I hate how it's changed
I first joined back in 2005, and it was fairly useful. If I didn't have friends' contact details to hand, then I could look them up. Occasional social events were organised, plays were promoted, amusing groups were joined then forgotten about. Your profile was a good way of showing what kind of a person you were.

Because Newsfeed etc. didn't exist, you would be spending time looking at peoples' profiles, so quite a lot of info.

And then they opened it up to other unis, and then- o tragic day- to everyone. Which led to newsfeed, text speak, and all the other evils. You no longer look at someone's profile, just a quick digest- and you're less likely to really know the people on there.
(Le Misanthrope last procrastinated on, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 11:34, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

What creeps me out the most is that Wiggy's phone,
an HTC Desire (LOOK PSYCHOCHOMP, HE HAS ONE IN HIS POSSESSION HA HA!), pulls all the info off facebook to put in his contacts. So when I ring him, it shows a picture of me and my current facebook status, plus a log of any and all previous conversations, emails, etc I've had with him. It's just a bit too much information at the click of a button.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Yeah, the bf's got one of those .
I guess it just brings home to you how much people could find out about you if they wanted.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 11:52, Reply)

yeah it's true
I forget. I do often think 'oh who would care about my details' but it happens more often than you really think, only a few weeks ago my gmail got hacked and someone sent out a link to some pharmacy to all my contacts.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I try to keep a handle on how much of my info is out there
But I still have dormant email accounts and forum profiles from my teens that just can't be deleted manually.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 12:04, Reply)