tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post4681025336183986973..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: If you are on FacebookAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-43708768914941827632012-04-02T01:12:11.396+05:302012-04-02T01:12:11.396+05:30"But what prevents extensive lying in the dis..."But what prevents extensive lying in the disclosure?"<br /><br />Finding information through this would be an interesting problem for an experienced WebMiner, wouldn't it? ;-)<br /><br />I don't think people have taken the privacy issue very seriously. A lot of the earliest users of social media like FB and Orkut were college students; consequently naive about privacy and such, or even the fact that they are archiving their juvenility for years to come. For them it was just a toy. The severity of the privacy issues has been understood only in hindsight.Ankur Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411971742511540520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-58072666342194911242012-04-01T23:46:46.510+05:302012-04-01T23:46:46.510+05:30But what prevents extensive lying in the disclosur...But what prevents extensive lying in the disclosure? My Facebook account has nothing in common with my Google account has nothing in common with my Yahoo account. Not even the first or last names. But my (real) friends know what I am called in each place. The only exception is LinkedIn, where you do have to provide real data. But then, LinkedIn makes some real contributions to the economy, while Facebook and Twitter are, in aggregate, huge gashing wounds in the economy through which much time bleeds away.Ungrateful Alivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536084262681072181noreply@blogger.com