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Blog Watch: Life without online privacy

John Gehner of Urbana Free Library Picks fires away at Facebook in his latest post. Here’s a snippet:

Despite the invitations and cajoling of many friends, I put off joining Facebook for quite a long while. And then I caved.

I’ve enjoyed connecting with dozens of people I would not have located otherwise, but Facebook’s inconstant privacy policies and questionable use of private information is getting under my skin.

About a month ago I reduced my Facebook profile information dramatically. Today, I’m thinking of contributing to Diaspora*.

Would it be hard to start over on a new social network? Maybe.

Would I regret it? Doubtful.

 

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