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[yhancik]

that "omfg privacy" thing is silly and totally paranoid, once again.
on the "web 2.0" you share what you want. YOU decide.
where's the privacy issue ?

so yeah, it's easy to know what demographic you're in (it's even the aim, somewhat... to create better connections)
and so what ?
does it harm your freedom ?
as far as i know, you can still read/post/think what you want... in the worst case, the shaddy guys they're seeing behind every web2.0 application want to sell you things... that's all...
stop the paranoia, please

[miglaugh]

I think the worry is that if the population enmasse had a magnifying glass applied to thier lives about 60-80 percent of them would be doing at least something illegal. The way enforncement works in this country it's hard to know where the line is that, when crossed, your ass gets busted. Often the small things are overlooked. When all that stuff is out in the open though, then they can pick and choose who gets in trouble, based on who's creating the most trouble for them.

It's just a slippery slope man.

[lmer]

The point is yhancik that up until now developers managed to collect data using current tech, but this new crap is obviously designed mostly arround that idea of data mining and whatnot.

[JohnyDog]

And i call that bullshit - there is no new tech, web20 is just a buzzword for technologies that has been here for six years at least.

[lmer]

I'm basically transferring this comment from a local website:

Here's an example: You type www.ggmania.com and you get www.gamespot.com just because gamespot paid to be higher order on the net." This is not a joke.

Annother recent mockup; Why didn't the .xxx domain pass? Because US controls the internet and doesn't want UN to have any say in controling the net. And so the majority in the US, the conservatives, voted it out. (Hint: Movie ratings in US versus, say, France)

Don't skip these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
http://www.savetheinternet.com/

// Edit

...but since this is not directly connected to the catchphrase "web 2.0", here's a a few in-depth articles:
http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm06/erm0621.asp?bhcp=1
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html