So, out of most of my pals, I'm probably one of the least concerned about Facebook privacy.  I think before I type or upload.  Naturally, I don't post secrets about my lesbian threesome with the secretary of state and the governor's wife, nor post pics of me smoking crack with the high school swim team.  I do, however, post a ton of updates and photos about what goes on in my life.

With the IPO and all, Facebook is trying to say to other companies - look at us! We know all this crap about all these people and we can help you sell a buncha crap to them by specifically targeting people who like your crap already!

So yeah, all this information about myself that I've just handed over to the Facebook marketing team and they can only gimme sponsored ads like "GOUT RESEARCH STUDY", "CHEAP WHEELCHAIR CARRIERS", "BRAND NEW SLOT GAME", "METAL FANS - BE AN ADDICTION RECOVERY COUNSELOR", "OWN A PIECE OF JERUSALEM"

I guess Facebook thinks I'm a 65 year old obese recovering-alcoholic jew with diabetes who sits around all day playing online poker while jamming to Pantera.

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