b. Describe TWO observations the author makes about Facebook with which you agree, and TWO observations he makes about Facebook with which you disagree. Be clear and specific.
Facebook
A. Facebook is taking over the world and we should be more cautious as to who we are putting our money towards and be more mindful of how we truly connect and what truly makes us happy.
B. I agree that facebook has a way of creating this alternate reality of connection, one that is unbounded and in cyberspace. This separate internet community claims that they are connecting us to each other, when really they are marginalizing us and our way of socializing. We truly are social beings and we are putting all of this social energy into a webpage, rather than towards actually socializing with real people. I also agree and am somewhat frightened by the author talking about Facebook's privacy policy (or lack there of) and how it is a cesspool for advertisers and the CIA to "steal" our most personal information. The fact that ads are personalized towards our interests is also a scary thing to wrap my mind around.
Peter,
ReplyDeleteNice to see you back on your blog! Hodgkinson's article is strongly worded and certainly biased, but he makes it very clear where he stands. FB's alternate "social" reality is interesting to deconstruct, and the privacy issue is huge. So what do you disagree with? Hodgkinson is so provacative, there must be something that irked you!?!