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Many of my friends handle social planning exclusively through Facebook/Twitter/FourSquare/Buzz/etc. Not having accounts on these sites would be akin to not havi
by hazzen 16y ago
Many of my friends handle social planning exclusively through Facebook/Twitter/FourSquare/Buzz/etc. Not having accounts on these sites would be akin to not having email/phone w.r.t. social life.
In fact, my use of all these technology is probably equivalent to email or SMS for a group of friends that is email-based. What is your opinion of people who refuse to get an email?
- edw519 16y agoWhat is your opinion of people who refuse to get an email? Not the same thing. Having an email address does not require any privacy tradeoffs. I don't know anyone who "refuses" to get email, but I know a lot of people (believe it or not) who don't have computers. But they have phone numbers. I have to remember to leave them a voicemail when I email everyone else. In those cases, consideration > inconvenience.
- hazzen 16y agoI agree with your point of view, and it is the one I hold. I don't like that Facebook et al. ask me to give up my privacy, and I want a better option. In the meantime, if I want to get invited to events with friends, I must have a Facebook account. I don't want to debate privacy implications, I merely wanted to answer your "I still don't get it" remark. You don't get it because your social circle doesn't live and breathe Facebook. For me, refusing to get a Facebook account would be the same as refusing to have an email account to you. Try talking to some middle schoolers or high schoolers - they are even worse than myself. Again, I want to stress I do not approve of Facebook's stance on privacy and I do not disapprove of your stance on the platform or its usefulness - it is useful to some people, not all.
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