Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Is Facebook Forever?




Today's most emailed article in the New York Times? "How Sticky is Facebook Membership? Just Try Breaking Free."


The article discusses how ridiculously difficult it is to deactivate your Facebook account given the way the company stores data. Broadly speaking, the article brings up a series of privacy concerns associated with social networking sites.

What's most interesting to Technorella? It seems to me that social networking sites bring out the exhibitionist in pretty much everyone. "Privacy" hasn't been much of a concern to those updating their profiles regularly.

Will the tides turn? I think it's too soon to tell.

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