This is a good heads up as I was not aware of several of these myself. Personally, I hate automation, though I do know some people who use it successfully. I, too, can tell when someone's Twitter is automated and it annoys me to no end. I've also noticed the people who, if I don't follow them back "quickly enough" (not sure what's considered taking too long) they unfollow me and that's fine with me. Clearly you were just looking to boost your numbers then instead of engaging in quality participation. Everything on my Twitter is taken care of by hand and yes, that means it takes a bit longer and is a bit more convoluted, but I prefer it this way lol.
Screening uploads?? Do you know how much manpower and how long that would take, how futile the efforts would be?? There are over 500 million users on Facebook and thousands (if not millions) of pictures are uploaded every second. How do you screen all those?
I agree with i486girl. It's fine for them to request that the pictures are deleted from Facebook's servers (which I honestly doubt they'll do, but it's a legitimate request), but requested who downloaded and viewed them? What for, are they going to sue those people?? That would be asinine and completely ridiculous. You're hurt, we understand, but you can't invade others privacy.
@Nick: Considering that this case has been going on for years, way before anyone even thought of a Facebook movie, I'm going to have to disagree with you there.
I agree that in most situations you won't get a call back just because of your blog, but I do know from personal experience that my (old) blog and other social media sites I had profiles on have played a role in the two positions I received post-college. The research conducted by my past and current employers involved googling me and browsing through my sites. My current employer even pointed out certain things on my blog, etc. that he personally liked and that contributed to my getting a call back. Was the blog the only reason I got the interview? No, but I do know that they did not call back a single person who did not have some form of social media presence. People like to know that they are going to get along with someone they hire and researching those mediums can help a bit with understanding the type of person you are.
Great post. The most recent situation that comes to mind for me when I had to rebuke a friend happened my sophomore year of college. She was a bit of a wild-child. It was fun for awesome adventures (like camping out on the beach!), but terrible in other ways (like when it came to her bedroom partners ... ). I approached her as I was concerned for her health and safety. I probably didn't go about it the best way (it turned into a huge screaming match) and unfortunately we still don't really talk to this day. However, I have heard "through the grapevine" that she is actually seeing a psychologist now and has done a complete 180. I don't know if it was my talk, talks from others or a tragic event that turned things around, but I am glad they have. Even though we aren't on friendly terms anymore, I still love her to death.
"At no point during the initial rollout of the new layouts did Facebook tell anyone outside the company that the profiles would become mandatory."
When have the profile changes not been mandatory? There's always been that period where they seemed to allow the "option" of keeping the old layout, but eventually the changes were always forced on all users. Facebook has already proven that they don't listen to the masses. In fact, wasn't that a memo from Zuckerberg? Something about how we always get worked up and then get over it?
I agree with edgeman2011: you either get used to it or move on. It's Zuckerberg's baby, but I think eventually he will get his.
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