http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/ by Tom Scheinfeldt Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-9048 Tom Scheinfeldt Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:30:12 +0000 http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/#comment-9048 True, but the imperatives and constraints of government and those of private corporations are very different. The U.S. Census isn't looking to sell its data, at least not yet. True, but the imperatives and constraints of government and those of private corporations are very different. The U.S. Census isn’t looking to sell its data, at least not yet.

]]> http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-9046 Sterling Fluharty Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:15:36 +0000 http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/#comment-9046 My views on the matter are probably predictable, since I rarely consider myself a privacy advocate. But just think how impoverished our historical knowledge would be if the only census data that historians had access to came from those individuals who provided informed consent for the eventual release of their answers to census questions. My views on the matter are probably predictable, since I rarely consider myself a privacy advocate. But just think how impoverished our historical knowledge would be if the only census data that historians had access to came from those individuals who provided informed consent for the eventual release of their answers to census questions.

]]> http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-9019 Mills Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:51:26 +0000 http://www.foundhistory.org/2009/12/19/why-i-quit-facebook/#comment-9019 I completely agree and I had signed off of Facebook for many of these same reasons. Then my son turned 13. We'd been holding him off of Facebook for more than a year, but it is such a central feature of early teen life that to continue to do so would be to consign him to one of the circles of hell. So I signed back on so that his Facebook friends include his (rats) father. I completely agree and I had signed off of Facebook for many of these same reasons. Then my son turned 13. We’d been holding him off of Facebook for more than a year, but it is such a central feature of early teen life that to continue to do so would be to consign him to one of the circles of hell. So I signed back on so that his Facebook friends include his (rats) father.

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