Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Facebook vs privacy issues

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Me too (re being stalked), so I get the need for privacy online. My initial 
 foray into facebook was purely to connect with harmonica friends who'd 
already  joined. I DEFINITELY see how great an idea it can be for professional 
musicians  who want to get their music and schedules out to their fans as 
well as to post  snippets about their lives (fans love that kind of stuff). 
But it's a  double-edged sword. For private citizens, I doubt most are truly 
aware  just how much info is being put out there which immediately becomes 
'public  domain', even photos of your own children which can show up  
anywhere. 
 
I reached the point I didn't mind all that much since I've been  slowly 
coming out of my shell as I grow older and I don't have anything to hide.  I'm 
no longer afraid. However the idea that a news source can draw up new  rules 
to 'attach everything one's ever written online  to one's facebook id' 
smacks far too much of Big Brother for my taste..and  if one didn't know about 
it going in, all the worse. That's my personal line  drawn in the sand.
 
I like the musical connections, I personally enjoy interacting with people  
who play harmonica from all over...and even catching up with some old 
friends,  but there's a point where one makes a choice how to handle FB based on 
your  personal code.
 
Elizabeth
PS: I DO still post there occasionally--might as well make the most of the  
connections available to express my personal pov and to continue musical  
contacts, but I will never again write on any site which has  signed a 
contract to be connected there without my permission. 
 
 
 
 
 
Message: 2
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:47:40 -0700
From: Harp Explorer  <harpexplorer1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Facebook vs  privacy issues
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Interesting. Having been stalked  twice, I don't put anything online with my
real name attached.

One of  the big draws, from what friends try to explain to me when they try
to  convince me to sign up, is that it's really easy to find people on
Facebook.  Somewhere there's a mental disconnect between what they know
about my  experiences and their wanting me to make myself easy to find.

Anyway, if  someone wants to make their information available to
individuals, commercial  interests and even data mining companies who then
correlate that info and  resell it to others, that's a completely valid
choice for  them.