Facebook and the ongoing demise of anonymity

The recent upswell of interest in Facebook and other social networking sites has taken us one step closer to the all-knowing and all-seeing social panopticon

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Posted by metavalent  on  03/31  at  02:08 AM

somehow, this post strikes me as atypically uncritical and to some extent, even aloof. in one breath, the very concept of anonymity is seemingly lamented as an endangered species; in the next, it's apparently cast as an anachronism. maybe i'm missing something, but methinks george is possibly indulging in a rare moment of, "don't make me think too hard about this one, i've made my choice and now i have to live with it."

"Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal." - Robert Heinlein

Posted by Vittore  on  08/25  at  10:20 AM

Fantastic article, very well said. Facebook has definitely changed the face of the earth - but is it necessarily in a good way? I need to pass this article on to a few friends (and my wife!).

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Posted by cufflink  on  09/16  at  01:39 AM

Yes... Facebook and other social networking sites have opened a new prospect in communication but one should be sure what s/he is sharing as it may bring unwanted result.

Posted by Anastasia  on  02/01  at  12:38 PM

Nowadays, we have changed real communication to online communication on social networking sites. These sites become more and more popular. People just don't understand that we loose the chance to have private life.

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