Comments on: facebook: a data miner’s wet dream http://www.juliandunn.net/2007/05/06/facebook-a-data-miners-wet-dream/ Commentary on media, technology, and everything in between. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rob wright http://www.juliandunn.net/2007/05/06/facebook-a-data-miners-wet-dream/#comment-169 rob wright Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:01:29 +0000 http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/journal/?p=147#comment-169 hi julian! ^note the website ;) i find your comments insightful as your writing always is. i, also, am deeply disturbed about the privacy implications and the manipulation of our online presence to further the development of our post-society consumerist hellscape. but then again many would agree that i was already deeply disturbed. to be fair though i would point out that it's not all bad. Facebook is very useful for connecting people that have lost touch. antisocial cynicism aside, not all connections lost are for the best. i live in complete isolation without telephonic devices (as you call them) of any kind and a few years ago lost access to the one email account i had been using since hotmail was launched (keylogging scum) and due to my luddite hermit ways subsequently lost touch with virtually everyone i know. my siblings and their kids use facebook to keep track of one another and arrange family gatherings. they insisted i join as i am no longer reachable by any means other than email which i check infrequently. so now i am taking advantage of the opportunity to reconnect with friends because as i make tentative contact with what passes for civilization these days, i find that the only thing it has to offer that i truly miss are those friends. the point (if there is one) that i am trying to make is i have lost touch with people due to change in lifestyle and priorities not from any loss of affection. i am admittedly stranger than most but many of the people i have not spoken with in several years i nonetheless still consider to be (for my part anyways) good friends. indeed i have a photo of andy,trish,alvin and kristy on my kitchen counter and one of you,steve ito and myself hangs on the wall in this room. i think of all these people with great fondness whenever i look at them (otherwise i would replace them with images of cats and/or cannabis). while it was a simple matter to facebook invite most of these people, you i have resorted to googling. this has provided me with some information as to what's been happening in your life these past years but you'll be happy to know that you have successfully concealed your email address from the forces of evil. i know jack about twitter (i'm only now experimenting with facebook 3 years after you denounced it) so i'll leave you this message here trusting that your well designed website will alert you to the comment even though the post is ancient. ps. on my page, i specifically made mention of how grand facebook was for reconnecting long lost friends in the hopes that you may one day read it and feel a somewhat reduced level of queasiness. hi julian! ^note the website ;)
i find your comments insightful as your writing always is. i, also, am deeply disturbed about the privacy implications and the manipulation of our online presence to further the development of our post-society consumerist hellscape. but then again many would agree that i was already deeply disturbed.

to be fair though i would point out that it’s not all bad. Facebook is very useful for connecting people that have lost touch. antisocial cynicism aside, not all connections lost are for the best. i live in complete isolation without telephonic devices (as you call them) of any kind and a few years ago lost access to the one email account i had been using since hotmail was launched (keylogging scum) and due to my luddite hermit ways subsequently lost touch with virtually everyone i know.

my siblings and their kids use facebook to keep track of one another and arrange family gatherings. they insisted i join as i am no longer reachable by any means other than email which i check infrequently. so now i am taking advantage of the opportunity to reconnect with friends because as i make tentative contact with what passes for civilization these days, i find that the only thing it has to offer that i truly miss are those friends.
the point (if there is one) that i am trying to make is i have lost touch with people due to change in lifestyle and priorities not from any loss of affection. i am admittedly stranger than most but many of the people i have not spoken with in several years i nonetheless still consider to be (for my part anyways) good friends. indeed i have a photo of andy,trish,alvin and kristy on my kitchen counter and one of you,steve ito and myself hangs on the wall in this room. i think of all these people with great fondness whenever i look at them (otherwise i would replace them with images of cats and/or cannabis).
while it was a simple matter to facebook invite most of these people, you i have resorted to googling. this has provided me with some information as to what’s been happening in your life these past years but you’ll be happy to know that you have successfully concealed your email address from the forces of evil. i know jack about twitter (i’m only now experimenting with facebook 3 years after you denounced it) so i’ll leave you this message here trusting that your well designed website will alert you to the comment even though the post is ancient.

ps. on my page, i specifically made mention of how grand facebook was for reconnecting long lost friends in the hopes that you may one day read it and feel a somewhat reduced level of queasiness.

]]> By: Benjamin Wong http://www.juliandunn.net/2007/05/06/facebook-a-data-miners-wet-dream/#comment-168 Benjamin Wong Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:10:57 +0000 http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/journal/?p=147#comment-168 From the point of view that the facebook database is resource to be exploited by greedy marketeers is unfortunate. In a perfect world, we needn't have to hide who we are from others. If everyone in the world just treated each other with respect and understanding then this post wouldn't even have to to be written in the first place....That's the optimist me speaking. Thanks everyone! Be Nice! :-) From the point of view that the facebook database is resource to be exploited by greedy marketeers is unfortunate. In a perfect world, we needn’t have to hide who we are from others. If everyone in the world just treated each other with respect and understanding then this post wouldn’t even have to to be written in the first place….That’s the optimist me speaking.

Thanks everyone! Be Nice! :-)

]]> By: Sandro http://www.juliandunn.net/2007/05/06/facebook-a-data-miners-wet-dream/#comment-167 Sandro Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:44:33 +0000 http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/journal/?p=147#comment-167 Very nice post! I'm now thinking of deleting my account to Facebook. I think that, like a lot of people, I created a Facebook account just have connections with old friends. In fact, I never really use Facebook, I'm just "in it". I think you have mentioned interesting points in your post. Facebook is certainly a huge data base for the guys in marketing. The question is: to what extent have they access to the personal data? Very nice post! I’m now thinking of deleting my account to Facebook. I think that, like a lot of people, I created a Facebook account just have connections with old friends. In fact, I never really use Facebook, I’m just “in it”. I think you have mentioned interesting points in your post. Facebook is certainly a huge data base for the guys in marketing. The question is: to what extent have they access to the personal data?

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