Archive for the ‘facebook’ tag
Filters and Links
Wired.com today published an article calling into question the legality of Facebook’s new policy of filtering links to the Pirate Bay. Citing EFF lawyers, the article claims that Facebook is violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA, 18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq.) by filtering these links. While there is little wisdom in doing so, nothing about Facebook’s new policy violates the law.
Monetizing the Crowd
This is part two of a multi-part series on the next generation of internet communications. In this article, I will be exploring the problems with internet business models.
Unless you are a multi-national bank, there is something seriously wrong with having a business model that does not produce any income. Running a business or organization requires money and, although profit is not always the motive, some form of revenue is important for sustaining almost any endeavor.
The exception to this rule is, of course, the internet. Throughout its commercial history, profit has been an sufficient, but not necessary, condition to the perpetuation of cyberspace.
The Fatal Shortcoming of Social Media
This is part one of a multi-part commentary on the next generation of internet communications. In this article, I will be exploring the problem of the “walled garden” and closed communications systems.
Twitter. Facebook. MySpace. What do all these systems have in common? They all use isolated, closed servers.
