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Released: June 12, 2012
Facebook and the age of accidental oversharing
Source: Laurie Segall, CNN Money
Hey Silicon Valley, take a giant step back. Yep, one more step back. Now look around. That door over there? Envision a big sign on it saying: "Do Not Trespass." Behind that door, you'll find a plethora of embarrassing articles I read on Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500). You'll also spot the heap of Les Miserables tracks from Spotify that I listened to during a bad month, and the one-too-many episodes of Glee I watched during a particularly unproductive weekend. Those are all items I accidentally shared on Facebook (FB) before changing my privacy settings. In the tech world, we hear the same buzzwords constantly: disruptive, revolutionary, magical, social/local/mobile. And then there's "frictionless sharing."Read Full Article: Facebook and the age of accidental oversharing
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