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> YES people should be allowed to be gay in Tehran, and YES Facebook should help them with that - and they do: By not requiring you to enter your sexuality. Fo

> YES people should be allowed to be gay in Tehran, and YES Facebook should help them with that - and they do: By not requiring you to enter your sexuality. Forget about being gay in Tehran. How about being gay in cyberspace? It strikes me that you are of the belief that cyberspace ought to mimic life in meatspace directly. That one fixed identity should be all a person is entitled to. What a waste of so many wonderful possibilities! Cyberspace and the promise of a digital space in which to express abstract selves is something precious that is to be protected. I believe this and I believe that exposing innocents to those running at a deficit of scruple for personal enrichment is evil.

mseebach 14y ago
> It strikes me that you are of the belief that cyberspace ought to mimic life in meatspace directly. If it's a problem that Facebook uncovers someone who's gay in Tehran, then that is only because that persons cyberspace identity mimics his meatspace one. If the gay person in Tehran profile doesn't actually link up to a physical person in Tehran, then there's no added danger to anyone.
- mark_integerdsv 14y ago
  Maybe we missed each other... In my example I am talking about a man whose identity is necessarily hidden in meatspace due to an oppressive government. Cyberspace allows him freedom from this oppression. Hope that makes it clearer.
  - boboblong 14y ago
    Wait, then what's the problem?
    - mark_integerdsv 14y ago
      He is 'outed' in meatspace by his cyberspatial identities trough the irresponsibility of FB and himself, and all of the other none the wiser users enabled through this product to harm themselves.
- wtvanhest 14y ago
  Does anyone on this thread know why they have to identify the people's photos and names in the search to still allow marketers to be succesful? If it didn't identify individuals would it be any less useful to marketers?

mseebach 14y ago

> It strikes me that you are of the belief that cyberspace ought to mimic life in meatspace directly. If it's a problem that Facebook uncovers someone who's gay in Tehran, then that is only because that persons cyberspace identity mimics his meatspace one. If the gay person in Tehran profile doesn't actually link up to a physical person in Tehran, then there's no added danger to anyone.

mark_integerdsv 14y ago
Maybe we missed each other... In my example I am talking about a man whose identity is necessarily hidden in meatspace due to an oppressive government. Cyberspace allows him freedom from this oppression. Hope that makes it clearer.
- boboblong 14y ago
  Wait, then what's the problem?
  - mark_integerdsv 14y ago
    He is 'outed' in meatspace by his cyberspatial identities trough the irresponsibility of FB and himself, and all of the other none the wiser users enabled through this product to harm themselves.
wtvanhest 14y ago
Does anyone on this thread know why they have to identify the people's photos and names in the search to still allow marketers to be succesful? If it didn't identify individuals would it be any less useful to marketers?