237 Reasons to read AOC2: Day 13, Quote 164 – Tim Mannveille
Secrets are analogue: Tim Mannveille – tim.mannveille.com
“I know there’s at least one guy on Facebook who denies his girlfriend access to his wall because it is filled with messages from his ex, whom in turn he denies access to his status updates because they often relate to his current girlfriend.”
In a chapter entitled ‘Secrets are analogue‘ Tim illustrates that powerful information management tools such as social tagging and RSS feeds allow one to filter and manage information, and a key component of Facebook’s success is that it recognises the distinction between people you know, and everyone else.
Granularity of sharing information is key – there are lots of things we will happily share with some, but we would be careful to keep secret from others. Tim makes the point that social networks will have to adapt to ensure we can keep or share our secrets, with just who we want to – even if that changes tomorrow.
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