Protesting Facebook: If you stand, stand. If you sit, sit. But don’t wobble!
Zen Master Ummon had some sage advice. If you’re going to commit to anything, give it your all.
I’ve been watching with great amusement the Facebook Protest that is supposed to convince Mark Zuckerberg to give us our privacy back. The protesters plan to avoid logging into Facebook on June 6th, 2010.
What happens on June 7th? I guess they all log back in again.
What effect is this supposed to have? Beats me.
In fact, I think it sends a pretty clear message contrary to what they intend: It doesn’t matter how bad Facebook privacy gets and how angry it makes them, they’ll still come back.
If you’re looking for a cause that doesn’t wobble, check out the guys who are quitting Facebook on May 31st, 2010. And if you’re aware of anyone else who is taking swift, definitive action to send Facebook the message that we’re mad and we’re not going to take it anymore, please leave a comment so the rest of us can stand (or sit) with them, too.