I just don’t like social networks. Facebook has come out with it’s latest privacy invasion feature. Facebook Places, it lets you update your exact GPS position. And of course it’s confusing to disable, and they automatically allow your friends to check you into a place. This is horrible, stupid, and business as usual for Facebook. But my problem with social networks is simpler than this.

Ninety percent of what is posted on Facebook, Twitter and I suppose Google Buzz (I don’t know what happens there, because I’ve never used it and I know of no one who does) is complete pointless crap. I don’t care that “your weekend went to fast” or that “i’m so glad it’s friday” or an update about some dumbass game whose only purpose is to milk money out of you. I do use Facebook, and Twitter. But about all I post on Facebook is links to things I find interesting, and Twitter I mostly use to follow some celebrities I’m fans of, and they usually post interesting tidbits/behind the scenes pictures.

The one thing that amazes me about Facebook is that people who never used myspace, or really much of the internet at all, have signed up for Facebook accounts. These are the people who go to Google and type in Facebook to find it. That just astonishes me, and scares me, because they’re the ones who have no clue how much of their information is being spread over the web.