http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/05/facebook_in_rea.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/05/facebook_in_rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-49420 Frank Fri, 16 May 2008 23:04:57 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/05/facebook-in-real-life.html#comment-49420 another solution: Ning allows you to build special purpose social networks. I.e., one just for the "hill climbing" group, one for work, etc. another solution: Ning allows you to build special purpose social networks. I.e., one just for the “hill climbing” group, one for work, etc.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/05/facebook_in_rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-49419 A.J. Sutter Sat, 03 May 2008 06:29:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/05/facebook-in-real-life.html#comment-49419 There is an "easy solution" for this problem: don't join social network sites. I myself don't. And where I do make public comments, e.g. reviews on Amazon, I don't accept "friend" invitations. There is an “easy solution” for this problem: don’t join social network sites. I myself don’t. And where I do make public comments, e.g. reviews on Amazon, I don’t accept “friend” invitations.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/05/facebook_in_rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-49418 KatieM Fri, 02 May 2008 17:03:09 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/05/facebook-in-real-life.html#comment-49418 There's always the LiveJournal model - that site lets you filter entries so that only certain groups of friends (defined by you and not visible to anyone else) can see them. It's a useful trick which could probably be expanded to sites like Facebook, although it doesn't solve the problem of Jill assuming Jack saw the same posts she did and mentioning them, but then that's a lot like party invites in real life. There’s always the LiveJournal model – that site lets you filter entries so that only certain groups of friends (defined by you and not visible to anyone else) can see them. It’s a useful trick which could probably be expanded to sites like Facebook, although it doesn’t solve the problem of Jill assuming Jack saw the same posts she did and mentioning them, but then that’s a lot like party invites in real life.

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