Week 10

I finally get a topic that I actually feel like I know the material for beforehand (in spite of my belief at the beginning of the term I had lots of Web 2.0 experience). :)

The debates for this week's readings were really interesting to me, not only because I'm a social networking site fanatic, but also because I generally consider myself a proponent of freedom of access and speech.

While I was not unaware of the downsides of online social networks such as bullying and online predators, I had not realized how much controversy these tools have been causing and was surprised at how this week's readings focused so heavily on these negatives. I still find a little bit strange the idea of relating extensive private and personal information online for the entire world to see.