[governance] Re: IGC on Facebook?

[David Allen]

Well, between Carlos, Michael Froomkin and myself ... that is three of  
the 5 or 6 Internet users not on Facebook.  And all of us here, in  
IGC ...

I echo Michael Froomkin's concern with architecture (I think).   
Facebook, like AoL of yore, veers toward a closed silo, trying to fill  
so many needs of the user that there is hardly a need to venture  
beyond its walled garden.  The advent on a Facebook email function  
settled the matter.  How many years did we work, to make proprietary  
email systems interoperate?  And now another one pops up, spawned by  
Facebook.  'Nuff said.

Human beings have been social for what? - a hundred thousand years?   
Yes, we can use digital tools to make that even better.  But not at  
the expense of selling ourselves and our relationships as advertising  
chattel.  Most certainly, not at the expense of being captured in yet  
another walled garden.

To that end:  As has already been noted, any use of Facebook  by IGC  
for information not distributed to _all_ will exclude those who are  
not on Facebook.  And it seems virtually impossible to use Facebook  
without some exchanges that unavoidably contain important information,  
but that are trapped behind its wall.  QED.

David

On Sep 6, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:

> It seems by now I am one of those 5-6 Internet users who is *not* on
> Facebook, and I will not change my mind.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 09/06/2011 04:19 AM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>> Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:
>>> It just came to my mind to have our Page on Facebook, be it closed  
>>> or open
>>> or both. What do you think?  I think it's worth a try, at least.
>>>
>>> I was thinking to ask all IGC members who is coming to Nairobi
>>> to share their contact/hotel info, and thinking of using some
>>> online facility. Other than mailing list and official website,
>>> we have not much, and then realized how about using Facebook,
>>> (or any other social tool).
>>
>> I agree that it would be good to use some kind of online tool for
>> this purpose, perhaps a wiki?
>>
>> I'd suggest to rather avoid Facebook because of the abysmal track
>> record and attitude regarding privacy matters.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
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