Figuring out Facebook

[dreamshark]

1) Account verification (as distinct from confirmation) is not possible if you don't have a cell phone that accepts text messages! I am appalled.

2) More explorations of Facebook privacy options

* I originally set all my privacy settings to ultra-paranoid, and even discovered a way to see my own page as others see it. Actually, I found it once, but can't remember how I did it. Oh well, I'm sure I'll run across it again eventually. Ah, here it is. Go to Settings ->Privacy-> Profile. At the top is a box where you can type a friend's name. This displays your page as that friend would see it. This is a handy feature.

* I was trying to find some way to give people a hint which Agnes Gooch I really was (I had no idea there would be so many on Facebook!), so I set my Network to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Whoa!!! Guess what, when you join a network, all your privacy settings change to "Friends and Network Members". I immediately set all mine back to Friends only. But I can now see all sorts of information on the pages of others in my network that are not my friends. Oh, okay, all the ones I've looked at are friends in real life. But I haven't friended them on Facebook. I wonder how many of them realize that everybody in Minneapolis/St.Paul network can now see their pictures and read their wall?

3) Who is out there?
* There are 16 Agnes Gooches, including Agnes L. Gooch (me), THREE of whom are in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Only 2 have profile pictures (neither of which shows the actual user).

* There are 14,000 Kahns.
* There are 43 Sharon Kahns, one of which is my googleganger and another of which is a man.
* There is one Sharon E. Kahn
* There are no Sharon Elizabeth Kahns

Comments

I can't find you!

[ssussminh.livejournal.com]

I searched on Agnes L. Gooch, and Facebook came back with nothing.
You'll have to friend me, I can't friend you. Just search on my real name, you'll find me!