What made the Harvard Connection idea and Facebook so similar is the idea of exclusivity. In order to create a Facebook account, initially, one needed a Harvard.edu e-mail address. Although this feature does not allow many people to use the website, it created more of a real life social circle feel. Exclusivity would make the site more popular; it would also enhance the idea that your info would remain in a closed system. Privacy online is important; people want to have control over what they put on the web.
According to the article Trending: The Promises and Challenges of Big Social Data by Lev Manovich, with the rise of social networking and public data, people are able to see and comment on images, videos, and read blogs posts and tweets without asking for anyone's permission. Facebook's exclusivity allows for somewhat more privacy in a very public, big data online world.
According to the article Trending: The Promises and Challenges of Big Social Data by Lev Manovich, with the rise of social networking and public data, people are able to see and comment on images, videos, and read blogs posts and tweets without asking for anyone's permission. Facebook's exclusivity allows for somewhat more privacy in a very public, big data online world.
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