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Privacy Matters, Unless You Like Being a ‘Hot Single’ on Facebook

Posted by John Saddington on Jul 13, 2009

hot-singlesQuick reminder here that your Privacy Settings on your social networks is of the utmost importance!

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t take as much care as I should when signing up to these new services as I probably should; I’m much more interested in just getting started in using the service than protecting myself.

Take for example Cheryl Smith who found out she was being used as advertising bait on Facebook for “Hot Singles.” Flattering, perhaps, but she didn’t like it.

Anyone else got a similar story (or care to admit it)?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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9 Responses to “Privacy Matters, Unless You Like Being a ‘Hot Single’ on Facebook”

  1. stephenbateman
    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 1:47 am

    woah that's scary…

    About taking care of new services on the internet, I have countless usernames littered across the interwebs…I have accounts for things I don't even remember (Geocities anyone??)

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 1:50 am

      gross… geocities is shutting down, btw.

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      • stephenbateman
        Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 2:32 am

        I saw that the other day. it's like shutting down the history museum: "hey kids, this is what websites looked like in 2002"

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        • joannamuses
          Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 5:48 am

          Yeah it is kinda sad. Geocities was the host of my first few websites. Lots of memories there. At least the internet archive still exists to remind us of the terrible designs of the past.

          Reply
  2. Mikes Sumondong
    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 2:33 am

    Well at least I don't have that weird experience. By the way is there a question already whether the facebook connect that I;m suing generates authority points as well?

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 2:48 am

      not sure if it does mikes.

      Reply
  3. joannamuses
    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 5:54 am

    Not like facebook has a stellar track record when it comes to being ethical in regards to their advertising. The number of ads i've seen displayed on facebook that are very obviously scams is staggering. Making money from ads at the expense of people getting sucked into scams is not cool.

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  4. Jim
    Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 3:59 am

    i never considered myself a hot single…

    Reply

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