Do social network users care about privacy? Yes, according to New York Times writer Nick Bilton, who recently praised Google+ not only because it allows you to choose who you share posts with, but because the default is to share with no one, so users must consciously choose to share what they say. READ MORE
This is a real question. Bill Keller’s column in The New Times Magazine posed the question whether sites like Twitter and Facebook, taking so much of our time, could be making us dumber, in a sense. The response to that can be seen in Nick Bilton’s The New Times bit where he offers a few answers: “If I only followed funny cats that speak with poor grammar, I’d be on my way to a vapid state of mind in no time. But I don’t. I follow dozens of news outlets and writers; I follow chefs, neuroscientists and the president of the United States.” READ MORE
