Many thanks to speakers @ssethi, @iskandar and @benjamincohen for providing us with an informative and entertaining Monday evening. Special mention to @raffi (Twitter tech lead) and @jaggeree who joined in via skype, (albeit intermittently…!)
An extremely well informed and lively audience played a major part in the debate. Ultimately this is an on-going debate and no one was there to provide conclusive answers.
Overwhelming our audience felt a lack of trust for Facebook (not great for business) and were convinced that privacy options will keep on changing on Facebook with little prior warning. Whilst some share information freely, either unaware or unconcerned about the lack of privacy – others avoid sharing certain info e.g. geo-tagging and a few are steadily removing their profiles from online social networks.
In the infamous words of Mark Zuckerberg – Will the world truly be a better place for everyone if we know everything about everyone?
Or do we just need to be more aware of what, how and why to share …and who should profit from our sharing?
One thing for certain is the pressure for businesses to monetise and therefore different avenues will continue to explored (exploited?).
Interesting points were made regarding exploring monetising “influencers” who could potentially reap the rewards of “activating” their networks.
“Fundamentally, privacy is about having control over the flow of information, it’s about being able to understand the social setting in order to behave appropriately. To do so, people must trust their interpretation of the context, including the people in the room and the architecture that defines the setting. When they feel as though control has been taken away from them or when they lack the control they need to do the right thing, they scream privacy foul.” – Danah Boyd
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