Reading people like an open Facebook

It never ceases to amaze me how seldom people seem to put any thought into how they use a new technology solution, or how open it may be to abuse of one kind or another; Take for example the current craze that is sweeping the globe, the phenomenon known as Facebook.

I, for one, have not heard so many people talking about a single specific subject since the dark days of the early part of the new millennium, when try as you might, every single conversation eventually wound its way around to the goings on of 12 boring individuals whose most exciting moment was when one defecated in the garden on live TV. Okay, so Facebook is somewhat more useful than Ferdie, Bad Brad and the rest of the Big Brother crew ever were, but the principle remains the same - one of the first questions you get asked at social gatherings these days is: “Are you on Facebook?”