The one very real, very good change is that you can actually delete your account and have it get rid of all your information. That wasn't possible before. Sure, you could deactivate, but they'd still keep your info.

Kwil:
The one very real, very good change is that you can actually delete your account and have it get rid of all your information. That wasn't possible before. Sure, you could deactivate, but they'd still keep your info.

this is true. i got a few old ones i need to delete. when do the changes actually take place though?

Make a social site a little more private. Hell, I think it's a good idea. I'm tired of seeing some random guy quoting me about my relationship status saying it's some kind of controversy.

Malygris:
It will no longer allow third-party applications like games and quizzes to access user information without "express consent for each category of personal information"

Excellent. That was my biggest beef with facebook apps.

Facebook is the new Myspace as far as i'm concerned so i could really care less.

"...adding that information that's already been released cannot be taken back."

"...users will now be able to either deactivate or delete their accounts, with all information in deleted accounts being entirely and permanently removed..."

Come again?

Really not a fan of facebook with that said stuff like this really should be obvious...

for once canada did something worth while. Wait 20 more years and we may do something again

Haunted Serenity:
once again canada did something worth while. Wait 20 more years and we may do something again

there i fixed that for you, you should really look up some of the stuff that Canadians have done, like inventing the phone among other things

as for them taking a year to implement, i don't see how it would take them that long to do some simple code changes

rated pg:
"...adding that information that's already been released cannot be taken back."

"...users will now be able to either deactivate or delete their accounts, with all information in deleted accounts being entirely and permanently removed..."

Come again?

If you delete an account now, you can wipe out everything on your Facebook account. However, any demographic information of yours already shared out by games/applications/plug-ins/etc is already out there and there's no way you can call it back even if you do delete everything; it's already left the site and there's nothing Facebook can do to tell everyone who's already used that data, "forget so-and-so".

-- Steve

cleverlymadeup:

Haunted Serenity:
once again canada did something worth while. Wait 20 more years and we may do something again

there i fixed that for you, you should really look up some of the stuff that Canadians have done, like inventing the phone among other things

as for them taking a year to implement, i don't see how it would take them that long to do some simple code changes

i'm canadian...i know what we have done and the time in between it happened. i also worked for the canadian government

cleverlymadeup:

Haunted Serenity:
once again canada did something worth while. Wait 20 more years and we may do something again

there i fixed that for you, you should really look up some of the stuff that Canadians have done, like inventing the phone among other things

as for them taking a year to implement, i don't see how it would take them that long to do some simple code changes

Yep for a canadian he sure doesn't know much about what we have actually done. We have one of the best banking systems in the world, we are leaders in gay marraige and acceptance. And we have playboy that was voted playboy of the year in 2008. And that other one Shannon something, she's married to Gene Simmons. ;)

cleverlymadeup:

Haunted Serenity:
once again canada did something worth while. Wait 20 more years and we may do something again

there i fixed that for you, you should really look up some of the stuff that Canadians have done, like inventing the phone among other things

as for them taking a year to implement, i don't see how it would take them that long to do some simple code changes

I thought we Americans invented the telephone, or the Italians or something.

I was worried for a second, some Canadian Law is a little scary but in most cases we happen to make SANE proposals. Now we just need to block the new copyright legislation that the Harper Administration is trying to push through.

Zedzero:

cleverlymadeup:

Haunted Serenity:
once again canada did something worth while. Wait 20 more years and we may do something again

there i fixed that for you, you should really look up some of the stuff that Canadians have done, like inventing the phone among other things

as for them taking a year to implement, i don't see how it would take them that long to do some simple code changes

Yep for a canadian he sure doesn't know much about what we have actually done. We have one of the best banking systems in the world, we are leaders in gay marraige and acceptance. And we have playboy that was voted playboy of the year in 2008. And that other one Shannon something, she's married to Gene Simmons. ;)

actually quite a few Canadians have been playmate of the year, including one or two of Hef's wives

somekindarobot:

I thought we Americans invented the telephone, or the Italians or something.

nope Bell was in Canada at the time he did figured it out, finished it and filed the patent in the States but spent most of his life in Canada

Only problem I have is the ability to "entirely and permanently remove" an account. Why? Well plain and simple you know it's going to be used by hackers. Hell just yesterday I was watching a thread of people hacking facebook accounts, just imagine the damage done if they start removing people's accounts.