Critical Mass

Being the good college students that we are, and likely either procrastinating during the first weeks of classes or waiting for school start, many of you, like me, probably noticed some interesting things over Facebook this morning. They have instituted a new 'layout' including 'feeds' which constantly update with what all your friends are up: who they’ve friended, whose wall they’ve posted on, what groups they’ve joined, what parts of their profile they’ve edited, etc. And you, like almost every other user of the site, probably found this to be extremely creepy. The first word to came to my mind was "stalker." And the new tools are perfectly suited for such hobbies. Sure, stalking was always possible via facebook; but it used to require effort and you could still rest assured that the proper privacy settings would hide even the existence of your account from anyone who was not your friend. Now, though, stalking isn't only made easier, it is practically encouraged!

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