Some people wonder, “Why do you say anything about Facebook privacy?” “You work in Social Media, is it appropriate for you to question?”

To be honest, most of our community has regrettably been stone silent on the issue. There’s a few reasons why I speak.

1) It’s the right thing to do

2) The actions of Facebook has the serious potential, after listening to experts I trust and merging that with my experience, to put the brakes on all kinds of social media long-term if people (or users) aren’t respected.

3) Allowing FB to get away with this and own the ecosystem hurts the whole concept of the open web and limits the potential of what social media can actually do.