Monday, September 10, 2007

Facebook vs Google

No posts for a long time so I thought that I should do some. I haven't been posting as I have either been pissing about on Facebook of blogging on the Guardian websites, neither of which is really that constructive.
Right then. From today Facebook is starting to make everybody's profiles available on Google. This means that in a month's time, when the project is complete, you'll be able to google "Your Name" and find out all about anybody. Not strictly true as the google result will just be your name and photo, but should the searcher have a Facebook login then they can delve deeper.
Of course what this really comes down to is how restrictive your security settings are. Do you even know where to find your security settings? (They're in the privacy bit of your profile).
It won't dampen my addiction to Facebook, unless I get a new job. I'll make a point of getting a job from someone who isn't my friend so they can't see how long I'm on it for. Of course they could google this blog but at least they'd need to know the name first...

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