Comments on: Facebook polls users on service terms update

The social network begins asking its users for their reactions to its recent terms-of-service change. The poll features live results.

[Just_Jack]

I hate to admit I use FB (clearly I'm not a cool kid), but I'll be damned if I can find this alleged poll anywhere on FB. Come on, Harrison, where's the link in the article?

[harrisonh1]

Hey Jack,

Sorry, no link. I would have if I could get it. It just appeared as an item in my News Feed.

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Harrison

[nixermac]

Even if fb were to take the poll, I am skeptical of their intent now more than ever. As i posted earlier, they have been storing personal info for long enough and this change of TOS is no good.

Frankly, my thought is what good is a million connections on fb when all you really care for is a few you personally know and care for.

[jeromey.shannon]

They should have had a "I don't know what you're talking about" option. I think that would get the most votes from the average Facebook user.

[Grifter02]

Ummm.... didn't you just read the article? The choices were "No," "Yes," or "I Don't Know."

[DrStrangelove23]

I think they should also include a means to DELETE your account, rather than "Deactivate" it! Wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they start a new business model selling your info to employers as part of a background check!

Check this link out, as it really is frightening. A bit on the conspiracy theory side, but still...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMWz3G_gPhU

[identity-theft-expert]

Harrison -
Have you compared the old and new Facebook TOS's?

It would be helpful for people to know generally what Facebook changed and how it affects their privacy on Facebook.

I will say that there are a lot more than 38% of Facebook users who do not know what the TOS changes are. Not many people have the time or inclination to read TOS agreements much less compare old and new versions. I am guilty of this myself.

Thanks -
K

[harrisonh1]

K,

I decided not to review that aspect of the story here since it has been discussed at length elsewhere. See http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever for all the information that you could possibly want on the subject.

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Harrison

[cbaisa]

why on earth would i want facebook to co-own all of the stuff i put on the website? now, thanks to some of the changes to the TOS, facebook says it co-owns all of my pictures. screw zuckerberg.

[bonochromatic]

Yup, I can't find this poll in my news feed anywhere. Probably when they saw that 56% of people support reverting to the old TOS, they removed it - that's exactly the kind of idiot move Zuckerberg is known for.

[TheNextCorner]

Facebook just posted a message at the top of your newsfeed: Over the past few days, we have received a lot of good feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.

The Blog seems to be down, or my wifi is buggy!

[bonochromatic]

VICTORY! Facebook is temporarily rolling back it's new TOS - Delete your Facebook account now, while you still can!!!

[Hep Cat]

Poll, hell. They've got an apology up now.