On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:08 -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote: > OTOH, you are willing to share your words on a 100% public mailing list. > What, in your opinion, is the difference between participation on a > public mailing list and having a semi-public Facebook account? (I could > answer that myself, but I'd rather hear from you since you probably have > better ideas.)
Electronic friends are not the same as real friends. The illusion created by lists is less powerful and less treacherous than the illusion created by FB. I could add things like FB's constantly changing privacy policy, but for me the illusion of intimacy is the most important difference. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
