Penned Thoughts

chartier:

“The web is a network of information, and information has no walls.”

Then why are Facebook mail messages still “private?” Why are Facebook chats still “private?” Why aren’t their contents laid bare on the News Feed with Like and Share and Comment buttons?

Why aren’t our phones’ SMS conversations automatically uploaded to our Facebook and Twitter and MySpace accounts with “Blog This!” and “Share That!” buttons?

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When Facebook adds a new feature or changes its front page layout, it presents alerts, and popups, and static sidebar notifications which you have to click the next eight times you sign in to actually get rid of them. New features are shiny and fun and great, just like these new privacy changes that make us all friends and snuggly share-pals. So where were the alerts, and the popups, and the static sidebar notifications (which you have to click the next eight times you sign in) that let users know about this wondrous new privacy change?

When you’re doing something you love, and you know is great, you proclaim it to the world. It makes you happy, and you know it will make other people happy. When you’re doing something wrong, or something for selfish or perhaps even malicious reasons, you don’t tell anyone because you know they won’t like it. You just do it and hope you don’t get caught.

Thoughtful post on Facebook’s privacy kerfuffle by David Chartier.