inundated with faux-'privacy' scares that we forget how little information actually is (or ever was) private. You also had to pay to not have your number in the phone book. At least we did here in S. Minnesota. |
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:08:52 AM EDT
[#33]
Who cares.
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:12:38 AM EDT
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Meh... who needs facebook when you can get just as much drama, whining and bragging in GD?
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Posted: 11/20/2012 10:13:13 AM EDT
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I have my real name, full address and phone number in my profile. It's visible to friends (and very convenient, because I don't have to update all of them when I move). I'm not friends with anyone I wouldn't give this info to. The fact that Facebook or advertisers have it? BFD. I remember a time when it was published in a phone book, that EVERYONE had access to. Sheesh. You know, that's a fair point. I think we're so inundated with faux-'privacy' scares that we forget how little information actually is (or ever was) private. You also had to pay to not have your number in the phone book. At least we did here in S. Minnesota. Yep, the mystical "unlisted number".. you had to be famous, or something 
I also love watching old TV shows where the cop/detective gets to a building and everyone's name/apartment is clearly labeled on the buzzers. |
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