{"id":801,"date":"2010-08-27T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/does-facebook-need-to-go-byebye\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:30:07","slug":"does-facebook-need-to-go-byebye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/does-facebook-need-to-go-byebye","title":{"rendered":"Does Facebook Need To Go Bye-Bye?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just about had it.<\/span><\/strong> Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong>, and his filthy-rich team of Facebook executives<\/strong>, are putting all of us<\/strong> at risk, and they just don’t seem to care. They’re in some kind of sick race for the crown with Twitter<\/strong>, LinkedIn<\/strong>, and any and all other social media platform that have millions of members.<\/p>\n

What’s in that crown, anyway?<\/strong> (I have a sneaky suspicion that it’s a <\/em>greenish<\/span> color<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve seen that smile before.<\/em> It’s the smile of a millionaire<\/span> billionaire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


\nThis <\/em>billionaire is different, though.<\/em> This guy just doesn’t care.<\/strong> The words, “opt-in<\/em>” are just not in this dude’s vocabulary. Zuckerberg and his merry band of Ferrari-driving cohorts don’t ask it’s millions of customers<\/strong>-that’s right, customers<\/strong><\/span>, permission for anything. These folks just come up with a new idea, a new tool, and shove it down our throats until we bitch loudly enough. Then, and only then, they have week-long meetings, (somewhere with turquoise water as a backdrop, I’ll bet)<\/em> and decide to give us some convoluted way to “adjust” our privacy settings. Thanks, guys. You rock.<\/p>\n

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Now, I’m certainly a lot more geeky<\/span><\/strong> (technology-wise<\/em>-take it easy there, friends) than I ever thought I’d be. I’m online like 10-12 hours a day for my franchise advisory business<\/strong>, writing, Tweeting, designing, tweaking, you name it, and I<\/strong> can barely figure out Facebook’s “privacy settings of the week<\/em>.” Then there’s my daughter. This is where it gets serious.<\/em><\/p>\n


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Mari Smith; I’m Sorry.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not trying to hurt Mari’s pocketbook. I met Mari, (The resident Facebook Guru-Queen<\/em>) last year. Nice lady. Spunky. Sharp. She’s making a very nice living because of Facebook<\/strong>. She does lots of speaking and consulting<\/a><\/strong> around it, and as far as I can tell, she’s bringing home some nice bacon strips. (And helping companies grow<\/em>)<\/p>\n

But<\/strong>…and here’s <\/em>the biggest but<\/strong> of all;<\/em> Facebook is messing with my girl.<\/span><\/strong> Not a good idea.<\/p>\n

Because of Facebook’s super-aggressive, reckless, and selfish policies regarding my teenage daughter’s privacy<\/strong>, I have to constantly <\/em>try to figure out how “private” her privacy settings are, on any given day.<\/p>\n

Now, of course the privacy stuff doesn’t seem to phase her<\/em>; she’s a teenager, and in her innocent eyes, she’s bulletproof, and “nothing weird or bad will ever happen<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

But, I know better, and so do you.<\/p>\n

A Little<\/span> History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/strong> used <\/em>to be a place to just share photos and thoughts with friends and family. For awhile, it became a useful way to connect with your long-lost friends and family members. It’s a tad different now.<\/p>\n


\nWhat Facebook is “Like” Now<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re a small business owner like me, you’ve probably created some Facebook Fan pages<\/a><\/strong>, “Like<\/strong>” pages<\/strong>-whatever, for your company. Maybe you’ve even gained a client or customer for your efforts.<\/p>\n

There’s games to play, quizzes to take, and millions of things to “Like<\/em>” or join.<\/p>\n

Facebook knows what you “Like”, what causes you’ve joined, and even what “Like’s<\/em>” and causes your friends and friends of friends are hooked into.<\/p>\n


\nDecember<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Wired<\/a><\/strong> magazine, “in December, with the help of newly hired Beltway privacy experts, it reneged on its privacy promises and made much of your profile information public by default. That includes the city that you live in, your name, your photo, the names of your friends and the causes you\u2019ve signed onto.”<\/em><\/p>\n


\nSpring<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wired<\/a> <\/strong>magazine then shared that, “this spring Facebook took that even further. All the items you list as things you like must become public and linked to public profile pages. If you don\u2019t want them linked and made public, then you don\u2019t get them \u2014 though Facebook nicely hangs onto them in its database in order to let advertisers target you. This includes your music preferences, employment information, reading preferences, schools, etc. All the things that make up your profile. They all must be public \u2014 and linked to public pages for each of those bits of info \u2014 or you don\u2019t get them at all. That\u2019s hardly a choice, and the whole system is maddeningly complex. “<\/em><\/p>\n

Too darn complex. And too scary.<\/p>\n

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Back To My Daughter<\/p>\n

Not only am I seriously worried about my daughter’s safety, as she hangs out on Facebook, but I’m starting to get really, really, resentful.<\/p>\n