Facebook Lets Advertisers Use Pictures Without Permission 260
Krokz sends in an LA Times piece that begins "A warning is bouncing through cyberspace today, landing on the Facebook statuses of many of the social networking site's users. The message: 'Facebook has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures without your permission.' It continues with a prescription of how you can protect your photos." The attention-grabbing incident in this furor involved a married woman, whose photo appeared in an ad for a dating service that was presented to her husband to view. Fortunately, both husband and wife had a sense of humor about it.
Big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Apart from goatse, I don't have any pictures on facebook.
Jimmy Buffett (actually, Rupert Holmes) (Score:1, Funny)
I was tired of my lady,
We've been together too long.
Like a worn-out recording,
Of a favorite song.
So while she lay there sleeping,
I read the paper in bed.
And in the personals column,
There was this letter I read:
"If you like Pina Coladas,
And getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga,
If you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight,
In the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for,
Write to me, and escape."
Re:Holy Cow! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Holy Cow! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Holy Cow! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Big deal (Score:2, Funny)
Re:facebook generation (Score:2, Funny)
29? You're a grandpa, live with it. I'm 31 and have learned to deal with the youth-focus of society.
That said, grandparent is a spastic... I just blew my own mind with ageism C4.
(also it's the internet you idiot, you post it the world sees it (and Facebook is shit))
If anyone can trace the focus of this post then please let me know - issues when I agree with both sides make me a confused and angry old man.
Re:Sense of humor? (Score:5, Funny)
"Frankly, after all the very public warnings about facebook I have no sympathy for anyone foolish enough to use their service."
That's why I post my personal pics to 4chan where they will be respected!
Re:Jimmy Buffett (actually, Rupert Holmes) (Score:5, Funny)
If you're now bored of Slashdot
Because your posts are always wrong
Why not spend your time on there
posting lyrics of old songs.
So while you should be sleeping,
or reading papers in bed
you confuse people normal people
who aren't completely brain dead.
"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
then you're pretty simple
and you've got half a brain
If you like making love at midnight,
In the dunes of the cape.
Then you're just too specific
And I'd question if you're sane."
I think the depth of those tossed off lyrics touch all of our hearts. Remember when you have no opinions of your own then lyrics are just as good.
Re:Holy Cow! (Score:4, Funny)
Give a cowhardon a break!
Sounds painful - real painful
bustedpartysluts.com (Score:2, Funny)
...what if you go for a job and they recognise you from a site you have nothing to do with called bustedpartysluts.com?
If I recognize an applicant from bustedpartysluts.com, she's almost certainly going to be hired.
Re:Big deal (Score:1, Funny)
On the hole, I'd say that looking at it is not that big of a deal.
Oh yeah. (Score:2, Funny)
Where do I sign?
Re:Holy Cow! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Holy Cow! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Big deal (Score:2, Funny)
Not only that, you'll start seeing Goatse EVERYWHERE. Business logos, childrens' television shows, family photos...
Granted, Goatse is a family photo, but still.
Snopes (Score:5, Funny)
As always, XKCD has the answer [xkcd.com].
Re:Big deal (Score:3, Funny)
There is a way, but you're not going to be able to do it.
Long term memory is formed from the short term memories that you keep recalling. So, if you want to forget something, the obvious way to do it is to not think about it. A lot.
And there's the problem. You can try not to think about something as much as you want, but you're only going to end up getting your city destroyed by a hundred foot tall marshmallow monster.
Re:Big deal (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Hmmm (Score:1, Funny)