Comments on: Facebook in the News http://madisonian.net/2007/12/18/facebook-in-the-news/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Lastowka http://madisonian.net/2007/12/18/facebook-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-227453 Greg Lastowka Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:00:04 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/12/18/facebook-in-the-news/#comment-227453 Mike -- It is a good question. I think we're a long way off from that right, though. It is interesting to think about the future, though. At some point this relates to Frank's work on Google. When a private technology becomes so intertwined with social practice that it becomes essential to community, you start to think about laws regarding places of public accommodation. Btw, the Post article seemed rather harsh on danah boyd! It also seemed to be dangerously half-true about how today's grad students think of social networking. True: there are turf battles and first-mover advantages. False: it's all incomprehensible fluff. Some of the grad student work I've seen on Facebook (and other online communities) has been pretty darn interesting, esp. when it is grounded in a solid and nuanced disciplinary approach. Mike — It is a good question. I think we’re a long way off from that right, though. It is interesting to think about the future, though.

At some point this relates to Frank’s work on Google. When a private technology becomes so intertwined with social practice that it becomes essential to community, you start to think about laws regarding places of public accommodation.

Btw, the Post article seemed rather harsh on danah boyd! It also seemed to be dangerously half-true about how today’s grad students think of social networking. True: there are turf battles and first-mover advantages. False: it’s all incomprehensible fluff. Some of the grad student work I’ve seen on Facebook (and other online communities) has been pretty darn interesting, esp. when it is grounded in a solid and nuanced disciplinary approach.

]]> By: Frank Pasquale http://madisonian.net/2007/12/18/facebook-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-227441 Frank Pasquale Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:58:25 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/12/18/facebook-in-the-news/#comment-227441 That's a great question, and will become increasingly interesting as people start forming groups within Facebook (like "FAcebook: Stop Invading My Privacy") that make demands on the site itself. That’s a great question, and will become increasingly interesting as people start forming groups within Facebook (like “FAcebook: Stop Invading My Privacy”) that make demands on the site itself.

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