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I don't think this scenario could play out that way. - Facebook profiles can be made inaccessible to non-friends. People who post pictures of themselves naked
by pgroves 14y ago
I don't think this scenario could play out that way.
- Facebook profiles can be made inaccessible to non-friends. People who post pictures of themselves naked and using drugs use this feature.
- The hypothetical conclusions drawn are only possible if users post extremely frequently and in great detail. Otherwise, the predictive analytics will suffer from garbage-in-garbage out. Huge companies spend millions of dollars collecting decent data, and the claim here is that a 16 yr-old's facebook profile will have high quality data.
- If the situation presented in the article gets even close to coming true, people will know about it and compensate. The end game won't be all-knowing companies, it'll be SEO for social media profiles that make people look good for a fee.
[edit: removed meanness]
- fl3tch 14y agoThat last point is interesting. There's already a burgeoning industry for companies that protect privacy, keep you off Zaba Search-type sites, etc. There are a few "reputation management" companies that try to get negative information removed or pushed down in search results. The next logical step is to just pay someone to create profiles with great content.
- dm8 14y agoFor last point, there is a startup that specializes in your online reputation management. EDIT: There are lot of companies in online reputation management. Even today.
- gaius 14y ago- Facebook profiles can be made inaccessible to non-friends Doesn't matter if they are still accessible to FB themselves tho'!