Posted on 01/18/2011 5:32:40 PM PST by Nachum
(CNN) -- Facebook wants your address and mobile phone number.
But it's not sure exactly how to ask.
It's a complicated digital courtship, particularly because Facebook doesn't just want this data for itself -- it wants to "share" this info with all of its friends, which in this case happens to be app developers (think FarmVille, Compare People and Where I've Been -- all that non-Facebook stuff that pops up in your news feed).
That may sound confusing, but the debate over this Facebook phone-number-sharing -- which caused Facebook to backtrack a bit from the request after bloggers and users expressed outrage this weekend -- essentially comes down to two related questions:
Why does Facebook want your phone number and address?
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Great idea. Wonder if anyone has used the White House comment or switchboard numbers. 1-202-456-1111 and 1-202-456-1414
I put it on my status and it seems to be going viral.
Love it!
Wasn’t there an issue about deleting facebook accounts? Are you sure you’re really deleted?
But Jenny’s number is 867-530..Niiiinne
I did some searching and there is deactivating and deleting. I followed the instructions and I guess i will see what happens. I can’t touch the thing for 2 weeks. It has been over a week now. I would like to think I can delete something i don’t want.
Hey. I ended up on a pretty good date once by dialing the wrong number....
"I love wrong numbers." - Danny DeVito, Ruthless People
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