2 ms·

Would you want every conversation you have with your spouse/child/parent to be available to every single other person you know? Regardless of how sincere and h

Would you want every conversation you have with your spouse/child/parent to be available to every single other person you know? Regardless of how sincere and honest those conversations may be? If not, then this idea that "the days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know" is very much not over. The fact is, people have private interactions with other people all the time and they expect it to be private and society accepts that it's perfectly alright and natural for this to happen. When I'm with someone else and they get a call from someone close to them, I excuse myself from the conversation in some way. That's just the polite thing to do. This idea that all this is coming to an end is just wishful fantasy on the part of the owner of a site who's existence and popularity probably depends on this being true.

jasonlotito 16y ago
Again, playing devil's advocate... The argument is valid, but doesn't apply in this case. > Would you want every conversation you have with your spouse/child/parent to be available to every single other person you know? No, of course not. However, this is forcing private stuff public. Nothing is being forced here. Certain sites will require you to log in with your Facebook identity. You choose to interact with them in this manner, or you choose not to. If you comment in Facebook comments, you are doing so in a public forum. > The fact is, people have private interactions with other people all the time and they expect it to be private and society accepts that it's perfectly alright and natural for this to happen. This doesn't change anything. The proposal isn't to share your private life. Simply to make public comments just that, public. If you want things to remain private, keep them private. Basically, you're arguing for something that isn't a problem.

jasonlotito 16y ago

Again, playing devil's advocate... The argument is valid, but doesn't apply in this case. > Would you want every conversation you have with your spouse/child/parent to be available to every single other person you know? No, of course not. However, this is forcing private stuff public. Nothing is being forced here. Certain sites will require you to log in with your Facebook identity. You choose to interact with them in this manner, or you choose not to. If you comment in Facebook comments, you are doing so in a public forum. > The fact is, people have private interactions with other people all the time and they expect it to be private and society accepts that it's perfectly alright and natural for this to happen. This doesn't change anything. The proposal isn't to share your private life. Simply to make public comments just that, public. If you want things to remain private, keep them private. Basically, you're arguing for something that isn't a problem.