16th February 2010, 3:15 PM
Nope, it's just a matter of personal privacy. Yeesh, is that so hard to grasp?
And I'm not "odd", this google issue has been all over the net the past week.
You know, facebook is a bit of a selection bias. After all the only thing you know is that every single person you know ON FACEBOOK happens to HAVE FACEBOOK. There's still the rest of the entire internet that doesn't even care about it.
Let me make one thing clear. I have no issue with people deciding to be more public. I'm not one of them. That is not a sign of personal weakness or "big brother" panic. I just prefer not to share things about myself. Safety aside, I don't want it all out in the open. The lack of understanding is kinda blatant when you assume it's fear of being made fun of. That's not it. It's a "sense of privacy", of me being allowed to have some knowledge JUST for me. Is that so selfish?
And I'm not "odd", this google issue has been all over the net the past week.
You know, facebook is a bit of a selection bias. After all the only thing you know is that every single person you know ON FACEBOOK happens to HAVE FACEBOOK. There's still the rest of the entire internet that doesn't even care about it.
Let me make one thing clear. I have no issue with people deciding to be more public. I'm not one of them. That is not a sign of personal weakness or "big brother" panic. I just prefer not to share things about myself. Safety aside, I don't want it all out in the open. The lack of understanding is kinda blatant when you assume it's fear of being made fun of. That's not it. It's a "sense of privacy", of me being allowed to have some knowledge JUST for me. Is that so selfish?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)