Comments on: If You Use Facebook

By: Jeff S.

Jeff S. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:28:43 +0000

@ Frosted Donut - Don’t believe propaganda copied here by Nicole! That last 0.56% is pure too… PURE EVIL!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:05:17 +0000

Frosted … right you are Ask and you shall receive … The Original Ivory Bar is made of both vegetable oils and animal fats. Two different kinds of vegetable oils are used in Ivory - coconut oil and palm kernel oil. We add a preservative (magnesium sulfate and sodium silicate) to keep the bar as white as its name.

This from the Ivory web site — clearly magnesium sulfate and sodium silicate are the contaminents

By: Frosted Donut

Frosted Donut — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:31:16 +0000

@Nicole: Ivory soap is only 99 44/100% pure (99.44%).

I always wondered what was in that other 0.56%….

By: S.P. Charles

S.P. Charles — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:09:03 +0000

“Me,” you’re new here, aintcha?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:10:13 +0000

Hasn’t anyone else noticed that the ads on the right side of the facebook page seem totally tailored to you? Regretably I recently changed my status from ‘in a commited relationship’ to ’single’ and lo and behold … many ads for dating sites. Clearly Facebook and others are watching

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:07:50 +0000

Since the move away from a standard web page to a blog format, what kind of items get posted to this site has shifted away from the comics only format of the past. Still like Ivory soap it is 99.9% pure

By: Mitch4

Mitch4 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:18:01 +0000

Broadened to “online amusements” maybe?

By: Me

Me — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:40:47 +0000

Considering how the article talked more about online quizzes in general (which, most people who take them seem to be naive, and are the type who are likely to get phished as well) rather than Facebook applications specifically, I don’t find the title of this post appropriate.

Of course, the possible threat that the author does note is that the developer gets full access to your Facebook profile still exists. However, in my experiences with quizzes, either the developers of those quizzes are extremely dumb, or Facebook says they have more power than they actually do:
-”Quizzes” that tell you what your name means need to ask you for your name instead of just drawing it with their “full access.”
-”Quizzes” that are supposed to tell you something about your birth month usually will ask you for your birth month.

By the way, what does this even have to do with comic strips?

By: Sari Everna

Sari Everna — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:49:39 +0000

I think this is the better article for Facebook-specific worries:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/167060/avoid_facebook_disasters.html

There’s a link near the beginning to the companion article for similar Twitter concerns, too. The link that’s been posted is more generically for quizzes, on or off Facebook.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:11:21 +0000

@CIDU Bill-
and to think, I had totally justified actually buying the actual paper mag (and I am cheap LOL) to support the author, if the article was that good!