I was just using "here" as an example- I could have written any site.

It's your choice to post about being having a big night- I'm not seeing alot of that with my "friends".

It is what you make it.

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That is what the limited profiles are for. it is annoying to get friend requests from people you know, but who you would not like to share every detail of your life with. It feels almots cruel to reject someones friend request (and I hated sending them out for their pleading nature)

As for tracking, I'm mostly of the opinion I'm not worth worrying about. Obviously they're looking for ways to make money out of me, and to a certain extent, I encourage it by using the "become a fan of" facilities. I find it quite useful.

well don't add your boss as a friend or set privacy settings so your boss can;t read your wall

I use facebook, I can appreciate and agree with some of the anti facebook comments but if it wasn't for facebook I would have not been able to get back in touch with some old good friends in particularly an old very close friend who dropped off the radar 6 years ago due to a break down - I am now back in touch with her and that is the single most thing I am thankful to facebook for

Facebook to me is a bit like my dads xmas card grumble, my dad used to always say why send xmas cards to people you see every day they should be for people you don't see often and are far away - I feel similar about facebook, I am more interested in having long lost friends and acquaintances on FB than friends I see on a daily basis

But above all it's a great tool to be nosy and see how all my old school mates have aged terribly

Well I know about privacy settings and the like, I rarely do anything on Facebook now anyway.

I guess what I am trying to get at is that one casual and innocent mistake (setting up a Facebook account) sits with you for the rest of your life. In 10 years time am I going to have some nostalgic reflection on my account or will I feel deep regret?

Seriously? I think I've done worse things than setup a FB account in my time.

ok I'm exaggerating to illustrate the point. Would you feel comfortable with your thoughts, views and opinions from 10 years ago being made public to t'internet? I wouldn't. I think continued involvement is needed so that it develops with you but the tendency is to move on to the next fad and leave these information time bombs ticking away. I have a myspace page I think, I honestly can't remeber but I'm sure I signed up with my real name, that is from a few years back, I wonder what it says.

I don't think so....

By your own admission, it worries you not. So you are using the old "there is nothing I can do to erase my online presence as a reasoning to add to it" arguement ?

BigD

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I check my visible online presence every so often, I'm pretty much still hidden from the internet, my FB account doesn't even come up (Using Pipl). Obviously there's a risk someone may somehow purposefully turn over my records for the general amusement of the public, but I think there's a risk of that in real life too.

Besides, out of respect for friends, I generally keep the more outrageous stuff to private mails and chat. I'm not too worried about the comments on the public profile, and the photos are a good mix that I don't look like a complete drunk.

Actually, my concern isn't so much about Facebook as there you are the one to decide what to publish and what not. What really bugs me is when information about me is published by others. And that goes from HR to old schools to innocent outings on a public forum. That is when you can really start mapping a person and that I really dislike because there isn't much I can do about it.

ok so now I have found my Myspace page!

The rest of it was wrong, there seem to be a lot of people who share my name that have Bebo accounts.