I agree... It seems pretty evident that the media attention of the past few weeks has been largely artificial. "Self promoters" are right on the mark.
You can see it in the arguments that are being made, primarily it boils down to this: Facebook has too much data on people, and that's scary.
But that's not new, FB, and all social networking sites have been collecting intimate information on users since the beginning of web2.0, the 'new' issue is supposed to be the default privacy settings. Being techies, if we are concerned about privacy, we can easily turn it off. Does it really matter that much to you that other people are sharing their information?
I'm as envious as anyone of Facebook's success. But there'll be better, more profitable battles to fight.
You can see it in the arguments that are being made, primarily it boils down to this: Facebook has too much data on people, and that's scary.
But that's not new, FB, and all social networking sites have been collecting intimate information on users since the beginning of web2.0, the 'new' issue is supposed to be the default privacy settings. Being techies, if we are concerned about privacy, we can easily turn it off. Does it really matter that much to you that other people are sharing their information?
I'm as envious as anyone of Facebook's success. But there'll be better, more profitable battles to fight.