I do find it entertaining that Mark (founder of Facebook) would call its users "complete morons" for giving up their privacy rights, brag about what he can do with the information, and what he will do with it. Our systems in America are crumbling and you never know what could happen. Americans could finally wake up and get so ticked off they'll start another revolution <img src="http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" />

Really the only issue I have with Facebook is that when they make changes to how their privacy controls work, they don't do a good job of announcing or explaining it, and I've heard from some people that their settings were put back to some "default" (more 'open') settings that they would not have elected given the opportunity.....so I regularly check my settings to be sure they are what I want.

I do agree with Rebecca that parents should NOT be putting any information about their kids out there at all - there's just no need for it......not unless they are maintaining a site or Facebook page that is ONLY accessible by family members and very close friends.

While some people are leaving Facebook at the end of May, just remember that they only account for like .00000086% of the Facebook population. A paltry percentage if anything...

Since I started my temp full-time job, I haven't missed being on Facebook. In fact, I really don't go on it as much as I used to do when I was working at home. It's been nice to have face-to-face conversations with "real people." <img src="http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" />

If you follow the links you'll learn more. I deleted my facebook account a few weeks ago because of the awful way the website behaves, and I haven't missed it.

The buzz about the privacy issue is based on remarks that Mark allegedly made about how people were so stupid to hand over their personal information within a "blink of an eye." There's chatter on the internet about the number of porn sites that have popped up on Facebook along with other "seedy" people. Some people already deleted their accounts. A parent's group on Facebook is warning parents to take down pictures of their kids because supposedly a group of pedophiles are posing as a parents group. I'll never understand why people put pictures of their kids on the internet in the first place.

Hope this helps!

Just like advertisements, we readers begin to subconsciously ignore the tool/status bar at the bottom of our operating system or web browser. I didn't even notice that TWE added the bar until you just mentioned it (*blush*). The same goes for Nomadic Matt, he implemented the toolbar but didn't notice it either until I saw his "Change is coming" article.

The good thing about the toolbar is it does require less technical coding understanding.

Anyone else share the same thoughts on the toolbar style of sharing or am I just a lone wolf on this tangent?

-Bryan of Tourfolio.com