Comments on: Facebook as the Hotel California http://blog.bibrik.com/archives/2007/06/facebook_as_the_hotel_california.html Life and stuff Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Facebook - online business communities and playgrounds | SmallBizPod - small business blog http://blog.bibrik.com/archives/2007/06/facebook_as_the_hotel_california.html/comment-page-1#comment-3826 Facebook - online business communities and playgrounds | SmallBizPod - small business blog Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:06:00 +0000 http://blog.bibrik.com/archives/2007/06/facebook_as_the_hotel_california.html#comment-3826 [...] is not perfect in the walled garden of Facebook.  It’s still a silo - perhaps with Hotel California tendencies.  It’s not open and privacy is an issue for some.  Arguably business and [...] [...] is not perfect in the walled garden of Facebook.  It’s still a silo – perhaps with Hotel California tendencies.  It’s not open and privacy is an issue for some.  Arguably business and [...]

]]> By: Jen Dixon http://blog.bibrik.com/archives/2007/06/facebook_as_the_hotel_california.html/comment-page-1#comment-3822 Jen Dixon Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:51:56 +0000 http://blog.bibrik.com/archives/2007/06/facebook_as_the_hotel_california.html#comment-3822 Thanks for the trackback Rachel. :) Yes, most T&Cs are similar, but Facebook seems to push it all a bit further and with some really powerful figures at the helm. Just glad I only very minimally filled out the profile with stuff that's already out there. I'm far from an alarmist most of the time, and certainly fairly transparent as far as my web life goes (no fake names, home address pretty easily obtained), but the Facebook thing smacks of scary Sci-Fi/thriller plot... it's odd and also goes against the openness the social web was achieving. Shame that. Thanks for the trackback Rachel. :)

Yes, most T&Cs are similar, but Facebook seems to push it all a bit further and with some really powerful figures at the helm. Just glad I only very minimally filled out the profile with stuff that’s already out there. I’m far from an alarmist most of the time, and certainly fairly transparent as far as my web life goes (no fake names, home address pretty easily obtained), but the Facebook thing smacks of scary Sci-Fi/thriller plot… it’s odd and also goes against the openness the social web was achieving. Shame that.

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