# Facebook Caught with Hand in Cookie Jar

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221 "2011-10-01T02:35:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221/21 "2011-10-07T17:41:03Z")

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I don’t have a facebook account and am in no hurry to get one. I was listening to a commentary regarding some big (?) changes made to FB recently and the resulting uproar. The speaker read from an article that said what most users don’t get is that FB isn’t the product with the users being the customers. Its the users that are the product with the advertisers being the customers. Reminds me of something about a free lunch.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221/22 "2011-10-07T17:51:57Z")

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> [@olivesmarch4th](#):
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> Sometimes it freaks me out a little, but then I remember I have nothing to hide. I don’t care who knows that I like The Onion and someone’s video of a cat getting knocked off a printer. As for the more serious bits of my personality, if an employer would discriminate against me because of my progressive values, then I don’t want to work there anyway.
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> And yeah, I don’t care what some douche kid said when he was 19. There is an enormous chasm between my 19 and 27 year old selves, so I’m going to have a hard time holding that against him. Especially knowing what idiots people are in college. OTOH, he probably is an asshole, but sometimes assholes make useful things, and Facebook is something I find useful.

I feel the exact same way about FB.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-caught-with-hand-in-cookie-jar/598221/23 "2011-10-07T17:53:22Z")

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> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> You’re also being rather cavalier, seeing as you want your genitals to “go viral” 🆒

Good one! _Like_

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