Comments on: Week in review: Facebook's about-face

Social-networking site reverses itself on policy change, while tech reaps windfall from stimulus package. Also: Landmark copyright trial gets under way.

[Angry CPU]

I's sad when money, power and greed tarnishes a great concept. I'm glad for once people are taking a stand.

[MichaelStover]

apparently the author of the article on facebook has no clue about what the actual privacy changes were (never specified) and neither did most of those "complaining". if complaining means joining a facebook cause, well what a catch 22 lose-lose for facebook. burnt by its own sword. the easy to join and carefree feeling of joining stabbed them right in the back - we've all joined causes with little thought. add the conspiracy theme of privacy and of course it would warrant 100K to join at the very least.

[wintory]

How on earth did a facebook icon end up on my BlackBerry?????? I sure didn't put it there.

[Fil0403]

I hope this fabulous trend of changing the terms os service after people signed up under different terms of service doesn't catch on.

[royc]

All the sites have the same type of thing in their TOS. Even my cell phone has a phone book size TOS that is bigger than the operating manual and the manual is in 8 languages. The manual has at least 1/2 page telling you what each button does, including the numbers that 5 pages right there and the green button has 2 1/2 pages and red button has 8 pages because it disconnect the call and turns the phone on and even turns the phone off. Why would they want you to be able to turn it off I don't know but it is there.

[royc]

I guess now would be a good time to change all of your pix to anything, like someone suggested last week, that of mr. Z. eating a banana. And all your text files to "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country 0123456789". Then delete your account. Next week create a new account and be very careful what you do with it, cuz mr. Z. said they will be changing the TOS very soon. And I think it will NOT be Ms. White that will be telling us about it. She has her a$$ in a sling and when she gets it out she will be looking for a new job.

[Mikebanks]

Steven,
For those of us who've been out plowing February fields, writing books, changing oil, or whatever, you really should have laid out a quick overview of what the offending Term of Service was. From the line you quoted one may infer that Facebook was claiming all rights to any member's efforts at promoting a product or service in perpetuity, and throughout the known (and unknown) universe--and possibiliy retroactive all the way back to and including 1776--but it's not quite clear.
--Mike On the Way to the Web