The Implications of a Facebook Society 226
FloatsomNJetsom writes "The site Switched.com is taking a look at the slow death of privacy at the hands of social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace with a link to a report on the creepy practice of Facebook employees monitoring what pages you look at and a thought-provoking video interview with social media expert Clay Shirky — who says that social networks are profoundly changing our ability to keep our private lives private. 'Eventually, Shirky theorizes, society will have to create a space that's implicitly private even though it's technically public, not unlike a personal conversation held on a public street. Otherwise, our ability to keep our lives private will be forever destroyed. Of course, that might already be the case.'"
I'd comment on this... (Score:5, Funny)
*gasp*
Future Society (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Egregious nonsense (Score:2, Funny)
*submit*
"DAMNIT!"
Re:this is article is completely stupid (Score:5, Funny)
One word: Congress
Re:I'd comment on this... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Private Lives Private (Score:3, Funny)
Wouldn't a simpler solution be to stop socializing?
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