For 3 months now my partner and I have refused to log on to our Facebook accounts.
Reason was, I hate everyone knowing these things about me, and being required to post stuff up about my life to people I barely knew. I know privacy settings can be changed and I limited my friends to people i knew, but how does that stop anybody from accessing it anyway.
There is enough stuff on the internet about me already let alone adding information from my daily life to it.
On the other hand, web 2.0 has made the biggest difference for those with creative ambitions. While there is a lot of shit on youtube, there is a lot of really cool stuff that is inspiring and amazing. However, I would slap YouTube for allowing Beiber on the scene. Still, there are many people that have made it big thanks to file sharing sites and Social Networking sites etc. Barrack Obama made it big in his election because of his 'tweets'. Web 2.0 is not just a resource we use in life but is a major part of modern life. We count on it for soo much, and many of us use it on a daily basis, even an hourly basis. I don't think people realise how much we have come to depend on it.
Lastly, the homework set for the week scared me. i have never though who OWNED MY stuff that i post on the internet, i just assumed it was me, and i believe many others do to. It is really scary that others could take it and abuse it, or the website i have posted it on can distribute it etc. That really freaks me out, and i guess will make me think twice about what i post on the net next time.
danica
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