Concerning my limited use of Facebook

22 04 2008
My use of social networking websites is very selective. Whilst I generally do sign up to a lot of networks, it is only to view my friends' profiles. Privacy is a big issue that I see with a lot of social networking websites; not just who can access my data (by looking at my profile), but who actually controls the data. Facebook is a great example of this: the original venture capitalists have ties to US government agencies. Even Microsoft has it's finger in the pie. Can anyone say 1984? Watch this youtube video or read this wikipedia article.

However, I am not entirely against social networks: I do have a Last.FM account to which I scrobble my music tastes; I do have a Twitter account for micro-blogging; I do have a Flickr account which I have a few photos on and plan to use more. I use these websites because they provide useful services. What does Facebook provide? Sure, its fun to throw virtual sheep at people but is that worth lots of spam, stalkers and a bucket load of privacy invasion?
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17 04 2009
#1 MikeFitz (Reply)

I see a lot of value in Facebook for keeping in touch with people. Just say "No" to any time-wasting, sheep-throwin games.
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