article thumbnail

Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy.

Digg 100
article thumbnail

Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I have contacted akismet again yesterday , they have to sort me out of all these, I am just getting tired (its almost 2 weeks now ) Reply kyle lacy August 18, 2010 at 1:11 pm This is definitely something that social media enthusiasts have to think about. We almost have to create our own personal social media policy. Great post.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Our Monmouth May 1, 2008 at 8:49 am Internet privacy concerns always make me think twice before I click. Frankly, opt in social media does not bother me more than the data government and corporate America is silently collecting. Reply Sumesh May 7, 2008 at 9:17 am The internet’s a bad place for privacy and anonymity anyway.

Content 100
article thumbnail

Dear Facebook Friends, You're Doing it Wrong

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A religious institution using a personal profile which uses default privacy to broadcast information about its offerings. You wouldn’t want the months or years of work you’ve invested to disappear into thin air one day because your account got terminated due to abuse of policies. They’re things I Like.

Facebook 268
article thumbnail

Social Class Distinction Between MySpace and Facebook » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Professionalism and Privacy. Privacy is a huge concern for those individuals who want to keep their lives out of search engines and out of the reach of prospective employers who might find incriminating information. Couple that with the spam and the lack of privacy, MySpace leaves much to be desired.

MySpace 103
article thumbnail

An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Why not work with small businesses and those affected most by this policy change to find something that would work better for them that does not complicate the process or require a substantial financial investment? I’m also troubled by the privacy issues raised with Facebook Open Graph changes.

Facebook 277
article thumbnail

23 Reactions to the New Digg, and It's Not Good » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. Folks that spent considerable time on Digg prior to the update, by and large, were looking for a social news site. It’s a social site with news secondary. Is there any?

Digg 102