2010年12月真题短文2(1/2)

It's always fun to write about research that you can actually try out for yourself. Try this: Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it. Come back a month later and see if the link works. Chances are: It will. Facebook isn't alone here. Researchers at Cambridge University have found that nearly half of the social networking sites don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed. In general, photo-centric websites like Flickr were found to be better at quickly removing deleted photos upon request.

写报告总是非常有趣的,事实上你可以为你自己试试。 试试这个:拍一张照片,并上传到Facebook上,然后经过一天左右,注意照片的URL链接是什么,然后删除照片。一个月后再回来看看链接是否还有效。可能的情况是链接依然有效。 并不只是Facebook会这样。英国剑桥大学的研究人员发现,近一半的社交网站，当用户请求删除图片的时候，它们都不会被立即删除。一般来说,很多网站，例如Flickr，被发现是在请求快速移除删除照片上做的比较好的。