At a garage sale not too long ago, I picked up some old LPs; an album by The Shocking Blue was among them. While they’re famous in the states for the
tune “Venus” the songs here are a true reflection of rock and pop with some psychedelic sounds thrown in.
There's a song on the album called “Send Me a Postcard”. When was
the last time you actually sent one? Perhaps the song title could be changed to
“Send Me A PM” in reference to those private messages many of us send in
Facebook.
And Facebook sure did surprise us once again yesterday, didn’t
they? That little switcheroo in your info as far as what your primary email
account is. No need to panic. It’s an easy fix. Just click on edit and all your
email addresses are hidden there.
Now we can all wonder what happens when you send any email
to a facebook.com email address but the truth is it goes into to your Facebook messages. A friend wrote to me last night and said is it
because Facebook wants that information? Could be. Technically, they can see
those "emails" since they would be within the world of Facebook.
So back to those postcards. Those thoughts written on those
cards were seeable by any postal employee that cared to look. How come nobody
ever made a big stink about that?
As our lives become more and more public think about the
past. Going way back in time, people had party lines and your neighbors
listened in to your conversations. And
we accepted it. Technology takes a step forward and the way that our privacy is
violated differs from days past, yet the truth is that our privacy has always
been violated in some way, though on a larger scale now.
I'll still send postcards! A friend
insisted on getting one when I went abroad last year. That’s the last one I
sent. But hey, they’re fun! People are surprised when they receive them, and
it’s a good old fashioned personal touch. Let’s start a trend!
One final note on the latest Facebook fiasco. For those who never
signed up for a Facebook email address, well, you’ve got one now!
And if your profile is public, anyone can go into your info and see it.
That’s the consequences for having a public profile. And we know that Facebook
makes changes without warning. A good reason to limit the number of eyeballs on
your personal profile; who knows what they’ll do next?
While you can’t get rid of the facebook.com email, you can
change the settings so that it’s only seeable by you. In the contact info, just
click on edit and you’ll see two columns. The first allows you to set who can see
the email address; the second allows you to have the email address show or be
hidden. Simple!
Enjoy the song that inspired this post!
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