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Going public!

A recent Time Magazine cover article praised Twitter’s “game changing” nature – touting the brilliance of its simplicity, and the ecosystem built around it. It described a “home depot” of ways outsiders tweak the way tweets are created, reviewed and leveraged for a variety of purposes.

Another Time article, on facebook, discussed how divorce lawyers mine Social Media for personal information. When Susie shares on facebook that Bob bought her a necklace, Bob’s wife’s lawyer uses it in court. Or if his wife claims she can not work to increase her case for alimony, Bob’s lawyer uses Jane’s discussions on LinkedIn with potential employers.

The real news here isn’t technology, it’s the behavior of people. This may be an endless chicken and egg discussion, but it’s clear people are exercising less caution about sharing things – in writing – publicly. Facts previously hidden are coming to light more often.

In general, I find this to be a good thing. Our founding fathers established a balance of power which includes a Judicial branch – our legal system – for the sake of justice. The unveiling of facts, the sharing of secrets, enables justice to triumph, where, otherwise, the more savvy lawyer has carried the day – truth and facts be damned.

Will the growth of Social Media result in more truth? Can we handle the truth?

GoHuman.com’s advanced reputation model is designed to both catch and grow this wave, on our way to a more transparent, and therefore more effective, not to mention fair, marketplace.

Are you ready for transparency?

Are you ready for transparency?

wade This entry was posted by Wade Fransson on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 4:54 PM

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  • http://glaciergruff.com Gruffy

    1) I despise a government that is so distrustful of it’s constituency that it is willing to stoop to this. There is little or NO difference between this and being robbed or molested.
    2) The Muslims are cracking up at the billions this nation has wasted in pure paranoia. They long since changed targets. The whole idea is to get a narcissistic, paranoid population to cashier their wealth defending themselves from these bogeymen that the Muslims create just for that purpose.

    “By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.” -Albert Camus

  • http://gohuman.com wade

    Glacier,

    Thanks for your response, which seems directed more at the image than the blog. I selected the picture to highlight the fear, the exploitation of which you’ve accurately labeled as horrifying. The blog itself speaks more to the middle ground. Citizens who have little to hide are those most likely to produce a government of responsibility and balance.

  • http://glaciergruff.com/ Gruffy

    1) I despise a government that is so distrustful of it's constituency that it is willing to stoop to this. There is little or NO difference between this and being robbed or molested.
    2) The Muslims are cracking up at the billions this nation has wasted in pure paranoia. They long since changed targets. The whole idea is to get a narcissistic, paranoid population to cashier their wealth defending themselves from these bogeymen that the Muslims create just for that purpose.

    “By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.” -Albert Camus