Having said that and after attending some classes in my Information Systems class I am beginning to understand that sometimes not having privacy can be an advantage in today's world. It gives you exposure( whether good or bad) and it might help you take advantage of resources that you did not have in the past. I am not saying that I am going to get a FB account anytime soon, cause I'm not, but if I ever become an owner of a business I might have some sort of social platform service like FB or blogging. It is clear that by having this extra exposure you might be able to do some sort of cheap marketing and may take advantage of followers to spread the word about the business.
But for now, I dont have a business of my own and I still wont have a FB. What ever happened to being mysterious?
i wonder what so scary you have to hide from us all!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you also walk through the street with a paper bag in your face, so that nobody can recognize you...=)
That would be 100% privacy!
Ok, getting serious, I can understand your argument, but I can not agree on your point of view. As Enrique said, if you would live in a small town, everybody would know who you are and probably almost of what you do...
in FB you only share what YOU want to share. I am sure there are things that you can share with contacts outside your deepest inner circle of trust... I for example, I just share my pictures in facebook with my family and closest friends (yes, you can manage in FB who can see what).
The problem: If you dont manage to know how facebook work, sooner or later, when you join some social networt (what you someday will definitively do), you will not know how to use it (manage privacy), and then, you will make the mistake of sharing things with the world, that you dont want to share...
Also, if someone uploads a pic of you at a party in FB and you dont know about this pic (because you are not in FB), then you lost here again...
bottom line, the cost of not been in FB is (will be) higher than not to be...think about that! =)
hi,
ReplyDeleteI read what you guys said and I have to say that you both make strong points, I guess that eventualy its very individual and if Jose is not ready to be "exposed" - he shouldnt, cause as you said, Guerson, if you are not managing your account well - you might loose something...
I advise you both to read an article (not the most serious one, but another point of view)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article700350.ece
enjoy
YV
As Yaron says, both of you have good points. Personally speaking until 3 weeks ago, which means the beginning of the MBA, I didn't have a FB profile, or better I had committed the so called FB suicide. The reason is that there was too much stalking activity and social drama going on. It's true that you can limit your profile, but it's also true that sometimes people get terribly offended if you don't accept their friend's request for instance. And you have then to face them in the real life, finding yourself justifying for something really trivial. On the other hand there are people who are your FB friends but, when you actually meet them, they don't bother talking to you. So evenually I've coined with a friend the term 'Fakebook friend'.
ReplyDeleteDespite being back to FB life (reasons keeping in touch with my friends in Brussels and being part of the IE community) I see Ramon's point on the 'privacy'. I think that keeping some mistery in a society where everything is made public is more than legitimate. It doesn't mean you have something to hide, simply you don't like having big exposure and you share your life and experience with people using more traditional ways. To me it makes complete sense.
Well, i guess 400 million will disagree =)
ReplyDeleteI agree with "keeping SOME mistery in a society where everything is made public is more than legitimate", this is why you can be on FB an still limit the things YOU want to share...
But to avoid completely FB is like been against TV, or INTERNET...and sooner as you think, you will be this angry conservative grandpa, that is just complaining about the "modern" world!
Enhorabuena, José Ramón!!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta el profile pic, por cierto, jeje!
Me preguntabas por mi blog esta mañana, es el siguiente:
http://transinoise.blogspot.com/2010/04/b-songs.html
que lo disfrutes también!