Last week at \u00c5bo Akademi University, I listened to Volker Eisenlauer<\/i>\u2019s views on Facebook’s automated updates. The service adds updates under your name to the timelines of your friends\u2014but you yourself can’t see these updates. Eisenlauer gave an example: Catelyn\u2019s husband dies in an accident. When she later changes her marital status on Facebook, an automatic message, “Catelyn is now single”, appears on Mike\u2019s wall. Mike interprets this to mean that Catelyn now wants to date, and he clicks \u201dlike\u201d. This example illustrates how a message\u2019s automatic wording and placement in a new context changes how it’s interpreted. Similar updates from Facebook’s location service may indicate not only your location but the whereabouts of the people you’re with, again without their knowledge. Other unpleasant surprises:if you’ve ever liked a company, Facebook’s “social advertising” can attach your name to an ad for its product without asking you. If you’ve liked a store’s page, your name can appear in ads for TVs or appliances the store is selling. Such ads may persist for years, even after your death. According to Eisenlauer, this reduction of the user\u2019s control over his own writings and profile means that we need special Facebook literacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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