3 Colombian teens on Facebook hit list killed in past 10 days(cnn.com)
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3 Colombian teens on Facebook hit list killed in past 10 days
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/24/colombia.facebook.killings/?hpt=T2
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> I miss getting invited to some events
These are the kind of events that I think it might be better to miss.
These are the kind of events that I think it might be better to miss.
Once upon a time there was a fox strolling through the woods.
He came upon a grape orchard. There he found a bunch of
beautiful grapes hanging from a high branch.
"Boy those sure would be tasty," he thought to himself. He backed up and took a running start, and jumped. He did not get high enough.
He went back to his starting spot and tried again. He almost got high enough this time, but not quite.
He tried and tried, again and again, but just couldn't get high enough to grab the grapes.
Finally, he gave up.
As he walked away, he put his nose in the air and said: "I am sure those grapes are sour."
"Boy those sure would be tasty," he thought to himself. He backed up and took a running start, and jumped. He did not get high enough.
He went back to his starting spot and tried again. He almost got high enough this time, but not quite.
He tried and tried, again and again, but just couldn't get high enough to grab the grapes.
Finally, he gave up.
As he walked away, he put his nose in the air and said: "I am sure those grapes are sour."
Real identity is actually one of the reasons why Facebook Connect is being adopted en masse. When you let your users sign up with their real identity, the number of trolls and abusers automatically goes down. Richness of expression may be affected in such systems, but for many that is an easy trade-off to make. But real identity opens up a whole new can of worms which is sadly illustrated by this case.
I hate to see how they use facebook to target victims. This hasn't been the only case of course, but makes you want to create a fake profile
It's interesting how "fake" you can make your profile. It's your profile, after all.
You start by changing your name, picture, location and everything. But as long as you want to use Facebook, you must connect with your real friends. And visible friendship connections are pretty much the thing in Facebook. Unless your friends and their friends all operate under pseudonyms, it's rather easy to track someone who's known by someone.
If your profile is totally fake then it has nothing to do with your real life.
You start by changing your name, picture, location and everything. But as long as you want to use Facebook, you must connect with your real friends. And visible friendship connections are pretty much the thing in Facebook. Unless your friends and their friends all operate under pseudonyms, it's rather easy to track someone who's known by someone.
If your profile is totally fake then it has nothing to do with your real life.
I miss getting invited to some events, but maybe I'd like to know if someone put me on a hit list. Zuckerberg really is tricky!