Sunday, November 25, 2012

Facebook's New Dictatorship

Facebook is under new management. Not really. They are just under a new kind of pressure. Now being public for over half a year and having over a billion users, Facebook has decided they are "too big for Democracy".

This may suffice for their large population of Chinese users, but many other global users are outraged. Facebook used to maintain the policy of "votes" for change. If a certain strategy or change received 30% of Facebook's users to vote, the change was vetoed. Facebook is under global pressure from a publicly owned perspective.

Revolutions have been mentioned as radical as "Facebook freedom". One talks about tell his grandchildren about the great fight for his Facebook freedom. While Facebook is a social community, others view it as an advertising algorithm. With so many changes going on with Facebook, nobody knows how the information will be used and who will be able to receive private information.

With the general community using the network, many do not know enough or care enough to "vote". Others are very concerned about Facebook's future and especially with regards to "how far is too far?"

Some believe Mark Zuckerberg is willing to do anything to keep his company afloat. Selling personal information is only a marginal cost.

Do you trust Facebook? How do you use Facebook with potential trust issues circulating? If Facebook completely removes themselves from public opinion, will you continue to use your personal profile?


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