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Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook

Posted by Zonk on from the just-be-glad-they're-not-after-you dept.

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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  1. In Soviet Russia by RHSC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Facebook will kill your ex-coworkers

  2. Re:People are stupid? by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You really have to ask that on this site? Just nod, back away slowly, and if they chase you, throw tin foil at them and hope they get too fascinated making hats to keep coming.

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