Friday, December 07, 2007

Cory Doctorow on Facebook...


How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook -- Facebook -- InformationWeek
In the real world, we don't articulate our social networks. Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker's cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by "friend" and "foe," with the top eight friends elevated to a small shrine decorated with Post-It roses and hearts. And yet, there's an undeniable attraction to corralling all your friends and friendly acquaintances, charting them and their relationship to you.


An interesting article from an interesting fellow...