This is pretty much what it's come to. But it's confusing in the midst of this slow bait-and-switch. When I signed up for facebook, a big reason was the confir

This is pretty much what it's come to. But it's confusing in the midst of this slow bait-and-switch. When I signed up for facebook, a big reason was the confirmation of "real-life" friends. Facebook was different than blogs or myspace because the network was "real". We were sharing with our real friends. This is becoming less and less the case. Which means privacy is slowly eroding in a non-obvious way. Sure I can just start assuming everything is completely public but 1) my friends/contacts don't always realize it and 2) without the real privacy, why not just move to blogs, etc. where it's clear?