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By: To Facebook or not to Facebook…that is the question… « Group 3

To Facebook or not to Facebook…that is the question… « Group 3 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:23:11 +0000

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By: Vancouver Public Library « librarisaurusrex

Vancouver Public Library « librarisaurusrex — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:20:54 +0000

[...] library to connect with its users and get useful information. As Hilary Davis noted on the blog InTheLibraryWithTheLeadPipe, Facebook is “a low cost, minimal effort venue for engaging with current and potential [...]

By: Reconsidering Facebook | Catch It!: News & Views from the Field of Medical Librarianship

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:43:33 +0000

[...] looking through my Google Reader posts this morning, and I stumbled across this post (find it here: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2011/reconsidering-facebook/). I thought it was definitely worth sharing with you guys, considering all the food for thought [...]

By: It’s not really that new anymore now, is it? « The Wondering Librarian

It’s not really that new anymore now, is it? « The Wondering Librarian — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:20:34 +0000

[...] Davis goes more into these privacy issues in her article Reconsidering Facebook and finds that the benefits outweigh the difficulties of managing [...]

By: cindy web server

cindy web server — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:30:24 +0000

thanks for the information of the usduario toos expectation is to have control over our accounts and greater security

By: Hilary Davis

Hilary Davis — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:39:43 +0000

Hi Jean – You make a great point about the tension between libraries’ privacy values and use of social media to engage their users. My sense is that opinions vary greatly withing the library community, but hopefully we’ll see some more comments here.

By: Hilary Davis

Hilary Davis — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:09:54 +0000

Hi Megan - Thanks for pointing out "Facebook's eroding privacy policy" link. To add to that, there was recent news just a couple of days ago that FB is utilizing FB users' behavior to promote advertisements ("Sponsored Stories"). From a CNN article: "any time you interact with a brand on Facebook, your action could be used as an ad that entices your friends to do the same. For the moment, there's also no way to opt yourself out of being featured."

By: megano

megano — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:11:53 +0000

I just realized that might have sounded critical–to clarify, I know that to Facebook or not to Facebook is a difficult decision. I still have a personal Facebook page, but I struggle with whether to keep it/ how to keep it private or appropriate as well.

By: megano

megano — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:52:29 +0000

Hilary, thanks for a really interesting article. I would like to point out something else about our illusion of privacy on facebook–you stated that:
“The trouble with Facebook is that users expect to have more control over their information and online habits – because you must log in to participate in the social network, you expect the information to be somehow under your control.”
This is very true, but it’s not the whole story. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a great timeline here: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline/
showing how their policy has eroded over time.

By: joan

joan — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:25:09 +0000

Hilary, thanks for your response. You raise a good point. I’ve been thinking about how to approach some of these questions in my research, and it’s really hard. For one thing, you can’t really capture FB interaction except via screenshots (if it’s not a Page you administer). And the content can change in a minute. I would love to see more research along these lines, or even just ideas of methodologies.