Reasons I don't have Facebook or Friendster

1. I have to add people I don't really like.


2. I have to add peope I don't really know.


3. People have immediate access to information about me.


4. People have immediate access to photos of me.


5. People who I don't really know and have successfully added me will suddenly think they're my friend.


6. People at work can find me, add me, and suddenly have immediate access to information about me.


7. People I've just met can find me, add me, and suddenly have immediate access to information about me.


8. People who I haven't met in a long time and was never really close to will be privy to all the ins and outs of my life, right up until I bump into them a few years later in a random club in Singapore at Clarke Quay.


9. When tiny little details such as "Relationship status:" change, people care.


10. My boss can add me.


11. People can take my photo, black out my face and put me on a porn website with malay captions.


12. An Australian couple have been served with legal documents via the popular social networking site Facebook (From BBC: Legal papers served via Facebook).


13. New Zealand police have arrested a safe burglar using the popular social networking website Facebook to identify and track him down (From Reuters: Police use Facebook to nab burglar).



14. ____________________________________________
    From: Niresh Regmi
    Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:50 a.m.
    To: Kyle Doyle
    Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21^st 2008
    
    
    Hi Kyle,
    I believe the proof that you are after is below
    
    
    
    
    NIRESH REGMI
    Real Time Manager, Workforce Operations
    
    _____________________________________________
    From: Kyle Doyle
    Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:43 a.m.
    To: Niresh Regmi
    Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21^st 2008
    
    Hi Niresh,
    My leave was due to medical reasons, so you cannot deny leave based on a line manager's discretion, with no proof, please process leave as requested.
    Thanks
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Kyle Doyle
    Resolutions Expert - Technical

    _____________________________________________
    From: Niresh Regmi
    Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:39 a.m.
    To: Kyle Doyle
    Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21^st 2008
    
    Hi Kyle,
    Usually that is the case, as per your contract. However please note that leave during these occasions is only granted for genuine medical reasons. You line manager has determined that your leave was not due to medical reasons and as such we cannot grant leave on this occasion.
    
    NIRESH REGMI
    Real Time Manager, Workforce Operations
    
    _____________________________________________
    From: Kyle Doyle
    Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:38 a.m.
    To: Niresh Regmi
    Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21^st 2008
    
    Niresh,
    1 day leave absences do not require a medical certificate as stated in my contract, provided I have stated that I am on leave for medical reasons.
    Thanks
    Regards,
    
    Kyle Doyle
    Resolutions Expert - Technical
    
    _____________________________________________
    From: Niresh Regmi
    Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:35 a.m.
    To: Kyle Doyle
    Subject: Absence on Thursday 21^st 2008
    Hi Kyle,
    Please provide a medical certificate stating a valid reason for your sick leave on Thursday 21^st 2008.
    Thank You
    
    NIRESH REGMI
    Real Time Manager, Workforce Operations
    
    _____________________________________________
15. A man murdered his estranged wife after becoming "enraged" when she changed her marital status on Facebook to "single" (From BBC: Wife murdered for Facebook status).
16. From Reuters: Privacy concerns frustrate Facebook:

    SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Facebook's efforts to build a business model around its online social network have hit another roadblock, as a backlash by its users forced the company to reverse a new policy.
    
    The dispute involves changes that Facebook had made to its terms of service agreement. Some critics said the changes appeared to give the company a perpetual right to content that users post on the network.
    
    People Against the new Terms of Service, a Facebook group created to oppose the hanges, counted more than 88,000 users on Wednesday.
    
    Getting a better return from the business is proving tricky for Facebook.
    
    It introduced a service called Beacon in 2007 that tracked individuals' online activity -- such as purchases made at participating e-commerce Web sites -- and reported the data to the individuals' Facebook friends. But the service raised privacy hackles, and Facebook made
    changes to make it easier for users to turn the service off.
    
    In response to the latest dispute, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially wrote in a blog
    post on Monday that users ultimately own and control their personal information.
    
    On Tuesday evening, Zuckerberg said the company would revert to its original terms of service as it works on crafting a less objectionable service agreement.
    

17. From BBC: Facebook remark teenager is fired:
    A 16-year-old girl from Essex was fired after she described her office job as "boring" on her Facebook page.


18. A Swiss insurance worker lost her job for posting on Facebook when she was sick (From Reuters: Facebook surfing while sick costs woman job).
    


19. Malaysians are being targeted by using information available on Facebook (From The Star: Social network users now easier targets for criminals)