Facebook is quiet today...

As if I needed another reason...


Facebook is conspicuously quiet today. I wonder why? Ha!

It probably doesn't matter where you get your news from, you've probably heard that Facebook and its owner are coming under fire for the recent finding that Facebook Apps provide personal information to 3rd Parties... who knew! Wait... I did! In fact, many people did. The problem is, a lot more people didn't know and shared everything about their lives on Facebook. This causes me to bring up the question, how much information is too much?

I have seen people post intimate details about their lives on Facebook. Sometimes it is to get sympathy or to share some news. At other times it is as though I am reading a personal entry in someone’s diary! I think that if it makes someone uncomfortable to read it... don't post it! Who’s the judge though?

Now on to the problem...

Facebook is leaking information.

I have to say... I have tried to severely limit the apps that I use on Facebook. If someone sends me a hug or a kiss, or a heart, or a request for ammunition, or anything else, I usually ignore it! If I'm feeling like a warm and fuzzy moment I will sometimes click to "accept" the sent item, however, as soon as the system tells me that the application requires access to my page and information, I usually remember why I don't always accept the item and back out of the system. Knowing my luck, the one application that I usually accept (Family Tree or something like that) will be the biggest hole in security and all my family contacts and information will be happily flitting through the web waiting to be snapped up by some marketing firm, or worse… a political calling service!

I guess we sometimes need these little reminders of how vulnerable we can become if we stop paying attention and let our guard down. Will I still use Facebook? Probably. Will I accept ANY invitations or application requests? Nope! I guess my best bet is to use it as a brief communication tool to say hi or something and I can use my blog(s) for providing deeper thoughts, just nothing too personal, unless it's a credit card number because someone asked really nice, or my bank account and routing information so I can get that long lost inheritance...