I ummed. I ahhed. Then I did it. I joined Facebook.
I have strong mixed feelings about doing this. Working in IT, I'm as aware as anyone of the myriad of databases that hold our personal data - shopping preferences, bank statements, browser histories, credit histories, mobile phone logs, email logs - and as many times as people tell us our data will only be used for [whatever] purpose, it's still there. And forever if companies don't do as they should and stick to data protection policies.
And I'm uncomfortable with the way it walls off a large part of the Internet to a privately-funded enclave through which, at some point, investors are going to want to make some serious money. All of that personal data will be there to lure us with marketing bait.
On the other hand, everyone is doing it, and I would love to try it :-) I feel like a starved child, my face against the expensive restaurant window glass, watching fat couples in evening dress eating chicken and dribbling juice down their chins.
But enough of my fantasies.
Facebook - I am yours! Let's see if you are worth the sacrifice...
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