If you're curious about why he, or anyone else, is interested then fair enough - however given he makes it clear that all information submitted is available for anyone to view, I don't think there's any need for him to explain why he wants "personal info", clearly he only wants it if you are happy for it to be public information.
If it were me, I'd remove it. You're basically trying to piggyback off of their reputation and advertising, and they clearly aren't down with that. It's better to make friends (yes, even competitors) than enemies this early in the game. Best of luck.
As much as it's good to "fight the good fight" against FaceBook, it's fast becoming an expected means of communicating. Believe me, I deleted mine years ago and finally had to come back because I realized I was actually hindered in real ways by not having an account.
I personally think FaceBook will reach an inflection point where public interest will wane and people will use it less and less... but still have accounts. Then something better will come along and there might be a mass migration. For now though, the reality is it's somewhat essential.
In what way were you hindered? I deleted mine years ago and the only downside is that I occasionally can't see a photo album someone sends me. It's not like photos only exist on Facebook.
I can't speak for other people, but the effort it took to maintain a Facebook presence (deidentify unflattering photos, take a few minutes every day to get caught up on people's minutiae) was far greater than the benefit it brought me.
People who want to talk to me know my email address and phone number.
Well, that's exactly it. Everyone else seemed to "be in the loop" compared to me. People don't always think to mass-email a silly picture of their baby or their latest comment on world news, but those are things I definitely appreciate being able to see. Sure, I might not care what they had for breakfast that day, but it sure is nice to know how my friend's trip to Costa Rica was. Basically FaceBook is its own layer in my social network, and not having an account was ostracizing me.
To me, it's analogous to the argument against text messaging. Yes, people who want to talk to me can simply call, but there's a bottom threshold of importance that must be met to deem a phone call necessary. Meanwhile I can text a one sentence message to a friend I haven't seen in months and not spend half an hour on the phone.
I'm keeping my account because it's the tool 90% of my friends - including my wife - use to plan social activities. I can see which events I'm invited to, and who's coming over to our house next saturday for dinner.
We could use Google calendar for this, or any number of other tools, but that would put a burden on our other friends to learn a new system. The end result would be that some people would flat out not attend the event, and some others would attend but not RSVP, throwing off guest counts, etc.
Does facebook really provide that much value add over a simple email invite? Every response you get can go into a special folder for that party. When the party is over, you delete the folder - or leave it - maybe even put it in an "old parties" folder.
Using facebook for events provides a few benefits over email:
1. You don't need to know your friends' email address
2. You can add pictures/video from the event
3. It automatically generates maps, directions.
4. People not interested in getting emails every time someone responds with "I'll bring the salsa!" can choose not to get notified.
Far too much work. The whole point of a facebook event is to be rid of the organizational administration and to be able to discover events your friends go to / invite you to in a central place.
I still have an account but don't login (maybe used it once in the last few months). Before that I only accessed it in an Incognito tab and before that I had the Facebook Disconnect extension running so that I don't see any Like widgets around the web. It's not easy, but it is possible to contain Facebook.
tl;dr I treat Facebook like a virus that is infecting the web.
That's definitely a concern, since I don't like FB much as a company. Thankfully, this hasn't happened in my social circles yet and it doesn't appear that it ever will at this point.
Just a note- I believe YC specifically asks that you don't broadcast that you are in the running. As such, you probably won't see many affirmative comments from people who were asked to interview.
Crucial Gizmo Jr. I keep one in my wallet with all of my most important documents (encrypted of course). It's also made it through a few times in the wash.
Before you say that it should be just a line, let me say that it doesn't break the rules that say you can "draw" a circle with 100 or 12 or 7 dots. The dots don't form a circle but rather fall on the line of a circle your mind draws. Since there is nothing truly between the dots, the "true" shape could jut out and form a corner or any other shape, just like it could be a line between the two dots. The circle isn't really there in any circle of n points, so n=2 (and n=1 for that matter) work just fine.
The original post used the term "formed," and I used "make," both with the intent of using only dots to create a circle. I would say you have "included" two dots in your circle, with this new line being the main element. With all due respect.
not quite - you can't make a circle with diameter smaller than the distance between the two dots. and for any given radius, at most two circles (two centre positions) are possible.
I see desktop workspaces as virtual auxiliary displays. I prefer a dual-display setup, and it's changed the way I use a computer. When I am on my laptop I feel extremely constrained by having only one display, so I make extensive use of OSX's virtual desktops. I never had the urge to use these extra desktops before changing my workstation to dual monitors, so for me at least that's the causality. Mountain Lion also makes it very easy to full-screen applications, and switching between them via a trackpad swipe is very convenient.
