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This sounds like a very sober analysis of "the mob" and the inane-stream media whipping up a phony crisis. While there is some overreaction, it has been docume

by Duff 15y ago

This sounds like a very sober analysis of "the mob" and the inane-stream media whipping up a phony crisis. While there is some overreaction, it has been documented that teachers and corrections officers have been asked to provide access to their Facebook account as a condition of employment. No big deal, right? Well, I'd argue that it is --- I know at least a dozen teachers and a few policemen. If those acquaintances are my "friends", the person doing the background snooping will have access to things relating to me that I was intending to share only with friends.

petdance 15y ago
> the inane-stream media whipping up a phony crisis. But it's our own fault. There was one little AP story, and it got pushed everywhere, and what did we do? We clicked the link, and then we said "OMG LOOK AT THIS I HAVE TO POST THIS TO FACEBOOK" and the people with the websites said "ooh, look at those clicks." The only reason this was whipped into a crisis is that we allowed it to be. It's 2012, and we are the media.