RE: [projectvrm] Google and VRM

["frankxr" < >]

A recent poll on facebook  asked the very appropriate question

"Do you trust facebook with the privacy of your search queries?"
The answer from Facebook own audience was
66% NO
34% YES

When 2/3's of your audience basically says they do not trust you  (even
before this TOS flap) well - it is pretty much impossible to build a lasting
brand without trust.

Frank




-----Original Message-----
From: Crosbie Fitch 
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Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 10:03 AM
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Subject: RE: [projectvrm] Google and VRM

> From: Adriana Lukas
> And in the meantime, in the real world as they say, 
> Facebook's new TOS:
> 
> http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-
> we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

This is actually a pretty enlightened principle. All that remains is for the
customers to adopt this concerning Facebook's content too.

As long people are honest and kind to each other, they should be free to
share and build upon the knowledge they receive in their exchanges. If
trusted to maintain confidence, then any indiscretions may have social
consequences for individuals' reputations, but that's the way it's always
been and should remain. 

If Facebook are betraying their users' past confidences, then Facebook's
reputation may well take a nosedive. That's Facebook's lookout. However,
being an immortal corporation and impacted by such consequences in a manner
unlike mortal individuals either warrants that no individual ever trusts a
corporation, or that corporations should be specially regulated (with
consequences for their shareholders).