Deep into Stalker Territory

The Social Graph is Neither

Social networks exist to sell you crap. The icky feeling you get when your friend starts to talk to you about Amway, or when you spot someone passing out business cards at a birthday party, is the entire driving force behind a site like Facebook.

We have a name for the kind of person who collects a detailed, permanent dossier on everyone they interact with, with the intent of using it to manipulate others for personal advantage – we call that person a sociopath. And both Google and Facebook have gone deep into stalker territory with their attempts to track our every action. Even if you have faith in their good intentions, you feel misgivings about stepping into the elaborate shrine they’ve built to document your entire online life.

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  1. Tch, tch. Sociopathy means every crime is a victimless crime. Doesn’t that make it a much better world – the forever just out of reach goal of diversity? Promised compensation heals all process-inflicited wounds. The Nanny State will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

    Surrender… and be reborn.
    (Support evolution – shoot back.)

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