AS THE DUST SETTLES on Facebook's entrance as a would be big hitter in the world of electronic communications, the reactions to its plans render a stark image of the power of capitalism and conformity over privacy.
Prior to Facebook's announcement, the news was all about the social network's 'Gmail killer'. Following the announcement, in which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed repeatedly that his firm's system won't be just email, but rather a system that will offer users a way to contact others by using names as identifiers, the blind acceptance that all this is in some way a good thing was shocking.
On the surface what Zuckerberg outlined sounds great, a single place for communication, a simple identifier that you should already know, and of course everyone is already on Facebook - well, 500 million of us. But step away from the marketeer's view of an effortless, connected, whitewashed utopia and it really doesn't take long to realise why Facebook is going to so much effort to get into the messaging business, and that realisation paints a horrible picture of greed and the public acting as a large mass of 'yes men' and docile consumers. More...
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