[shadesandcolour]

What are your arguments against it? As a society I don't think that it affects us. We're simply taking things that people already did on Facebook and making them easier to do. Facebook exposed all of this through their API so there were plenty of apps implementing this anyways. It's just one less layer.

In terms of capitalism, I suppose that remains to be seen...

[jman1]

Well one argument against it is privacy. by companies zeroing in on the source of the information and coupled with critical mass consumers don't really have a choice unless being a total outcast. Between apple and Facebook they know a lot about you and your habits in return for giving you a place to upload pictures and throw cows at your friends. Besides the occaisonal desIre to voyeur.

From a business perspective the platform gives an opportunity to use InfOrmation creatively and develop products and sell them. I don't see how such a personal information based business model can sustain for two decades unless it's ok for us as a society to live as a statistic because of the sheer amont of data that has been created and analyzed on individuals and groups.