| As there is a current high profile story illustrating the issue of the effect of social media on teen, here are some of the requested citation: http://www.letsbegamechangers.com/ and www.zmonline.com/photos/zm-photos/instagram-celeb-reveals-the-ugly-reality-behind-her-social-media-presence/ > You seem to believe that "Facebook network" and "real life network" are distinct networks. They're not.
Extraordinary claims requires extraordinary evidence. Having a look in a teen's facebook versus his/her real life should be enough to see by yourself the reality is not what you claim. But I'll rather introduce you to Robin Dunbar and the Dunbar Number: "orry, Facebook friends: Our brains can't keep up["1] and "The Limits of Friendship"[2] > In most discussions, people actually bring up only the side from your counter, completely forgetting about the one I wanted to remind OP about. And there is a reason for that, which is simply that facebook added an artificial barrier between people as tool to force people to register to facebook. The wall of the so called walled garden. > Part of the problem of social engineering is that people treat "public but sensitive data" as anything but public. Ok, it seems I have failed to express myself correctly and my simple and innocent example failed to get through. Allow me to reformulate:
- A birth date is personal data, for it is indeed related to a specific person.
-Personal data is sensitive data.
- That's it, there's nothing more to it. I suppose you live in a place and time too far away from the last attempt at rounding people for mass killing and attempted extermination to remember how important and sensitive personal data is. I guess those who fail to remember history are doomed to relive it. [1]: http://www.cnet.com/news/sorry-facebook-friends-our-brains-c...
[2]: http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-medi... |