This article contains some scary revelations about the book of face. Apparently 200 million people were duped into letting a possibly totalitarian social networking company someone else have complete control over their personal info.
"It's not a democracy. We are here to build an Internet medium for communicating and we think we have enough perspective to do that and be caretakers of that vision." -- Chris Cox, Facebook's director of products
Yikes. That's not cool...literally. Read the rest of the post to find out why.
"The people who started the company weren't cool. I'm not cool. Cool only lasts for so long, but being useful is something that applies to everyone." -- CoxFacebook users have fought back against the
Hey Erin, thanks for posting this article. It was a very interesting read. I was just talking recently with friends and family (talking face to face that is, not through facebook) about another scary thing about facebook. That is the false sense of "connection" it is creating. What ever happened to calling someone on the phone and hearing their voice? Or better yet having a real face to face talk over a cup of coffee? My concern is for the future generations. What will their person to person communication skills be like? Just something to think about...