No Facebook, I will not share my identity!
While wasting time on Facebook the blurb to the right appeared in the ad field. Hopefully the awkwardness of the wording jumps out at you and starts slapping you in the face, but I’ll get to that in a minute. First, allow me to explain just how stupid the “everyone” concept is.
When I post stuff to this website or Twitter it’s intended for “everyone” to read — granted, in actuality no one reads it, but that’s another story. Both are public mediums that any John or Jane Doe can pull up and enjoy, especially the Janes’ — high-o! However, when I post stuff to Facebook it’s intended for a very small number of people, in some case only a handful. I’ve set privacy settings on Facebook to reflect this. Why should I allow “everyone” into that circle?
It seems the “everyone” privacy setting is really just intended for the true narcissists and the friend-whores. I’ll tell you one thing, I don’t care about your party pictures from last weekend and neither does your future potential-boss or the kid down the street (well, he might, depends where you live I guess), so please don’t share them with everyone.
And come on Facebook, could you have picked a more awkward wording for this ad? In an age where identity thieves are everywhere, do you think I’d really be willing to share my identity with you? Is Social Security Number going to be a new profile box? How about mother’s maiden name? You want my kidney too?