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Like Robert X. Cringely says in his article “Facebook Puts Your Privacy on Parade”, Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg is having problems with his “privacy policy.” It all begins when Zuckerberg speaks for many at a ceremony saying that “Everyone is okay with their information being viewed by others.” Cringely goes on to talk about Zuckerbergs Social norm policy, meaning you can get away with just about anything in todays world compared to previous years. While talking about it, Cringley mentioned how Zuckerberg put everyones information non private without many knowing, however his was only public for a day. The article also mentions how the majority of the people who don’t care about information being public are those who buy and sell identity. The Privacy issue was a big deal to many but the severity depended on the person. Cringely called Zuckerbergs idea a “beginners mind” as it got him in trouble with 350 million of his users for potentially harming and putting them in risk. Then there was the other half of course, who posted and shared naked pictures and other eye sores to the social media page. Cringely’s part of the article focused more on what the public wanted while Zuckerberg focused more on what could bring him money.
The not so humble author, Robert Cringely was able to state his main purpose well. Cringely showed no mercy as he bashed the Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg for his social norm policy. While Cringley is quick to bash Zuckerberg for what he had to say at the ceremony, Cringely wasn’t quite able to go into depth about such happenings. Additionally, Zuckerberg was quick to speak for the 350 million users to assume that they were upset with the policy. The information however, wasn’t enough explanation for Cringely as he was quick to put Zuckerberg on blast for making his own profile private after having everyone else’s pages open to the world to view. Zuckerberg was able to provide information, a background but a not so solid

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