I often find myself scratching my head as I try to take a position on something.  Take airport security for example.  Now I have not had the pleasure of a beautiful security guard palm me in a pat down, (but it might happen one day,, haha) but we have all seen stories on the news about people being compromised on their way to their next flight by means of an X-ray or wandering hand.  Much like the concept of what a market will bear, I think a certain threshold will be found where people will only tolerate so much before they back off on air travel and cash strapped airports and airlines will adjust.

So yesterday I saw a flurry of postings on Face Book about security settings and how we should all forward back and forth to our network in a dizzying matrix of collective head nodding, our dissatisfaction for Face Book's new ability, effective today, to have more access to our content on our personal profiles.

Here is my question.  (I pose the question because I don't really quite know what to think just yet).  Would you be willing to jump ship and get on board with a new platform of social media if you feel Face Book goes too far?

My guess is the folks at FB have thought this one out pretty well.  Face Book has become an integral part of daily living for many.  Arguably the connected majority.  It's an easy position for them to take.  Access info from half a billion people and use it to make more money.  Simple I suppose.  Now before we all sit up and blurt out whoa whoa whoa!!  Let's think about this for a sec.  Why should we let this bother us?  FB isn't a right.  It's a choice.  We are effectively offering our personal information in exchange for a free service.  If we paid for Face Book, then hey, I'd be the first one first one waiving my finger with my other hand on my hip saying " no you don't Mister!"

I think what it all boils down to, is weighing out the pro's and cons of  connecting with the masses. We will have to collectively decide if we want to continue communicating and staying connected in the way we have become accustomed to in exchange for the release of some personal information.  If we feel we do not want the compromise we will back off as in the analogy of airline travel.  I see this sort of imposition as an opportunity for innovative thinkers to create a new tailor made networking platform.  I guess we'll have to wait and see.