Danah Boyd, who studies social networking against the backdrop of sociological theory for Microsoft Research, gave Google Buzz and Facebook the dreaded FAIL designation at the SXSW show in Austin, Texas March 13. Boyd said Buzz, a social networking stream that leverages contacts in users Google Gmail accounts to spur conversations among friends and strangers alike, erred by displaying Gmail contacts by default on users’ Google profiles. Facebook, Boyd said, provided another FAIL on the privacy front when it refreshed its social network with a number of privacy-related changes.
– A Microsoft researcher called out Google and Facebook for
their recent privacy snafus, criticizing the Internet companies for taking
liberties with users’ personal information for new product launches.
Danah Boyd, who studies social networking against the backdrop
of sociological theory for Micr…