I agree with you, generally speaking. That said, facebook wields a tremendous amount of power, and they often wield that power in ways I am uncomfortable with.

I agree with you, generally speaking. That said, facebook wields a tremendous amount of power, and they often wield that power in ways I am uncomfortable with. I think it's valid to express that discomfort, especially in places where the people who may be building the "next facebook" (whatever that looks like) happen to be hanging out. It's a complicated topic, but when you break it down there are billions/trillions of dollars on one side of the equation, and the values of human dignity and privacy and the open web on the other, with very little profit to be made from respecting those values. I think it's OK to call it out when a company that employs a lot of good people is doing something that is at odds with good values. Maybe they'll think about it, and take the conversation up the chain. Or, maybe they'll laugh at the grumpy old UNIX beard on the Internet for not "getting it". I dunno.