[jeffjose]

I'm sure the discussion will soon slip to "OMG, Facebook has data and its gonna do evil things". That's a valid point, but I hope people here see the amount of information we now know about _us_, that equips for more informed decisions of tomorrow.

[Spearchucker]

Not so sure. According to Facebook I'm 6 years younger than I am, I live in Monaco and studied rocket science at Harvard. Most of my friends have similar distortions, and when the subject comes up we're surprised when someone tells us their profile uses real data.

I know that my experience is hardly indicative of anything, but I'd like to believe that it's happening more and more.

[KevinEldon]

These are things your Facebook profile says about you, but based on your IP address, interactions with other people, presence in photos, how you describe events, applications you visit with Facebook credentials, language you use, etc. Facebook probably knows (or could know) a lot of real things about you.

[jbrooksuk]

Really? Apart from the odd few who use "Full time mummy" as their job description, everyone I know uses real information.

[k-mcgrady]

I'd estimate over 90% of my friends show accurate information. Some don't fill it all out and a few use fake jobs or a silly middle name. Most of the fake information I see is left over from when people were younger and put up 'funny' stuff in the job field as they didn't have one then.

[agumonkey]

My quick-login-purpose Facebook account says I live on the dark side of the moon. I wonder if they will notify SpaceX.