Comments on: Facebook profiles reveal true self http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/facebook-profiles-reveal-true-self/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: MacSmiley http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/facebook-profiles-reveal-true-self/comment-page-1/#comment-2991 MacSmiley Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:35:25 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=6177#comment-2991 @Andy I'm sure you are right about Google's motives, and I am glad the deal fell through. But with Zuckerberg idolizing Bill Gates, don't you think Facebook is already monetizing your personal info? And that includes all your updates, not just the false date you've given them for your D/O/B. Post an update that you're XX number of years old or that it's your XXth birthday and you've belied the 1910 birth date. Oh, and don't forget what your friends post about you also gets factored into the monetizing process as well. There's no such thing as a free lunch. @Andy

I’m sure you are right about Google’s motives, and I am glad the deal fell through. But with Zuckerberg idolizing Bill Gates, don’t you think Facebook is already monetizing your personal info? And that includes all your updates, not just the false date you’ve given them for your D/O/B. Post an update that you’re XX number of years old or that it’s your XXth birthday and you’ve belied the 1910 birth date. Oh, and don’t forget what your friends post about you also gets factored into the monetizing process as well.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

]]> By: Katheline Jean-Pierre http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/facebook-profiles-reveal-true-self/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 Katheline Jean-Pierre Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:18:01 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=6177#comment-2976 And that is why Facebook succeeded where Second Life failed. Thank you for sharing this study. And that is why Facebook succeeded where Second Life failed. Thank you for sharing this study.

]]> By: People are real on Facebook « Feral Librarian http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/facebook-profiles-reveal-true-self/comment-page-1/#comment-2829 People are real on Facebook « Feral Librarian Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:04:13 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=6177#comment-2829 [...] that people will use online social networking to project idealized versions of themselves, research shows that college students’ Facebook profiles project their actual personality rather than their [...] [...] that people will use online social networking to project idealized versions of themselves, research shows that college students’ Facebook profiles project their actual personality rather than their [...]

]]> By: Andy http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/facebook-profiles-reveal-true-self/comment-page-1/#comment-2817 Andy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:40:09 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=6177#comment-2817 This is why Google tried to purchase Facebook...imagine the Google Analytics that they would be able to generate. Can anyone say "monetize" my personal info? My profile now states my date of birth is 1910...I don't expect too many solicitors will try to sell me anything as at this age I am not even buying green bananas. This is why Google tried to purchase Facebook…imagine the Google Analytics that they would be able to generate. Can anyone say “monetize” my personal info? My profile now states my date of birth is 1910…I don’t expect too many solicitors will try to sell me anything as at this age I am not even buying green bananas.

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