Popularity. If activists want a potential mass audience, facebook is an essential part of of that. Something private will not get to most people. Its the exact

Popularity. If activists want a potential mass audience, facebook is an essential part of of that. Something private will not get to most people. Its the exact same reason it is hard to compete with facebook. Its is a virtual monopoly. "Force"? No. But by using that word you are in the same disingenuous camp the "what have you got to hide" people. I mean, why bother about privacy at all, no one is "forced" to use the internet. Why bother about anything facebook does, no one is forced to use it. I could go on, but I'm not forced to....