Well done Mike. I agree 100% with your post, and I think your final sentence is so true when you sayd "I doubt this will harm Facebook as much as some people think (people will adapt), but it does seem odd for Zuckerberg and Facebook to be suggesting that social norms mandated this massive change rather than upstart competitive pressure."
This seems a little extreme to not allow judges to use social networking sites, but there are always going to be those people who push the limits and overstep their bounds so unfortuantley when that happens a line has to be drawn.
Well, I agree with you, but there is a difference between being seen by the guy next to you, and having your photo plastered on the Internet. If you want to be seen on Google Street View, well...too bad, get around it with promoting yourself online via other means such as creating a web-site and socail networking.
Yes, you can delete a twitter message, but by time you have deleted it, it may have been viewed by thousands of people, and now with Google's real time updates millions of people may have viewed the comment.
I have to agree with you Mike, when someone is threatened with a lawsuit its so easy to think of the worst case scenario, so backing down is easier than defending our rights.
I like your final statement in the article where you say "it's a reminder that your privacy is increasingly disappearing -- and you may be surprised about decisions that others make about you based on what you assumed was perfectly innocent activities." This article is just a reminder that we have to be just as cautious online as we are offline, and if someone wants to find dirt on us they may not have to go very far.
I agree with you when you say "blocking social networks on company networks is just another dead end". People will get around barriers if the desire is strong enough.
On another note, it's no surprise businesses are seeing the advantages to using social networking technology. In the end, one of the purposes of social networking is to provide a platform for people with common interests to interact and exchange information.
Yes, this article states the obvious, but sometimes what we think to be common sense or obvious is not necessarily true until a proper study has been conducted.
I agree with you Mike when you say "instead of calling it a robbery, why not focus on the actual crime of phishing, rather than the questionable "crime" of "robbery" of another's character." Lets focus on the issue at hand.
I absolutely agree. In this day and age we know how our past can come to haunt us and social networks is just another space where we express ourseelves and anything can be dug up.
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Social Networking
Well done Mike. I agree 100% with your post, and I think your final sentence is so true when you sayd "I doubt this will harm Facebook as much as some people think (people will adapt), but it does seem odd for Zuckerberg and Facebook to be suggesting that social norms mandated this massive change rather than upstart competitive pressure."
Social Networking
This seems a little extreme to not allow judges to use social networking sites, but there are always going to be those people who push the limits and overstep their bounds so unfortuantley when that happens a line has to be drawn.
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Well, I agree with you, but there is a difference between being seen by the guy next to you, and having your photo plastered on the Internet. If you want to be seen on Google Street View, well...too bad, get around it with promoting yourself online via other means such as creating a web-site and socail networking.
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Yes, you can delete a twitter message, but by time you have deleted it, it may have been viewed by thousands of people, and now with Google's real time updates millions of people may have viewed the comment.
I have to agree with you Mike, when someone is threatened with a lawsuit its so easy to think of the worst case scenario, so backing down is easier than defending our rights.
Privacy Reminder
I like your final statement in the article where you say "it's a reminder that your privacy is increasingly disappearing -- and you may be surprised about decisions that others make about you based on what you assumed was perfectly innocent activities." This article is just a reminder that we have to be just as cautious online as we are offline, and if someone wants to find dirt on us they may not have to go very far.
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I absolutely agree. Many people are very well informed and never pick up a newspaper.
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I agree with you when you say "blocking social networks on company networks is just another dead end". People will get around barriers if the desire is strong enough.
On another note, it's no surprise businesses are seeing the advantages to using social networking technology. In the end, one of the purposes of social networking is to provide a platform for people with common interests to interact and exchange information.
Social Networking Research
Yes, this article states the obvious, but sometimes what we think to be common sense or obvious is not necessarily true until a proper study has been conducted.
I agree with you Mike when you say "instead of calling it a robbery, why not focus on the actual crime of phishing, rather than the questionable "crime" of "robbery" of another's character." Lets focus on the issue at hand.
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I absolutely agree. In this day and age we know how our past can come to haunt us and social networks is just another space where we express ourseelves and anything can be dug up.