Comments on: Facebook: with great power comes great responsibility http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/ about open communities, source of freedom and good software Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ][ stefano maffulli » Facebook admits mistake and changes policy http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31654 ][ stefano maffulli » Facebook admits mistake and changes policy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:42:30 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31654 [...] young, which helps making mistakes but also helps learning.  I hope they have learned that Facebook has a big responsibility and won’t repeat such mistake in the future. Personally, I’ll focus my attention on [...] [...] young, which helps making mistakes but also helps learning.  I hope they have learned that Facebook has a big responsibility and won’t repeat such mistake in the future. Personally, I’ll focus my attention on [...]

]]> By: On social networks and human interactions « Segnalibri su Del.ici.us? Meglio Wordpress http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31632 On social networks and human interactions « Segnalibri su Del.ici.us? Meglio Wordpress Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:12:25 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31632 [...] Facebook privacy issues, I still wonder if I should keep considering FB as a legitimate place for conversations or quit (it [...] [...] Facebook privacy issues, I still wonder if I should keep considering FB as a legitimate place for conversations or quit (it [...]

]]> By: ][ stefano maffulli » On social networks and human interactions http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31629 ][ stefano maffulli » On social networks and human interactions Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:36:52 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31629 [...] Facebook privacy issues, I still wonder if I should keep considering FB as a legitimate place for conversations or quit (it [...] [...] Facebook privacy issues, I still wonder if I should keep considering FB as a legitimate place for conversations or quit (it [...]

]]> By: Stef http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31617 Stef Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:00:42 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31617 Thank you Eugenio, I corrected the post: I misunderstood the comment on the event's wall. I didn't mean to undervalue Fondazione's effort (impressive, I have to say). With your correct figures, the argument on Facebook's power and responsibility is still valid, though. Thank you Eugenio, I corrected the post: I misunderstood the comment on the event’s wall. I didn’t mean to undervalue Fondazione’s effort (impressive, I have to say).

With your correct figures, the argument on Facebook’s power and responsibility is still valid, though.

]]> By: Eugenio Capra http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31612 Eugenio Capra Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:20:01 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31612 Hey hey, I do believe that Facebook is a wonderful tool, but we do not need to distort reality. The conference on Open Source business models at Politecnico di Milano had more than 280 subscribers, but this is due to the work of the Communication office of Fondazione Politecnico di Milano. Only 5 people registered throuhg Facebook. In any case, the total number of people contacted through Facebook was 31, of which 9 never replied. You can check at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5393649572&ref=share Hey hey, I do believe that Facebook is a wonderful tool, but we do not need to distort reality.
The conference on Open Source business models at Politecnico di Milano had more than 280 subscribers, but this is due to the work of the Communication office of Fondazione Politecnico di Milano.
Only 5 people registered throuhg Facebook. In any case, the total number of people contacted through Facebook was 31, of which 9 never replied.

You can check at:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5393649572&ref=share

]]> By: Stef http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31574 Stef Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:34:45 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31574 Gammy: I understand your position. Indeed, I have avoided Orkut, plaxo, linkedin, myspace etc for long time. But since I saw what a closed social network as the Fellowship of FSFE can achieve, I wanted to check what open social networks can do and experiment creating connections to wider communities. Indeed, the results are spectacular but they come with a very high price. Gammy: I understand your position. Indeed, I have avoided Orkut, plaxo, linkedin, myspace etc for long time. But since I saw what a closed social network as the Fellowship of FSFE can achieve, I wanted to check what open social networks can do and experiment creating connections to wider communities. Indeed, the results are spectacular but they come with a very high price.

]]> By: Gammydodger http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/#comment-31572 Gammydodger Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:50:40 +0000 http://maffulli.net/2007/11/23/facebook-big-potential/#comment-31572 Yesterday on my Facebook profile I noticed that my friend Colin had bought tickets on Fandango to see Beowulf. I don't think he knew that his transactions were now so public. But do we care? Are we frogs in a pan of now lukewarm water? Is our data the rent that we pay to use these services? Would we be prepared to pay for these services if they were not subsidized by advertising? (more questions and answers at http://www.realtea.net/perfectly_targeted_advertising) I would probably not. I may take out an annual subscription to a paid search engine that does not advertise to me. I would set up my own website and my own email account. And then I would probably not bother with FaceSpace, MyBook, LinkedIn, DroppedOut or FedUp. In fact that is what I have been doing... I have been publishing more of my own information - this way my website knows more about me than any marketer could hope to find out from Facebook (http://www.realtea.net/too_much_info) - if we all were to do this, then Facebook will cease to be the place that marketers go to reach me. Yesterday on my Facebook profile I noticed that my friend Colin had bought tickets on Fandango to see Beowulf. I don’t think he knew that his transactions were now so public. But do we care? Are we frogs in a pan of now lukewarm water? Is our data the rent that we pay to use these services? Would we be prepared to pay for these services if they were not subsidized by advertising? (more questions and answers at http://www.realtea.net/perfectly_targeted_advertising)

I would probably not. I may take out an annual subscription to a paid search engine that does not advertise to me. I would set up my own website and my own email account. And then I would probably not bother with FaceSpace, MyBook, LinkedIn, DroppedOut or FedUp.

In fact that is what I have been doing… I have been publishing more of my own information - this way my website knows more about me than any marketer could hope to find out from Facebook (http://www.realtea.net/too_much_info) - if we all were to do this, then Facebook will cease to be the place that marketers go to reach me.

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