When college-oriented social networking site Facebook launched new features earlier this week, users weren't too thrilled. More specifically, a "news feed" that provides users a log of exactly what's going on with the denizens of their friends list--new photos, changes to relationship status, rejected party invitations, etc.--was denounced as invasive and "stalker-ish." Members joined newly formed protest groups in earnest, and rumors of some sort of "National Don't-Log-Onto-Facebook.com Day" began to swirl.- CNET for more
Facebook users have always felt a little more sheltered than those on Myspace because of the need for a .EDU address, but this may simply be their own mental gymnastics... The fact is when you post personal information, news feed or not, it's out there, and it's not just your friends who are looking at it. Identity theft is only one layer of the problem...
More depth from The New York Times.
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