On Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Raven Jiang CX wrote:
I think Sterling is suggesting that most people are not cognizant of this
trade-off and that as Facebook does more with your personal information, that
trade-off becomes increasingly disfavourable compared to the relatively
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On 25/02/13 19:03, Raven Jiang CX wrote:
I think a subtle difference is what exactly the bargain entails. In
the case of television advertising, it's a relatively
straightforward exchange of your attention for entertainment.
Facebook is asking for
I want to respond to Paul Bernal's post about why to leave Facebook, point
by point.
Privacy: I think the problem is not a lack of privacy, but an expectation
of privacy on the part of the user, who should definitely leave if she
considers privacy important. If you don't want to be seen, by all
Hi Jon
Thanks for the detailed response - and I can see your points. Indeed, to an
extent I agree with them!
I'll try to do a more detailed response tomorrow, but just a few points now.
1. On privacy, I agree, it's more about helping get a more 'savvy' community
than anything else.
2. On
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Paul Bernal (LAW) paul.ber...@uea.ac.ukwrote:
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
al responsibility, I wont because I need to keep an eye on the competition :P, though it has given me anadditionallayer of guilt in staying!
Original Message ----
Subject: Re: [liberationtech] CNN writer on leaving Facebook
From: Jon Lebkowsky jon.lebkow...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Febru
Greetings,
Though I imagine that the facebook use is significantly lower (and more
judicious) among the libtech users than among a more generic tech-savvy
population, this essay makes a rather good case on why quitting facebook
entirely is the proper thing to do at some point - sooner rather than
I think a subtle difference is what exactly the bargain entails. In the
case of television advertising, it's a relatively straightforward exchange
of your attention for entertainment. Facebook is asking for more than that.
The marketing is less oppressive because they receive the addition payment
In case anyone's interested, I've written about this before too: my 10 reasons
to leave Facebook.
http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/10-reasons-to-leave-facebook/
There's quite a lot of stuff written on this in the academic world.
Paul
Dr Paul Bernal
Lecturer
UEA Law School
