Facebook as Government

Social Networking.
Globilization.
The most powerful socio/economic/political force that drives nations and people is the need to share life, acquire wealth, and feel important. To be heard, to reap success, to play on the world stage.
Social Networking is nothing new, except for its incredibly wide spread and fast means of communication using the Web.
We share, we seek, we find, we have a good time.
However, we wish to be private, yet noticed; free, yet secure.
This is about what you use and expect from Globalized Social Networking, and to explore the risks of being on a stage that every billions can see you on, at once, live, and without you knowing it.
Facebook certainly has been in the news, and unwittingly, over three days, they showed the pitfalls, the power, and the passion of Social Networking.
First, Facebook decides to make the publicly available information available as live ‘web casts’ for all too see, and many other private/public Global broadcasts.
Instead of the viewer tuning to the broadcast, the broadcast had tuned to the watcher!
Embarrassement as old as time. Gossip spread, this friend uncovered to that friend, dirty laundry hung on the line.
A hew and Cry from the masses; the Internet is now “stalking” me! It is then telling everyone all my online interpersonal secrets!
The masses revolted to this Social Network become Social Broadband Gossip-casting!
Protect my privacy! Give me options! Stop this!
And they heard; the masses had erected the guillotine; it’s blade of sharp whit and anger, shiny and new.
With incredible speed, and a mind to not loose the entire subscriber base, the company listened.
The power of Democracy.
In all of human political activity, this was one of Democracy’s finest moments. And it was Capitalistic as well.
The economy of subscribers being reduced to nothing was unacceptable, and the creators of Facebook found out that they no longer OWNED facebook, but GOVERNED it.
The people own it.
The Purist of Revolts had been done.
Hats off to the Facebook community!
Social Networking has become Social Science.