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The Facebook Dilemma

There is no denying the fact that Facebook has changed the Web and while it remains to be seen if this is a change for the better that isn’t stopping a large number of people in the tech industry and blogosphere from being concerned about the change. Personally the changes that Facebook is bringing about only further my own deep concerns about the company and its motives.

The problem is that we, both users and content producers, are facing a big dilemma. We are being forced to make a decision. Either we are on the side of the Facebook Web or we are on the side of the Other Web and I got to say before anything else this is incredibly unfair.

For the user the decision is really simple. If you don’t care about what Facebook is doing then you can carry on with your FarmVille playing and Liking of stuff where ever the Facebook Like button shows up. Those however who don’t agree with what Facebook is doing the decision is a lot harder.

Do you continue on using the service with the hope that there will be enough pressure put on Facebook to make them change or do you decide that it is time to walk away from the service, either permanently or temporarily. Either way the user’s trust has been abused and having to make this decision only adds insult onto that abuse.

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Braindead TechCast EP52: It’s all about the bacon lube and FBI

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In tonight show Sean and I cover a wide range of items that happened in today’s news starting with the fact that apparently you can’t say the word shitty on MSNBC eve3n if you are a Senator in the middle of a hearing. Yes folks shitty is not allowed on television. George Carlin would not be surprised in the least.

The other politically related story we took a quick shot at was the one where Senator Schumer wants Facebook to start explaining itself after which they can expect a visit from the FTC. We both predict this will all blow over in about two weeks unless of course the senators involved figure that it might make for good politicking.

Of course with both of us being windows users we couldn’t pass up on the news that BitDefender has warned Apple that the iPad could be ripe for malware which is sure to get the Apple brigade up in arms and proclaiming no such thing could possibly happen. Ya .. okay.

And finally we talked about the possibility that one of my touchstone subject may actually be answered by Mozilla with a new project called Account Manager that they are working on. We have our fingers crossed.

Posts referenced in the show

MSNBC Bleeps Levin and McCaskill on Drek Deal – Paul Levinson
Facebook Takes Fire From Senators Over Privacy – GigaOM
iPad users targeted by hackers - Telegraph
Bacon Lube! – Daily Shite
Firefox Steps Up to Challenge Facebook’s Claim to Identity – ReadWriteWeb

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Where is Chris Brogan headed?

Anyone who maintain even a cursory interest in Social Media will have at some point heard of Chris Brogan. Myself, I have been following Chris for years both through his blog and on his Twitter stream (@chrisbrogan) and while I might not always agree with him I consider him to be one very smart dude and I have a lot of respect for him.

In fact he was a great help and influence when I was going through the splitting of this blog off from WinExtra (which is my Windows and Microsoft related blog) when I felt that my two interests (Social Media and Windows) were at odds with attracting readers.

I will forever appreciate his help at that time but that is the way that Chris is. He is more than willing to help anyone I believe who is honest and up front with him and not just trying to attach themselves to his star in some fashion or another. The Social Media blogosphere is littered with stories of how he has helped people never asking anything in return.

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Rural Canadians wanting broadband told they aren’t worth it

I know from experience that living in the country; and I mean the type situation where your nearest neighbor is miles rather than blocks away, isn’t always fun especially for techies. Even in small towns like where I live now the amount of choices in connecting to the web typically boils down to two – Ma Bell and some cable company. In the country you’re damn lucky to get either let alone pick between two options.

One of the regulations that telecoms have had to agree to in order to do business in Canada is what is referred to as “obligation to serve” which simply stated means telecoms were given certain incentives to provide basic telecom services to rural areas. However in this Internet Age there appears to be a disagreement over what basic means any more.

In a recent appearance before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) Michael Hennessy the senior vice-president at Telus for regulatory and government affairs said that the regulator could not apply this age old “obligation to serve” to broadband Internet. He went on to say in an interview

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Braindead TechCast EP51: Moronic Monday and we don’t mean Gizmodo vs. Apple vs. Cops

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It’s Moronic Monday folks here at Braindead TechCast headquarters and as is our wont on such Monday’s we seek out the stories of the past week that have struck us as the most moronic. However this week we are making an exception in one case and we won’t be talking about the whole Gizmodo, Apple and Cops dramedy as both Sean and I feel that there is still a lot about the whole thing that is still to come out. So rather waste our listeners time with half baked rumors and suppositions we’re gonna wait a few days.

That said we still found some really good stuff to jab in the ribs and ridicule. For example how about those movie age rating guides being transplanted over to the Web. Then of course we have the whole JooJoo mess and the 64 people who were moronic enough to think this was a good thing to buy.

Let’s not forget about the whole McAfee mess that brought scores of Windows to the state of collapse and said not much more than opps we’re sorry. Finally though has to be the doozy about the study that found that kids could get addicted to the Internet. Thankfully Mathew Ingram at GigaOM call moronic on this first.

Posts referenced in the show

This is insane – new ISP censors the web with movie-style age limits – The Next Web
CONFIRMED: Fusion Garage SOLD ONLY 64 JooJoo Devices – UNEASYsilence
McAfee admits “inadequate” quality control caused PC meltdown – Ed Bott
Researchers “Addicted” to Bogus Internet Studies - GigaOM

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Twitter Quote of the Day: r

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I’m not sure what is with the single letter username but r or rex if you are really good friends definitely deserved today’s spot as Quote of the Day.

via @r

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