Facebook as Panopticism

[chef_brockett]

Foucault and the Facebook

Friends, Facebookers, Foucauldians,

Check out this email exchange - I had a minor issue I was trying to have resolved - attempted to go through the proper channels to resolve it (which was a labyrinth of unanswered question forums, no overt and accessible help email prompt - finally found a query window) - and this is the

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[turtlefetiche]

Dude, my DOG has a facebook. This is total bullshit.

[chef_brockett]

yeah - i am calling for a questioning of facebook. i encourage people to question what facebook is - and more importantly the methods they employ. these data they are so bent on collecting (more so than any social network i have been a part of) are going to be used - at best - for marketing - at worst - big brother triaging of people, friends, ideologies, etc.

pass this around if you would. make people aware. this is scary.