The Social Gaffe

By Thomas Purves on April 2, 2008 | | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

Dfn: The Social Gaffe – the power of webtwo-oh to take something dumb you just said and instantly broadcast it to everyone you’ve ever known.

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  • Barry
    Interesting. I was just about to blog about this myself. I had just logged into FB - and noticed that I had 'sent notifications' to a number of people that I had changed 'hoods. Now the interesting thing is that I had added the 'Neighbourhoods' application waaay back when and as a laugh, put my location as Jane and Finch (not that there's anything wrong with that) but deleted the application. I recently added the app back, and lo and behold, it 'remembered' that I lived at Jane and Finch, and when I changed locations, it sent notifications to a number of my friends without my immediate knowledge...

    So how many applications know and keep your info?
  • Like accidentally announcing that your wife is pregnant on Facebook?

    I'll never live that down. Damn "Reply to All"
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