Girl's horror as 21,000 RSVP Facebook party invite
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Seems to be a classic case of a user blindly clicking anything to continue.
I know people on here enjoy hating on Facebook, but you can't blame them for this.
If the issue boils down to whether or not Facebook should have that checkbox off by default, then it really is quite ridiculous.
[] Anyone can view and RSVP to this event (public event)
They say twice in that sentence what the implications of that field are.
Call me old fashioned but I take responsibility for my actions.
b) Responsibility is a funny thing -- people seem to think it can only fall on one person. Either it's the girl's fault or it's facebook's fault. In reality the responsibility is on all of us.
"If you're not paying for something, you are the product."
Now, I agree that people should understand that and be cautious while using Facebook et al, but the fact is that there is quite a bit of naiveté going on out there. People assume Facebook is benevolent, this organization run by a guy who just really cares about friends connecting with each other and wouldn't do anything tricky or bad like set up insecure defaults because it lends to an easier payday.
The real question is how we install this necessary skepticism and precaution in users. More Chris Hanson-esque entrapment? That hasn't seemed to work so far...