"Chernobyl gives hope to this end. 'I really expected to see a nuclear desert there,' says Ronald Chesser, an environmental biologist. 'I was quite surprised.'"
So, the proof for predicting humanity's impact is that last time something unexpected happened, our prediction was wrong.
Obviously, everything you do on Facebook is available to be seen. Why would I do something on a social network that no one could see (with the possible exception of Notes). Technically, then, everything you do on Facebook is public, or available.
What Facebook has now done is made everything accessible--no, unavoidable.
This didn't use to be the case. Before the switch, I could go to one of the 50 groups I belong to, pick one of the 10 discussions in that group, and post a reply. The only way someone would find it is if they were 1) looking at my profile, and were 2) scrolling through all my groups, and were 3) scrolling through all the discussions in each group, and were 4) reading through all the posts in each discussion. Was my post available? Yeah. But it was essentially inaccessible. The only way you would have found that I did that was if you were interested in that group, and if that's the case, then I want you to read it! What I don't want is my idle typing broadcasted to someone I just met yesterday.
The problem with Facebook isn't that it's made private information public, it's that sectored information is now global.
Whenever you write something, you consider your audience. Wall posts belong on my friend's wall, group discussions belong in that group, profile changes belong to my profile. The change has meant that these previously sectioned off sources of information are thrown at everyone I know. Now, I feel like when I'm writing on someone's wall, I need to include a background sentence or two to make sure that my 200 friends reading the comment understand what I mean.
Please Facebook, let me find information about my friends on my own.
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"Chernobyl gives hope to this end. 'I really expected to see a nuclear desert there,' says Ronald Chesser, an environmental biologist. 'I was quite surprised.'"
So, the proof for predicting humanity's impact is that last time something unexpected happened, our prediction was wrong.
Obviously, everything you do on Facebook is available to be seen. Why would I do something on a social network that no one could see (with the possible exception of Notes). Technically, then, everything you do on Facebook is public, or available. What Facebook has now done is made everything accessible--no, unavoidable. This didn't use to be the case. Before the switch, I could go to one of the 50 groups I belong to, pick one of the 10 discussions in that group, and post a reply. The only way someone would find it is if they were 1) looking at my profile, and were 2) scrolling through all my groups, and were 3) scrolling through all the discussions in each group, and were 4) reading through all the posts in each discussion. Was my post available? Yeah. But it was essentially inaccessible. The only way you would have found that I did that was if you were interested in that group, and if that's the case, then I want you to read it! What I don't want is my idle typing broadcasted to someone I just met yesterday. The problem with Facebook isn't that it's made private information public, it's that sectored information is now global. Whenever you write something, you consider your audience. Wall posts belong on my friend's wall, group discussions belong in that group, profile changes belong to my profile. The change has meant that these previously sectioned off sources of information are thrown at everyone I know. Now, I feel like when I'm writing on someone's wall, I need to include a background sentence or two to make sure that my 200 friends reading the comment understand what I mean. Please Facebook, let me find information about my friends on my own.