Comments on: Facebook’s “opt-out” precedent http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/ Youth, mobility and media Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:18:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: social media http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/#comment-145 social media Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:15:10 +0000 http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/#comment-145 hey, this is great information have any more websites that i can go to for more great info? thanx hey, this is great information have any more websites that i can go to for more great info? thanx

]]> By: Randy http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/#comment-72 Randy Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:51:02 +0000 http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/#comment-72 I can not agree with you more regarding the opt out vs. opt in dichotomy. I would like to point out that there is a sociological 'cool kid factor' at play here. Cool kids are cool because other kids emulate their behavior. Cool kids want other kids to emulate them and therefore, I think, would be compelled to opt in under the 'hey look at me' premise. Through a societal lens the chance to show off personal purchasing patterns could be a huge boon to personal status. I wonder if high status / high profile and privacy are mutually exclusive? I can not agree with you more regarding the opt out vs. opt in dichotomy. I would like to point out that there is a sociological ‘cool kid factor’ at play here. Cool kids are cool because other kids emulate their behavior. Cool kids want other kids to emulate them and therefore, I think, would be compelled to opt in under the ‘hey look at me’ premise. Through a societal lens the chance to show off personal purchasing patterns could be a huge boon to personal status. I wonder if high status / high profile and privacy are mutually exclusive?

]]> By: jkd http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/#comment-48 jkd Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:23:01 +0000 http://shift6.net/2007/12/12/facebooks-opt-out-precedent/#comment-48 Quadruple dittoes, danah. This is quite clearly Facebook's M.O. by now - massively overreach, apologize a bit and end up way ahead in the end anyways. The big problem here is the whole structure of modern contracts/terms of service/end-user-license agreements. Basically there's no real choice to opt out of the broad structure of the boilerplate, which tends to include clauses to the effect of "we can change whatever we want whenever we want and don't have to tell you." It's a broken market, with all the power in the hands of corporations and service providers, and citizen-users left with no power or leverage. The solution to this has to be legislative reform for greater transparency and greater individual empowerment and leverage in these contracts. Quadruple dittoes, danah. This is quite clearly Facebook’s M.O. by now - massively overreach, apologize a bit and end up way ahead in the end anyways.

The big problem here is the whole structure of modern contracts/terms of service/end-user-license agreements. Basically there’s no real choice to opt out of the broad structure of the boilerplate, which tends to include clauses to the effect of “we can change whatever we want whenever we want and don’t have to tell you.” It’s a broken market, with all the power in the hands of corporations and service providers, and citizen-users left with no power or leverage. The solution to this has to be legislative reform for greater transparency and greater individual empowerment and leverage in these contracts.

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