facebook got a huge facelift...

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Just joined the stalker group. When do we get stalking?
 
Seriously people, everyone at FSU used to call it "The Rapebook" and stalking jokes have been long since synonymous with Facebook. Is it really that big of a deal?

Damn, Jonny Holmes looks pissed! :lol
 
i joined, and realized why i hate facebook. you can't look at anybody's profile, what's the point?
 
mattiewheels said:
i joined, and realized why i hate facebook. you can't look at anybody's profile, what's the point?
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Yeah, that is annoying. They should make it where you can if you're in the same group as someone.
 
Meier said:
Seriously people, everyone at FSU used to call it "The Rapebook" and stalking jokes have been long since synonymous with Facebook. Is it really that big of a deal?

Damn, Jonny Holmes looks pissed! :lol
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:lol

I am being forced to cut my hair, so there's a story behind that pic
 
Meier said:
Seriously people, everyone at FSU used to call it "The Rapebook" and stalking jokes have been long since synonymous with Facebook. Is it really that big of a deal?

Damn, Jonny Holmes looks pissed! :lol
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Meier said:
Yeah, that is annoying. They should make it where you can if you're in the same group as someone.
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I'm glad because if someone doesn't go to my college or not a friend of mine, I don't want them even looking at my profile. That's why I dislike MySpace, because most anyone can look at my profile.
 
Mana Knight said:
I'm glad because if someone doesn't go to my college or not a friend of mine, I don't want them even looking at my profile. That's why I dislike MySpace, because most anyone can look at my profile.
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You can mke your myspace profile just as private as these facebook ones.
 
Mana Knight said:
I'm glad because if someone doesn't go to my college or not a friend of mine, I don't want them even looking at my profile. That's why I dislike MySpace, because most anyone can look at my profile.
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Myspace has privacy options.
 
I guess my news feed has finally caught up with everyone else :lol

Michelle 'Mickey' Millar joined the group Cleveland Heights High graduates. 4:16pm

Alex Ameter left the group STRICKLAND for GOVERNOR. 3:36pm

Ticora 'Angel Eye's' Betton tagged Alex Ameter in the note JUNE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Which Baby Are U?? ). 5:26pm
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bluemax said:
Facebook finishes jumping the shark:

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/12/1225232&from=rss

Now everyone can join! :-(
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Not that big of a deal really:

"People who joined Facebook because it was primarily a school-focused network may feel that it's losing a key distinction. As with the 'news feed' announcement, reception to this overhaul will come down to how well Facebook communicates. For the average student at New York University, for instance, little changes. The only people who can browse his profile before were other NYU students and that will stay the same. The change simply allows for 500 new groups to form that all operate independently on the Facebook platform. No one can browse all 9 million registered users."
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I will say this though, if facebook does end up competing with myspace then it will destroy it completely. It's better in every single way. The creators of facebook probably know this, so they may head in that direction.
 
Justin Bailey said:
I will say this though, if facebook does end up competing with myspace then it will destroy it completely. It's better in every single way. The creators of facebook probably know this, so they may head in that direction.
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Facebook was like a secret club for us college kids though...:(
 
Christopher said:
Facebook was like a secret club for us college kids though...:(
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Yeah :( The day I start getting webcam girl spam and friend requests from shitty stand up comedians on facebook will be a sad day indeed.
 
Exactly.

It's bad enough that I get random requests from high schoolers (so they can tell their friends, "LOOK AT ME EVERYONE! I KNOW SOMEONE IN COLLEGE!") but now it seems as if it's going to transform into a full-fledged MySpace.

If I wanted a site like MySpace, I would have made myself a MySpace account.
 
I guess it's true:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook.com, which in two years has become the primary online meeting place for a generation of U.S. college students, plans to open its site to admit outsiders.

The Palo Alto, California-based company said that in coming weeks it will invite young Internet users from all walks of life to join regional Facebook networks who are not already part of a school, work or military network on Facebook.com.

Facebook was founded by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg and two fellow students with an eye toward creating casual but semi-exclusive networks of friends -- and friends of friends.

"You don't need to share what's going on with everyone," Zuckerberg said in an interview last week. "You just need to know what your friends and immediate acquaintances are doing."

The company is taking a cautious approach to wider membership after it sparked a rebellion last week among existing users when it introduced changes that critics said exposed too much personal data to the prying eyes of their friends.

More than 700,000 of the site's 9.5 million users entered their name on a petition calling for the company to withdraw a feature called "News Feed" that instantly notifies members when friends update their own sites. The company later compromised by adding new privacy features and the protests subsided.

Facebook, a reference to the pictorial guides new students receive when entering a university, took off on college campuses in the wake of the rapid rise and subsequent decline of Friendster, the pioneering social network in 2004.

It subsequently spread to high schools and to a limited set of workplaces Facebook has authorized. A key draw was how it locked out more abusive aspects of the wide open Web by promoting socializing among one's immediate connections. At least three-fifths of users sign on once a day to Facebook.

He said that roughly a third of all Facebook users post their cellphone on their member profile pages for friends to see. "You definitely don't want to share your mobile phone number with 9 million people, just those you want to talk to."

By contrast, rival MySpace, the dominant social networking site, has grown faster by remaining open to all ages. This has lead to criticism that lax security has left teenage kids, who form the backbone of its users, vulnerable to adult predators.

Zuckerberg said Facebook should be thought of as a utility for people to share information with friends rather than the entertainment destination as MySpace has become, especially since it was acquired by media giant News Corp. (NWS.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

While destination sites seek to lure users to stay on the site as long as possible, "I would be pretty happy if people spent less time on the site," he said. As it is, users average between 16 minutes to 18 minutes a day, according to comScore.

"Facebook's focus is to help people to understand their world better," Zuckerberg said.
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My brother said that if they do this, he's deleting his account.

I'm starting a group you guys =p
 
Justin Bailey said:
Yeah :( The day I start getting webcam girl spam and friend requests from shitty stand up comedians on facebook will be a sad day indeed.
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That's the almost exact comment I posted on /. :-(
 
New message:

I want to clear up some rumors and ask for your feedback.

Right now a lot of people want their friends to use Facebook, but they can't get on.** Soon, we're planning on letting these people register for regional networks.

I know a lot of you are worried about this and how it changes the site. Honestly, it shouldn't change much for you. College networks will remain exclusive to people from those colleges. High school and work networks will remain exclusive as well. Only your friends and other people in your networks can see your profile. This is what makes Facebook different, and we're not changing it.

From reading a lot of your messages, it seems like some of you want more separation. Do you want to be completely invisible to people who aren't in a college or high school? Do you want to make sure they can't message or poke you? We like hearing from you. Please send us your thoughts on how we can make this work for you.

And just to clear some other things up: we're not putting up more banner ads, we're not charging anyone, we're not letting people put random HTML in their profiles, and we're not selling your information. Facebook is about increasing information flow and connecting people, not these things.

Please send us your thoughts here.
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**Oh, so THAT'S his excuse?

Seriously, join The Official Petition Against Opening Facebook. 37,247 members and growing.
 
that petition won't do shit. it's all about the $$$ this time

i miss the old facebook. it was so fun editing other people's wall comments.
 
eh, I'm not in College anymore and I use facebook still. Most of my friends on Facebook are college graduates too. Facebook isnt THAT closed to begin with
 
woodchuck said:
that petition won't do shit. it's all about the $$$ this time

i miss the old facebook. it was so fun editing other people's wall comments.
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I remember that too :p that was awesome, than it become so you couldn't and then your name was by it now oh well....it was like a big thing you hung outside your dorm door.

Facebook needs to check it'self, it's not myspace, it's a "college thing"
 
sangreal said:
eh, I'm not in College anymore and I use facebook still. Most of my friends on Facebook are college graduates too. Facebook isnt THAT closed to begin with
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Really. I was able to register via my affiliation with MS. I bet anyone in a suitably large company could do the same.
 
White Man said:
Really. I was able to register via my affiliation with MS. I bet anyone in a suitably large company could do the same.
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i think people don't want all the middle schoolers and the creepy jiz moppers joining
 
I've never messed with the networks thing.

I changed it to match my hometown: Cleveland, OH. I was going to test it to see if I can change it to match ANY network, and I got this message:

Note: You can only change regional networks twice every 60 days. You last changed your regional network on September 14, 2006, so if you change your regional network now, you won't be able to change it again until November 14, 2006.
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Anyone try to change it to a random network?
 
as far as I know you can join any regional network

I set mine to Northern New Jersey or something but then I noticed most of my friends from my town had theirs set to Newark, NJ so I changed it. I don't live in Newark, NJ but its the closest city I guess
 
:lol @ people in this thread upset with Facebook because their creators want to diversify THEIR business. Facebook isn't some "college secret club," that only the kewl kids use. Everyone and their mothers know about it and I'd imagine the amount of emails streaming into the creators email accounts asking for an open admittance policy outnumber those bitching and clamoring for the "glory days" by a factor of 10. If you're concerned about privacy, then simply change your privacy settings. Don't get all righteous on Facebook because they recognize the opportunity that lies in front of them.
 
Incognito said:
:lol @ people in this thread upset with Facebook because their creators want to diversify THEIR business. Facebook isn't some "college secret club," that only the kewl kids use. Everyone and their mothers know about it and I'd imagine the amount of emails streaming into the creators email accounts asking for an open admittance policy outnumber those bitching and clamoring for the "glory days" by a factor of 10. If you're concerned about privacy, then simply change your privacy settings. Don't get all righteous on Facebook because they recognize the opportunity that lies in front of them.
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All you have to do is click on someone's friend's list and you'll turn up. Or all you have to do is click on a college or high school link and everyone listed will show up. That's why I get so many random friend requests from high schoolers I don't know.

And if you change your search to "restricted," no one outside of your college or network will be able to add you as a friend....which makes it impossible for people you actually know to find you.

If I wanted a MySpace account, I would have made one. That's what made a lot of people like Facebook: because it was different.
 
Incognito said:
:lol @ people in this thread upset with Facebook because their creators want to diversify THEIR business. Facebook isn't some "college secret club," that only the kewl kids use. Everyone and their mothers know about it and I'd imagine the amount of emails streaming into the creators email accounts asking for an open admittance policy outnumber those bitching and clamoring for the "glory days" by a factor of 10. If you're concerned about privacy, then simply change your privacy settings. Don't get all righteous on Facebook because they recognize the opportunity that lies in front of them.
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Word.
 
MIMIC said:
Facebook has officially become MyFace.
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In the past 3 days I already got 2 random ****ers trying to be my friend. When I ask who they are, they don't reply...

I want it to be college/high school only again. -_-
 
Great, let's email everyone in the world to join Facebook. Yes, it's a good business decision but it definitely isn't what Facebook was meant to be.
 
Bboy AJ said:
Great, let's email everyone in the world to join Facebook. Yes, it's a good business decision but it definitely isn't what Facebook was meant to be.
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I think the dude that made Facebook is the one that decides what it's meant to be.
 
He did. And now he's changing that.
 
What the hell is everyone so pissed about? Are you really so lazy that you can't click 'reject' on someone's friend invite? Seriously, now this means a bunch of my friends who don't have college e-mail accounts anymore or aren't even in college to begin with can join. I approve.

This is just like the news feed. People hate it, learn to understand it's actually pretty neat if you control the options to your personal liking, and then move on. Jebus.
 
eXxy said:
What the hell is everyone so pissed about? Are you really so lazy that you can't click 'reject' on someone's friend invite? Seriously, now this means a bunch of my friends who don't have college e-mail accounts anymore or aren't even in college to begin with can join. I approve.

This is just like the news feed. People hate it, learn to understand it's actually pretty neat if you control the options to your personal liking, and then move on. Jebus.
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Just about how I feel. Facebook by default makes it easier than Myspace to keep your privacy.
 
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