Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Social Network

I have a love/hate relationship with the internet. It's convenient, and a great source of information, too much information. Sites like Facebook fish for information, and they share it. Rumor has it that FB is connected to the CIA. I wouldn't be that surprised. Information and photos you share become property of the site. No matter how you have chosen to set your Privacy. People are losing their jobs and facing lawsuits because of things they have posted on the internet. Why face your problems like a grown up when you can type one sentence and fuck with someone's life? In the film "The Social Network", which is mediocre, there is a great line about how something that is posted online is written in ink and can't be erased. I wish I could undo some of the things I've posted or emailed in anger or after a night of drinking. I also worry about who has access to my information. We have created a world without boundaries and privacy. People don't even have to work at stalking. All they have to do is log into FB and your phone will tell them where you are.