Rock Melt

[metro.]

So, I just installed the RockMelt Browser and so far I'm seriously loving it. It's simple, and it makes me not have to have a Facebook tab to talk to certain people. It also serves as a RSS feed of sorts. I dunno, I'm pretty much in love with it.

Anyone use it / heard anything about it? I just heard about it like a few days ago.

[AceHigh]

Too bad it looks like Chrome, how much can you customize that default gay skin?

[metro.]

Too bad it looks like Chrome, how much can you customize that default gay skin?

Yeah I think so. It's based off Chromium so I'd imagine so.

[NaRu]

idk about switching to a different browser. I will give it a shot though.

[undetz]

1 out of 6 isn't enough to make me switch.

[metro.]

1 out of 6 isn't enough to make me switch.

What?

[Saras]

I neither use facebook or twitter, it's useless to me.

[Clannad_92]

^really?

btw, that browser looks cool, but i stick with firefox...

[xShadow]

^really?

btw, that browser looks cool, but i stick with firefox...

... What's with the "really"? I don't use MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, CNN, etc. Is it really that surprising?

Out of all that I would probably only use Gmail and Youtube, and those already have extensions for them in Firefox. So most of this browser's featureset is completely useless to me (not to mention it lacks many extensions I use).

I suppose for your common person that uses all of that stuff (imo trash), it's fine. DISTRACT YOURSELF EVEN MORE WHILE YOU BROWSE!

[kitamesume]

facebook became "meh" when they shittified wild ones, i haven't even seen tweeter's main page yet.

[AceHigh]

... What's with the "really"? I don't use MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, CNN, etc. Is it really that surprising?

Same here. Social sites like that are more likely to destroy your life more than anything else.

[Clannad_92]

Social sites like that are more likely to destroy your life more than anything else.

uhhh, i know it!! i shouldn't join fb...
but, all my friends are on fb, not on phone...all info are passes within fb only..."if asking for something, do it with fb, not on phone"

[AceHigh]

Order 50 pizzas to each of them and they will drop FB too.

[Saras]

You don't have to make it sound like some invention of satan's either.

Oh, I suppose I use skype if I need to contact someone whose on a computer.

[AceHigh]

No, I don't blame the inventors, I don't put on a tinfoil hat every time I hear the name "Mark Zuckerberg", however it is the userbase that can be troublesome.

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Let's say you use your nick on several sites and I cross reference them finding your real name on one of them. Then I can use piple.com or similar engine to search for all unsecured traces of you that you left on the internet. It might end there, but what if you are not careful and have even more info on social sites where you registered? Maybe on one of them there is an address, something that can be abused, sometimes there are pictures that can reveal information too.

Of course providing an example like that you might wonder if I am a stalker or something. Alas, I doubt any of you have an interesting enough life for anyone to bother, and last time I did that was a year ago when some guy on this forum was collecting money for his charity. So I checked him out under suspicion of a scammer.

However what if there is someone with a grudge against you that will try to collect info and somehow abuse it? Thus precaution is normal in this case, I don't think you have to be paranoid to avoid FB and other sites like that. I have most friends on skype and other means of communications that are designed to be from person to person and not person to the rest of the world.

[metro.]

What it boils down to is you guys being superduper scared of people finding the face behind your name. That's why I got.

And it seems quite condescending about it too. Which is cool I guess.

[Remak]

Order 50 pizzas to each of them and they will drop FB too.

I don't know anyone who puts their address on facebook.. 

[kitamesume]

Order 50 pizzas to each of them and they will drop FB too.

I don't know anyone who puts their address on facebook.. 

you might wanna read this then =P http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=12703.0

[Saras]

What it boils down to is you guys being superduper scared of people finding the face behind your name. That's why I got.

And it seems quite condescending about it too. Which is cool I guess.

In a way, I suppose so.

I want most of my personal "off the cuff" remarks to remain "off the cuff". It's general practice nowadays to look up information about new hires and the like. Be it facebook, blogs or just general google searches if ones lazy and the more important the job, the more vital does it become that you do so. And the less they can find about you in 5 minutes, the better.

[AceHigh]

I don't know anyone who puts their address on facebook.. 

No need, a name and general area is enough. The rest can be found on those phone-book sites that list address.

Be it facebook, blogs or just general google searches if ones lazy and the more important the job, the more vital does it become that you do so. And the less they can find about you in 5 minutes, the better.

The opposite is also true and is the primary reason why I still have my fake FB account. When applying for jobs I checked up not only on the company's background, but my interviewer's as well. That way I tailored my answers and everything I say on interview specifically for the type of the individuals that interview me.