The Facebook privacy controversy continues to heat up. In fact, as of May 2010, the Better Business Bureau gave Facebook a D rating, stating “We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it.” To bring another perspective in to the podcast, our guest this week is Tom Borgerding, CEO of Campus Media Group, an organization that assists brands with leveraging Facebook and other new media.
Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music by Kahuna Kawentzmann w/tune, “Late Bird” from podsafe Music Alley.
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Links discussed during the show:
- Stillwater company Nibipedia led by Troy Peterson
- Internet Broadcasting, the departure of their CEO, David Lebow, partner Mashery
- Mentioned by Tom Bergerding: Polyvore
- Graeme mentioned Involver
- MOJO MN; Minnebar
- Visi Open House Friday, May 21st
- Open source alternative to Facebook, Diaspora. Just a concept, as of this writing they’ve raised $143k and have over 4k supporter/donators!
- Facebook controversy links:
- OpenBook
- New York Times stories compiled here
- Excellent essay by social media researcher Danah Boyd (now w/Microsoft)
- The case for staying with Facebook
- Fix your Facebook privacy settings or delete your account altogether
- FASCINATING infographic by a developer with the Visual Communication Lab at IBM Research Center for Social Software. The views expressed on it are his own, and do not reflect those of IBM (and read his disclaimers below the graph) BUT make sure you click on the years on the right in succession from 2005 until 2010 so you can visualize the erosion of privacy on Facebook since 2005. If your reaction is not “Holy Sh*t!” I’ll be surprised.