On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Paul Bernal (LAW) <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2. On real names, it's as much about fighting the bigger battle for the > need to allow anonymity. If real names becomes the norm, we're in real > trouble when the going gets tough... > I think there's room for platforms that do both, and maybe a great opportunity for someone to develop something like the Tor Project of social networks. > 3. The monetization issue isn't just about what's happening now, but that > there's an increasing drive to squeeze revenue from our data. Sponsored > stories, the Instagram saga etc just give a clue where it's headed. > I get the point of voting with your feet, but I don't think a few people leaving FB will fix the age-old problem of greed. It's a wicked problem. > 4. Profiling is an issue for more people than you might think - the > Raytheon RIOT stuff hints at that. More on that tomorrow! > Looking forward to hearing more. > 5. Again, think of the extended use of this - Facebook will be mined more > and more by those with less benign uses. > Would love to hear more about that, but I think this comes back to digital literacy, thinking about what you share. > 6. Yes, there ARE alternatives, but who's using them? Ask a class of my > students, and they're ALL on Facebook... > Right, but a popular service is not necessarily a monopoly. I could get an argument that we have an oligopoly (the stacks). best, Jon -- Jon Lebkowsky (@jonl) Jon at Google+ <https://plus.google.com/107989370857115020482/posts> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/jonl> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonlebkowsky> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/jonlebkowsky> | Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lebkowsky> Work: Polycot Associates <http://polycotassociates.com>: Advanced Internet Solutions Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/polycotplus>| Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/polycot> Blog: Weblogsky.com <http://weblogsky.com/>: Smart Thinking About Culture, Media, and the Internet Activism: EFF-Austin <http://effaustin.org/>
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