I haven’t caught up with the whole conversation yet, but today I’ve been reading Danah Boyd‘s posts on Facebook and controlling ones public appearance. I’m pretty wary of Facebook for a variety of reasons, but retain a curiosity about the impact it is having and might yet have.
But by coincidence I then turned to today’s Canberra Times, which, bless its cotton socks, has a front page story about the Australian soldier who was killed in Afghanistan, using a photograph and information from his private Facebook profile… I’d be interested to know how they got into his account – I guess they wooed one of his friends, maybe persuaded them it was respectful to show the public a glimpse of his personal side? I really dislike the way the media handles personal tragedy these days.
