Reality check
I checked in on the Facebook today, as I do with some regularity, to find that its managers have redesigned the home page to display a social play-by-play for all of my friends, like this:
This hasn’t been a popular change, as you can see from at least one of those group names, but I’m for it.
For one thing, none of this information was hidden before, but users had to cycle though all their friends’ profiles to find it. Now it’s easier to keep up with people (or stalk them — tomato/tomato). This kind of efficiency is always good.
For another thing, it’s always helpful to remind people that nothing on the internet is secret. My attempt to redact the names in the image above notwithstanding, people who expect privacy on even a password-protected site like Facebook are deluding themselves (as Wonkette has heartlessly, irresponsibly and repeatedly proven).
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