Whoa. That was weird.

[hudebnik]

So I follow a link in somebody's LJ post to a Washington Post blog entry. And over on the right side of the page is a panel labeled "Your Friends' Activity", listing Washington Post pages that have been liked, linked to, etc. by a bunch of people I know. How does the Washington Post know this? And which of my various social-network identities is it using to figure out whom I "know"? I mouse-over some of the entries, and they show Facebook URL's. Wait: I don't even have a Facebook account (that I know of)! Oh, I bet shalmestere didn't log out of her Facebook account the last time she used this computer. Still, a bit scary. I guess this is the "frictionless sharing" thing they were talking about.

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[freetrav.livejournal.com]

May I hand a link to this entire entry-plus-comments around? There are people who keep urging me to join FaceBook in connection with the e-zine I edit, and I keep hearing about stuff like this, which only stiffens my resolve NOT to.

[hudebnik.livejournal.com]

Sure, it's public.