2008 Woodie Awards
Facebook or Stalkerbook?
Danielle Cort
Issue date: 10/5/06 Section: Opinion
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At 9:26 this morning, Kelly and Ryan went from being "complicated" to being
"single." At 3:52 p.m., Brad added "Derailed" to his list of favorite movies. I'm
all for human interests, but come on - is the exact time of a personal breakup
really necessary?
The social network in which I am referring to is, of course, Facebook. It is
an outlet that allows people, primarily students, to have constant communication
with one another. With 85% of the college population engrossed in this
technological craze, it is fair to say that pictures of what people wore to
their last house party or on what day they updated their profile, are two
priorities students are taking very seriously.
Just recently, Facebook underwent changes that sparked heated discussion among
its users. With the addition of the so-called "mini-feed," users have constant
access to their friend's details without initiating a search for them. This
has seemingly become a way to detract many of the privacy controls Facebook has
insisted it prides itself on.
Caitlin Sula, a junior at Salve, admits that the new layout is a bit of a
change, but that people are being hypocritical. Her argument falls on the
premise that people really do want to know the ins-and-outs of other's personal
lives. That is why we log on to the website multiple times a day, looking for
changes that may have occurred in the previous hour. "Instead of you going out
and looking for information," Sula said, "it [Facebook] is basically shoving it
in your face." This forthright action may have been welcomed by few, but for
many, it produced outrage.
Users took action and began protesting while others simply congregated online groups that rallied against the new changes. Mark
Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of this cyber sensation, sent out public apologies
for the company's inconsistency to meet the users' needs. Students feel more
at ease now that new privacy controls have been instated, but are still getting
"single." At 3:52 p.m., Brad added "Derailed" to his list of favorite movies. I'm
all for human interests, but come on - is the exact time of a personal breakup
really necessary?
The social network in which I am referring to is, of course, Facebook. It is
an outlet that allows people, primarily students, to have constant communication
with one another. With 85% of the college population engrossed in this
technological craze, it is fair to say that pictures of what people wore to
their last house party or on what day they updated their profile, are two
priorities students are taking very seriously.
Just recently, Facebook underwent changes that sparked heated discussion among
its users. With the addition of the so-called "mini-feed," users have constant
access to their friend's details without initiating a search for them. This
has seemingly become a way to detract many of the privacy controls Facebook has
insisted it prides itself on.
Caitlin Sula, a junior at Salve, admits that the new layout is a bit of a
change, but that people are being hypocritical. Her argument falls on the
premise that people really do want to know the ins-and-outs of other's personal
lives. That is why we log on to the website multiple times a day, looking for
changes that may have occurred in the previous hour. "Instead of you going out
and looking for information," Sula said, "it [Facebook] is basically shoving it
in your face." This forthright action may have been welcomed by few, but for
many, it produced outrage.
Users took action and began protesting while others simply congregated online groups that rallied against the new changes. Mark
Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of this cyber sensation, sent out public apologies
for the company's inconsistency to meet the users' needs. Students feel more
at ease now that new privacy controls have been instated, but are still getting
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