Facebook, you I love what you are doing, but I’m not sure the public agrees with me or you. Just today I came across three articles participating in the war against Facebook’s privacy issues.
First, Tom Chikoore shared this article showing an instant message conversation of Zuck in college that included this text:
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask.
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don’t know why.
Zuck: They “trust me”
Zuck: Dumb fucks.
I find it a little fishy and am not buying into myself…that doesn’t mean most people will find it appalling and some Facebookers will flee.
The second was from Mashable in article showing that NYU students have received funding to build the “Anti-Facebook”. Quite interesting in my opinion. I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
The third is a letter from Robert Scoble to Mark Zuckerberg explaining what he would do if he were Zucks. Scobes suggests that Zucks come over to his house for an interview. In this argument of openness and transparency, Scoble nails it…we need to see Zucks in the flesh and speaking candidly.
I’m sure there are plenty more great articles in this debate but the war against Facebook is still in its’ infancy. Again, I’d love to see Facebook and Zuckerberg prevail here but the public seems to think that:
“We can’t go on together, with suspicious minds”
