The Facebook Privacy Thread

[Gn2Dlnd]

^ That is true.

I didn't mean, "Is what Facebook is doing important?" I was seriously questioning the statement in the article that stated that Facebook, itself, had become important. To me, it's just another social networking toy. One that I don't use because too many relatives would feel the need to share opinions I don't really care to hear.

By my (strictly subjective) standards of importance: LoT is not. My friendships from LoT are. My smartphone is not. Access to a phone is. The postal service is. And, you're right, the post office would be out of line to start sharing my personal info in order to gain financial sponsorship. I don't disagree one bit. So, my question isn't about Facebook's policies, which I do think are important, in that it's sh!tty to take unfair advantage of your customers. (Much like the banks, but I digress.) My question is about whether Facebook has achieved some level of "importance." I always thought it was just another internet site full of the ramblings of people standing near you at the DMV.

I would argue that Twitter has, in fact, achieved a level of importance, because of the usefulness it demonstrated during last week's tornadoes in the midwest, the recent earthquakes, and the Iranian protests. Which then makes my smartphone important again.