Facebook's New 'Face Recognition' Feature

[Alumiyum]

Meh, doesn't really bother me. I just disabled the ability for my face to be suggested. It DOES make tagging a little easier.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I just disabled the ability for my face to be suggested.

Why did you bother doing that?

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

It DOES make tagging a little easier.

The shortsighted need for ease is why the Internet (and non-Internet) is able to get people. Would it kill people to have to spend an extra minute doing something?

For the record, face recognition technology isn't new but having it used by facebook (and any other Internet source, particularly one that is merely a social network) is creepy. I do appreciate facebook being straightforward about using this technology--for whatever reason they are being straightforward.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Why did you bother doing that?



The shortsighted need for ease is why the Internet (and non-Internet) is able to get people. Would it kill people to have to spend an extra minute doing something?

For the record, face recognition technology isn't new but having it used by facebook (and any other Internet source, particularly one that is merely a social network) is creepy. I do appreciate facebook being straightforward about using this technology--for whatever reason they are being straightforward.

I did it because it isn't THAT great at recognizing faces...for instance I uploaded a picture with a friend and a dog in it and the dog had another faecbook friend as a tag suggestion. I do not want to be the person that gets tagged as a dog. Or tagged in a photo of someone who looks like me and is drunkenly hanging on a dude or something. But then I disable just about anything, such as the "check in" feature so that people cannot tag me when they "check in" to a place. I very much want to control as much as I can when it comes to my facebook page.

I don't see the need for an aversion to convenience. No harm done, so why avoid it? None of this stuff is new and it will only become more commonplace as time marches on. Fear or aversion to "new" isn't going to stop it, that's for sure. My view is that it's better to learn how to live with it on my terms than to avoid it completely and be behind the majority when it comes to knowing how to handle this sort of technology.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I did it because it isn't THAT great at recognizing faces...for instance I uploaded a picture with a friend and a dog in it and the dog had another faecbook friend as a tag suggestion. I do not want to be the person that gets tagged as a dog. Or tagged in a photo of someone who looks like me and is drunkenly hanging on a dude or something. But then I disable just about anything, such as the "check in" feature so that people cannot tag me when they "check in" to a place. I very much want to control as much as I can when it comes to my facebook page.

Then, I think you get the larger point even if you attribute the larger point to something different than what I (and some others) attribute it to.

As an aside:
There are people who claim to be intentionally uploading photos of nonhumans and tagging them so the face recognition can "get confused."

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Then, I think you get the larger point even if you attribute the larger point to something different than what I (and some others) attribute it to.

All I know is that it doesn't bother me, personally. I just happen to be a control freak.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

All I know is that it doesn't bother me, personally. I just happen to be a control freak.

Because you don't want facebook to control you. Exactly.