Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook

Random BedHead Ed writes "Cory Doctorow writes about the downside of social networking on the Information Week site, with a focus on Facebook. While he starts with some minor but insightful quibbles, he quickly moves to a critique of the core of social networking: 'Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker's cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by 'friend' and 'foe,' with the top eight friends elevated to a small shrine decorated with Post-It roses and hearts.' Do you really want to add your boss and coworkers to your friends list? (And more to the point, do you really have a choice?)"

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Re:In Soviet Russia

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

And Job will find You!

Re:END MODERATOR ABUSE

[cerberusss]

HAHAha, I've seen you post some insightful stuff man, that's why I tagged you as a friend. But otherwise, I'd never seen this post since you're modded DOWN, baby DOWN!!

Re:END MODERATOR ABUSE

[Kozar_The_Malignant]

Whinging about moderation always gets modded down. Most people figure that out. The length of time it takes to figure it out is in roughly inverse proportion to their intelligence. There are some interesting aphorisms about repeating the same actions and expecting different outcomes that you might want to look up.

Primary/Secondary social groups

[RealGrouchy]

If someone can't keep their primary and secondary groups separate, then they probably don't have many friends to worry about embarrassing themselves to.

- RG>