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Facebook and the X facts phenomenon
Lots of my friends are filling out the X facts about me. Some are "Write any 25 facts." Some are "Answer these 100 questions." Then they go on to tell you all manner of detailed information about themselves. This is really a bad idea for a lot of reasons.
Claire Suddath wrote an interesting article on Time.com about "25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You" and the way people are writing all kinds of useless, intimate, and just plain weird things on Facebook. While I like social networking, you won't see me sharing these kinds of things. I'm still old-school paranoid enough to keep most of this kind of stuff off the net. Here's why.
Tagged as: Facebook, paranoia, privacy, social networking
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