Librarian by Day » terms of service http://librarianbyday.net by Bobbi Newman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:52:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Facebook Brouhaha – yeah you’re mad, but did you leave? http://librarianbyday.net/2009/02/17/the-facebook-brouhaha-yeah-youre-mad-but-did-you-leave/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/02/17/the-facebook-brouhaha-yeah-youre-mad-but-did-you-leave/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:00:59 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.wordpress.com/?p=964 What I saw happen yesterday – a LOT of people blogging, twittering and linking to articles about Facebook’s change to their Terms of Service. ( If you don’t know about it see links at the bottom. I’m not writing about that, 50 bagillion other people already have.) What I didn’t see happening – a mass exodus of friends from Facebook. I hear some people are removing content, but they aren’t leaving (I’m sure someone will leave a comment pointing out people who have left) I even asked on Twitter this morning – did you delete your account? As of writing this no one has answered yes. What this tells me – that people are mad at Facebook, maybe even really really mad, but they aren’t mad enough to leave.  Which means, that whatever they are getting from Facebook, they are willing to accept the new TOS to get it. Now what that means is a whole different blog post. Facebook: A lesson in power-grabbing Public Service Reminder 1: facebook Facebook: “We have never claimed ownership” of members’ content | The Industry Standard What Facebook’s revised terms of use mean for your content | Jacobson Attorneys: the new media law firm [...]]]>

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What I saw happen yesterday – a LOT of people blogging, twittering and linking to articles about Facebook’s change to their Terms of Service. ( If you don’t know about it see links at the bottom. I’m not writing about that, 50 bagillion other people already have.)

What I didn’t see happening – a mass exodus of friends from Facebook. I hear some people are removing content, but they aren’t leaving (I’m sure someone will leave a comment pointing out people who have left)

I even asked on Twitter this morning – did you delete your account? As of writing this no one has answered yes.

What this tells me – that people are mad at Facebook, maybe even really really mad, but they aren’t mad enough to leave.  Which means, that whatever they are getting from Facebook, they are willing to accept the new TOS to get it.

Now what that means is a whole different blog post. ;-)

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