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h Facebook says:
h ³About Facebook: Facebook is a social
utility that connects people with friends
and others who work, study and live
around them. People use Facebook to
keep up with friends, upload an
unlimited number of photos, share links
and videos, and learn more about the
people they meet.´
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h ˜tarted at Harvard, only for Harvard.

h Then it was opened to anyone with a

college or university email address.

h Then, ANY email address.

h Now, 34 million people have registered

with Facebook.

h ˜till mainly college students and alumni.

 

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h ˜ee what¶s going on with friends on and off
campus
h ˜tudents connect with friends from high school and
college through Facebook
h Find out interesting things about new people
h What¶s your new roommate¶s profile say? Who else
on campus likes your favorite bands?
h Network and plan within campus groups
h All the tools a group needs to have an online
presence on campus
h Make sure that everyone stays connected to
what¶s happening on campus
h Parties, movies, events, games, etc. are all posted
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hContact information hNotes
hNetworks hGifts
hGroups hBulletins
hFriends hWall posts

hEverything is searchable, edit-

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h And good stuff! Lots of good stuff.

But.
h Also some things they might regret.
h ˜tories (both language and content),
relationships, pictures, videos,
interests, hobbies, etc.

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see at least a portion of every
network profile. This view is not
limited to just a person¶s friends,
or their campus, or even just
college students.

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possible to search user
profiles in Google, unless you
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h ³Facebook wants you to share your information
with exactly the people you want to see it. On this
page, you'll find all the controls you need to set
who can see your profile and the stuff in it, who
can find and contact you on Facebook, and more.
You can control:
h who can see your profile, contact information, groups,
wall, photos, posted items, online status, and status
updates.
h who can find you in searches and what appears in your
search listing.
h which parts of your profile are visible to people.´

The default is to have your information be wide-

open, and these are µopt-in¶ privacy measures.

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h We ask our students ³Do you really

want to post«´
h Your name and phone number?
h Your entire class and work schedule?
h Your address or dorm room number?
h Pictures of yourself doing fun (but
possibly indiscreet) things?
h Online chatter with friends about
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h Content from your profile could

end up on some other site, even
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h ³By posting User Content to any part of the ˜ite, you
automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you
have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable,
perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide
license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly
perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in
whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any
purpose on or in connection with the ˜ite or the promotion
thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into
other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize
sublicenses of the foregoing. « If you choose to remove
your User Content, the license granted above will
automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the
Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.´
h And, how many friends does each user have on
Facebook? How many of them do they know well,
and/or trust?
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h ˜o, in those photos you posted« Are you
drinking beer or smoking pot?
h Your parents can use Facebook to check out
your friends, hobbies, habits, and relationships.
h Prospective employers routinely search
Facebook for information on newly-graduated
job applicants. What are you showing them?
h Authorities looking for a character reference
can check your Facebook photos to see what
kind of µinterests¶ you have
h A professor writing you a letter of
recommendation for graduate school or a great
new job can check Facebook, too.
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Facebook. It¶s great. Really!

But use it wisely. Present

yourself well. Be careful,
and be smart while you have
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h Potsdam network:
http://potsdam.facebook.com/networks/?nk=16777683
h Jenica¶s profile:
http://potsdam.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502823650
h Dr. ˜chwaller¶s profile:
http://potsdam.facebook.com/profile.php?id=702660021
h Class of 2011:
http://potsdam.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2231900980
h Campus events:
http://potsdam.facebook.com/s.php?k=40010&dt=3&n=1677768
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h Campus groups:
http://potsdam.facebook.com/networks/activity.php?nk=167776
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h Privacy: http://potsdam.facebook.com/privacy.php
h Terms of use: http://potsdam.facebook.com/terms.php