DOUG SACKS wonders how much social networkers value their personal data.
A local
–mailedme–sayingtheyhave deviants,cheatsandthieves faithfulfriends.Ifprivacyisa
reviewedmymonthlymortgage thatinhabitourCongressand burningissuewithanyofyou,
humourist
payment,checkedmyFICO Senate.I’msuretheseTwits youcanalwayscontactmeby
scoreandcanofferamuch havesentorreceivedthese email,screamatmeandtellme
here suggested
betterrateandsaveme$500a inconvenienttweets! I’mwrong.OrGooglemeand
that Twitter
month.Justsignhere.Ora you’lllearnallkindsofthings.
hotelorairlineIdobusiness Soisprivacyadeadissue? Butremember,Icanjustas
will never
with(ornot)offeringmedeals Ofcoursenot.Thatisan easilyGoogleyouorusesome
baseduponmytravelhistory over-statement.ButIthinkit otherformofelectronic
catch on
andpreferences. doeshavetoberevisited espionage.And,ifprivacyis
Soundslikehighlytargeted becauseitisobviouslynotas suchaburningissue,ask
because
andrelevantdirectmarketingto importantanissueasprivacy yourself,justwhatareyou
people who
me:savememoney,makelife lawyersandconsultantswould tryingtoconceal?
moreconvenientorgiveme haveusbelieve.
somesimplepleasureandI’ll Otherwise,no-onewouldbe
Douglas Sacks is VP – strategic
Twitter will be
planning and partner at Focus
volunteersomeinformation. volunteeringpersonal
Worldwide LLC, specialising in
called Twits.
Facebook?MySpace?Bebo? informationforimmediate
global data, analytical and
Notamemberbutitisalltotally releaseandFacebookwouldn’t marketing solutions. Email:
voluntary.Sameforbusiness havemorethan200million
doug@focus-worldwide.com
siteslikePlaxoandLinked-In.I
havejoinedbothofthesebut
probablyunder-utilisetheir
networkingcapabilities;Ihave
askedamerefractionofmy
contactstoconnectwithme,
butjustthesame,Igetdaily
updatesonwhatpeopleIam
‘linkedto’aredoing,wherethey
aredoingitandwithwhom.
Plaxogoesastepfurtherand
eventellsmeaboutpeopleIam
notlinkedtobutareinmyemail
addressbook.
DoIfindthisuseful?
Yes!
Alocalhumouristhere
suggestedthatTwitterwillnever
catchonbecausepeoplewho
TwitterwillbecalledTwits.
(MaybetheUKversionof
TwitterisPratter!)Healso
predictedthattherewillsoon
comeaday...“whenyouwill
receiveaTweetaskingwhatyou
aredoingwhenwhatyouare
doingishavingsex.Andthe
personsendingthetweetisthe
personyou’rehavingsexwith!”
That’shappenedtosomeof
youalreadyhasn’tit?
IreadthatTwitterisvery
popularwiththelosers,
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