Comments on: Facebook Automatic Friend Finder http://www.jeffwendland.com/2010/01/13/facebook-automatic-friend-finder/ A passionate evangelist about SEO, social media and technology Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:07:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: B http://www.jeffwendland.com/2010/01/13/facebook-automatic-friend-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-485 B Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:07:01 +0000 http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=143#comment-485 Well, I just got the first pop-up for the automatic friend finder today and after reading this article it doesn't seem all that bad; but....it is not at all clear as to what it is in the popup itself. It simply said my friends have tried it and found out... Then it asked for my email and password. I never trust anything right off that asks for that information so of course I google'd it. Although I don't completely disagree with it, I'm still not doing that. When I made a linkedin account I apparently gave it permission to go through my email and add all of those contacts to my linkedin contacts. What I didn't know is that gmail seems to log ever individual email incoming or outgoing as a contact and so I have successfully added tons of people that I maybe had one or 2 email exchanges with now on my linkedin profile and I have no idea who they are without going back through my thousands of emails. In short....not doing that again....especially not with facebook. I try to avoid having business contacts being able to see my "social" facebook page. Well, I just got the first pop-up for the automatic friend finder today and after reading this article it doesn’t seem all that bad; but….it is not at all clear as to what it is in the popup itself. It simply said my friends have tried it and found out… Then it asked for my email and password.

I never trust anything right off that asks for that information so of course I google’d it. Although I don’t completely disagree with it, I’m still not doing that. When I made a linkedin account I apparently gave it permission to go through my email and add all of those contacts to my linkedin contacts. What I didn’t know is that gmail seems to log ever individual email incoming or outgoing as a contact and so I have successfully added tons of people that I maybe had one or 2 email exchanges with now on my linkedin profile and I have no idea who they are without going back through my thousands of emails.

In short….not doing that again….especially not with facebook. I try to avoid having business contacts being able to see my “social” facebook page.

]]> By: Chas http://www.jeffwendland.com/2010/01/13/facebook-automatic-friend-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Chas Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:04:13 +0000 http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=143#comment-484 Basically it's a load of crap. It tells me I am not friends with people who I've been friends with for years. I suspect it's a scam to get info on people for probable advertising or criminal purposes. I recommend you ignore it. Basically it’s a load of crap. It tells me I am not friends with people who I’ve been friends with for years. I suspect it’s a scam to get info on people for probable advertising or criminal purposes. I recommend you ignore it.

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