Thursday, May 01, 2008

Facebook

I have severed my ties to Facebook, and this video resonates very well with my reasons for ending that relationship. If you're really ambitious to find out the stupidity of Facebook and other virtual social network sites, then read the article "Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism" in the New Atlantis by Christine Rosen. It may make you think twice about your affiliation with those networks. Even better, the BBC shows that personal information can be stolen from Facebook users without their knowledge: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7376738.stm