On: Facebook is scaring me

[funkychickin]

There's always g+ from Google. So far they're staying true to the deliberate opt-in mindset instead of the facebook all-in then opt-out later mindset.

[natrius → funkychickin]

What exactly has Facebook opted everyone into? You have to explicitly allow applications to post things to your wall.

[jarek → natrius]

Um, let's see... they started with opting people's profile updates into the newsfeed back in 2006 and went from there.

[watmough → funkychickin]

You forgot the final clause: " later followed by the removal of the choice to opt-out, for your convenience."