@emily That was well written, but you probably should find a few more sources. While many sites surely do use SVD, Match’s algorithm is different.

The other thing that I would note is that dating is interesting because people lie AND don’t know what they really want. Oh, and people who communicate more are likely to continue dating (which is only somewhat related to how similar they may be).

First my friends joined, then, my newsgroups, now the companies I do business with are following fast.
I can’t reply to them, comment on their articles, download and print coupons, file customer feedback, shop online, donate to charities—because they joined Facebook and I didn’t.
Even worse, they all surrendered their address books upon joining.
I will find other friends, charities, businesses, and newspages. But, Facebook should take non-members out of their list of usable contacts, because we didn’t agree to their policies.

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http://apple-jewels.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_357.html
Thank you

Privacy has not changed, only the methods by which it can be violated. I no longer have a Facebook account and it was specifically because I wanted to keep my private life exactly that- private. I found it difficult to do so when so much of what I did was on Facebook, MySpace, and the rest.

Maybe posting/sharing such information, private or otherwise, fulfills some deep need for most people. But that need will seem insignificant when the consequence is the loss of privacy, freedom and the “commodification” our lives.

The only solution to all this is for people to not post information they do not want on the web. Guard you privacy and not let some corporation do it for you.

This article is spurring me to do something I should have done a while ago. I am going to delete all of the personal information from my Facebook account. I have tried to maintain the highest levels of privacy, limiting everything to my contacts (and even creating levels of access within those), but it seems that FB do not respect this. I may even close it down.

After Facebook betrayed my privacy by posting my real name on a major forum (when it ordinarily posted ‘Facebook User’ like it did for the Facebook user attacking me) I went and set all so-called Privacy settings to the most restrictive level, deleted all personal information, and even used bogus information where absolutely required. Facebook betrayed my privacy, and now I will not invest a dime in Facebook stock if they ever go public (not wanting to risk eventual collapse when enough people get hurt like I did).

Excellent statement of a key reason for the cultural shift now clearly beginning toward paying fairly for web content & services!
I hope Facebook gets the message in time again.