Questions about Facebook 30dc application & friend's privacy

[geejaye]

I was just about ready to join the 30dc Facebook application. However, I received the following message:

"Allowing Thirty Day Challenge access will let it pull your profile information, photos, your friends' info, and other content that it requires to work."

I can control MY profile and other content. However, I am reluctant to drag my friends into an application without their consent - especially since the Facebook default privacy controls are not that private.

I totally trust Ed Dale and the 30DC - but there are 1000's of people in 30DC, so I won't be able to know/trust all of them.

What visibility will my Facebook friends have? Is there anyway to exclude some/all of them? What will I miss if I do NOT do the 30dc Facebook application?

Thanks!

[slowsmart]

That is common with facebook apps. None of your friends are dragged into the app. The app can merely see who they are so if you want to invite them from within the app - then the app knows who they are.
Nothing that I would worry about myself.

[kellyrobin]

Slowsmart is correct. It's pretty well the standard "warning" you will see with absolutely anything you do within Facebook. It doesn't pull your friends into anything or have any effect whatsoever on them. There are some Facebook apps that compare and contrast things among friends, though, so that is included in the warning. Facebook really should have individual disclaimers for each app, so you know exactly what it will and won't do, but they don't.

[geejaye]

Thanks for your quick responses!

Obviously, I am new to Facebook, and still wrapping my head around the privacy issues, plus how you manage just one userid, when I have many "faces" in the world with family, clients, family, and business associates. Hopefully, we will talk more about that in the 30dc.

Thanks!

[Hotsocks]

You could manage multiple accounts given Facebook would rarely be able to find out but it is against their T&C's of the service so it's best not to do so. My guess is we will be using fanpages and applications to promote products.

I'm interested in how it will work as i don't use facebook for anything other than seeing what my friends are up to and i'm a little hesitant about putting products to my name on there for people to see.