Social Networking

I first looked at MySpace about 2 years ago primarily because a lot of bands had MySpace URL's. I found that the site was incredibly convoluted and nearly impossible to navigate. I've recently had another look to see if there have been any significant changes - guess what? I still don't like it.

I have just recently done a bit of reading in relation to Facebook. Whilst I recoginise that these sites are not going to go away anytime soon, and I can even see the value of Academic Institutions, Businesses and Social Groups using Facebook for advertising, promotional and general communication with their client base, I don't see any value in me having a facebook account. I value my privacy and while they appear to be relatively secure and you have sites such as the Australian Communication and Media Authority detailing how to stay safe online, the ultimate way to stay safe is don't set up an account.

So with that in mind I will not be setting up a Facebook account. I thought of setting up a false account but that is an abuse of Facebook's terms of use so I'm uncomfortable doing that. So any social networking I will be doing will be done face to face.