Sure, you can use facebook in obscurity; but that in itself is a deeper acknowledgement of the fact of the matter, that the data gathered is used in ways you wouldnt really want it to be if it were involentarily gathered and accurate, per se.
I think theres a little sociopath in all of us though, who get off on trying to rig the system, and these volentary data mines are as good a place as any to get ones jollies.
I take all that big brother shit fairly seriously, not to the point of tin foil hats and conspiracy theory forums, but at least to the point of forming an oppinion where I’m presented with information.
And a silly mock band with 3 tunes we created on xmas night which has more fans than my ‘serious’ artist page, a second installment of madness is due http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7444942313
Your FRIENDS will put you on Facebook by mentioning you innocently, having you in the background of captioned photos etc.
If you’re gonna be in it, you might as well win it.
Thus, I have an account. Highly, highly controlled. Real-life (ie. local) friends only…maybe I’ll make an auxiliary account / secondary profile to collate my not-so-close contacts…
