Comments on: Facebook Apps Are Scary

By: Anelly

Anelly — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:01:53 +0000

I have an account on Facebook for almost two years but until now this social network did not impress me for nothing. I really can’t imagine what others find interesting about it. I totally agree with you.

By: michal

michal — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:25:39 +0000

i feel the same way. those applications scare me. if you have to sign a disclosure, it must be bad!

By: Mini-et-Moi

Mini-et-Moi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:42:29 +0000

Oh, you’ve made me feel so much better! I was looking at my relative requests this morning and feeling really guilty ….

By: Angie

Angie — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:56:15 +0000

Amen. I also rarely join groups or become fans of something. Just the basics are enough for me. Although I’m insecure enough to ask myself every now and then if I’m missing something… it’s like being back in middle school.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:14:52 +0000

My favorite is the food fight app.

“Hello, friend I haven’t seen in fourteen years. I’m so glad we could hook up on facebook again! In honor of this great happy joy, I’m going to fling spotted **** at you!”

Wha?????

Sigh.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:39:04 +0000

You know, you’re right. I got sucked into a group called Fans of Sonic Ice before I realized I was…um…getting sucked in.

I’m pretty new to Facebook with a paltry 70 or so friends, and I use that term loosely to say the least. The thing that kills me is that when I am sent a request of some sort, I’m asked to invite all MY friends to participate in it as well. Sounds more like Face-spam…

I now have 29 weird requests awaiting me. I suppose their requestors think me unresponsive and rude for not responding. I believe I’ll risk it…

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By: KYouell

KYouell — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:45:46 +0000

Hmm. I don’t actually click “deny” or “ignore” I just ignore the requests and let them pile up. Is that bad? I just want to be able to connect with people I know. I also thought that it would be a good way to safely share photos since you can limit who can see them, but I found out this week that FB has the right to do whatever they want with ANYTHING you post on their site. Obviously not everyone is going to read every line of the EULA. Heck, I just skimmed it and missed this myself. So much for being able to safely share photos of the kids with old friends. I hate this.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:25:08 +0000

I’ve been feeling guilty about hitting that deny button so often, you have now helped me to clear that guilt out of my mind…thanks so much!

By: cbs

cbs — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:21:01 +0000

Ok, after my rant earlier in the comments, FB got me back!

Someone hacked into my account and sent a spam message out, from me, to all my friends! I have now removed all my applications and feel like an idiot.

So be careful with all that stuff.