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Jun 10, 2010 12:32

I know I'm coming in way late to the whole "facebook privacy" thing, but, re: this -- I'm sort of confused by these quotes about what Zuckerberg "believes." Can't he just, you know, be a dick? Does he have to have principles about this? If he does "believe" in "transparency" and so forth, shouldn't his own information be readily available ( Read more... )

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beeporama June 10 2010, 17:03:59 UTC

I'm reminded of Shepard Fairey.

http://motherjones.com/riff/2009/08/shepard-fairey-say-it-dont-spray-it

Not that hypocrisy is that unique of a trait.

flamingjune07 June 10 2010, 17:21:20 UTC

Ha! I have been amused here in NYC to see the sort of outcry that happens when the recent Shepard Fairey murals get tagged. I mean, does anyone think of Shepard Fairey as a legitimate street artist any more? (Perhaps upper-middle-class white people who like their street art in coffee table books)? I mean, I don't think this really has that huge of an effect on his art itself, but it's weird to watch how people react to this sort of thing.

revoless June 10 2010, 18:34:28 UTC

The privacy issues are a great part of why I'm not on Facebook, but I was miffed before the hubbub even started. The minute they started letting in non-college-students the site stopped being closed enough for me to feel safe using it. (Though it took me a few years to bother logging in to delete my profile, largely because I eventually feared it'd start raising flags that I logged in somewhere on their servers ( ... )