On why you’re wrong, Zuckerberg… 12.01.
All right, folks.
Apparently, and I may be paraphrasing but, “the age of privacy is dead – despite what Zuckerberg may or may not have said”. Well, that’s according to Michael Arrington, anyway.
Oh, and according to the title, myself and all those of you who also care, are luddites.
Contraire, oh techie blogger.
Yes it may be the era of phone tapping, email exploitation for advertising purposes, and bizarre people who want to show their purchases off to the world via the internets, but I am all for a certain brand of PERSONAL privacy, you know what I’m saying?
The spam in my inbox, targeted advertising and the annoying telesales calls that occur because certain personal information is available to conglomerates are one thing, but a decent amount of discretion in the way I interact with the people in my life that matter, is something entirely different.
Caring about who sees what exchanges on my Facebook wall doesn’t make me ignorant. If you’re going to open your doors to parental figures, Facebook, I want to be able to fine tune what appears to who – something you were really good at prior to this about-face. My boss doesn’t need to see hideous tagged photos because I couldn’t remove them/the person who took them is too dumb to figure out the implications.
Yes, there is the option of just not putting anything personal on your Facebook page, but I joined as a way to keep in touch – in a personal way – with friends, mainly those across continents, and those unable to respond to emails. It grew and matured and threw open its doors…but that doesn’t mean my profile has to throw open mine.
And if someone could make a platform that let me control exactly what information I share, you can bet I’d be there in a second.
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Spot on, and it would seem that you and I and a few others make up a (not)surprisingly large number of “Luddites” out there. Personally, I’m celebrating the fact that I’m evidently backward enough to still give a hoot, and also evidently in pretty good company, despite some pundits’ opinions.
So let’s spread the word and share the joy of knowing that no, Virginia - you don’t HAVE to share EVERYTHING.
http://datababe007.blogspot.com/2010/01/this-luddite-still-cares-about-privacy.html
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