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When I was growing up, I was always told never to put your real information on the Internet. As I grew older, I simply changed around my "real" details a bit. So, my Facebook does not have my real identity, I like stuff that... I don't like.

Like I've said before, if you don't want people to know, don't post it on the Internet.

Funny thing is though, the people that told me not to put info up on the 'net... didn't listen to their own advice. lol

well you can put fake info about yourself but doesn't mean your friends will put fake info in for you. Also, I'm sure marketers have a special category for people who lie about their age and name and have products ready to sell to that group. There is no escape. ;p

The only privacy filters a person really needs are sobriety and discretion.

"inherently public"

Exactly.

The ideas of a "Facebook" _as Zuckerberg has constructed it_, i.e. a website on the open internet, and "privacy" are incompatible.