this is getting out of hand.

[blaze15301]

face book has a new app that lets you know your crush has someone waiting for them. i swear that place is becoming more and more stalkerish. i see how the app could be helpful for shy people but still its a bit creepy.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Waiting-Room-Breakup-Notifier-Facebook-App-Relationship-Killer,news-10286.html

[jdbnsn]

are you kidding? that's great, it's like the digital rebound-assist

[AmEv]

Just watch. By the end of the week, it will be deleted.

[DynamoNED]

Wow...that's just...wow. Is it wrong that while I'm disturbed by the fact this exists, I can see the utility of it?

[Kayin]

Yet another reason I'm glad I'm not on FaceBook. Waste of time...

[jdbnsn]

Yet another reason I'm glad I'm not on FaceBook. Waste of time...

So you are the other one eh?

[d_stilgar]

I'm not on it either.

[blaze15301]

i have it for my family out of state, and for the giveaways.

[jdbnsn]

We should make a "why I refuse to get on facebook.com" facebook page

[x88x]

I have an account from back before it got ridiculous, but it's stripped bare of any and all identifying material and invisible to pretty much everyone. The only reason I keep it around is the few times I've needed to get up with someone who I haven't seen in a while...or the rare friend who will only respond on facebook... -_^

[mDust]

We should make a "why I refuse to get on facebook.com" facebook page
Just a warning: I might end up ranting in that thread. It could get ugly.:)

I have an account because friends made it for me in an effort to get me to use it. It's existed for about 3-4 years and I've never once logged onto it. I should get around to deleting it now that I think about it. There's no content on it and it's private though.

[nevermind1534]

But to use that app correctly, wouldn't both parties involved have to have it? Seems fairly unlikely to me.

[Lothair]

Ridiculous app, like so many others. Facebook is awesome, unless you're using it wrong.

[x88x]

But if I don't use it, I can't use it wrong, right? :whistler:

[Beta-brain]

We should make a "why I refuse to get on facebook.com" facebook page

Why I refuse to use facebook:

Quote: Facebook's signup procedure asks for a fair amount of personal information, which then joins the data of other users on a server. This is meant to be secure, but recent events have planted doubt in users' minds.

A UK office worker logged into his Facebook account as usual, only to find that as he clicked around he was being shown other people's private pages – most notably, other users' message inboxes. Further clicking revealed other areas of people's accounts, though the important personal data entries were hidden.

A user discovered a cross-site scripting hole in the Facebook platform that could inject JavaScript into other people's profiles. This could be used to import a customised content management system, which could in turn be used to violate privacy rules or create a worm. This hole took two and a half weeks to fix.

Events such as this can undermine confidence, no matter how rapidly a company acts to plug the holes. And data security fears have caused some users to consider closing their Facebook accounts – except that, to their surprise, they can’t.

The site provides no means by which an account can be permanently closed, offering only the option to deactivate an account. Personal information remains on Facebook’s servers in case the user later wishes to reactivate their account. Future security breaches could mean the disclosure of personal details from these accounts.

Possibly the most disturbing story of all, however, comes from the highly respected internet security firm Sophos. Sophos set up a fake Facebook profile under the name of 'Freddi Staur' (an anagram of ID fraudster) and asked 200 randomly selected people to provide personal information. Freddi Staur's profile was accompanied by an image of a small green frog, as well as some personal information about Freddi.

Of the 82 respondents, 72 percent divulged their email address; 84 percent provided their date of birth; 87 percent provided work or educational information; 78 percent gave their address; 23 percent stated their phone number; and 26 percent gave their screen name. Many users disclosed information about their employers and their partners, while one person provided his mother's maiden name – something very often used as a secret password to access financial account information. Very few of us would provide this type of information to someone we met in real life, but we're quite happy to give it to a total stranger online. End quote:

Whilst people with some intelligence may be able to use facebook with a degree of privacy and security there are many users that don't know how to do this or like a lot of kids simply don't care and give out personal info to anyone who wants to be their friend, VERY SCARY!

Info from "PC Advisor.co.uk" who just happen to also use facebook (http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=10660). :facepalm: