Comments on: Mixing Facebook Privacy and Asperger’s Paranoia http://www.gilyehuda.com/2010/06/07/facebook-privacy-aspergers/ A blog about collaboration, trust, open source, workplace, and community behaviors. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Lizzie Hogan http://www.gilyehuda.com/2010/06/07/facebook-privacy-aspergers/comment-page-1/#comment-6318 Lizzie Hogan Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:50:18 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=1115#comment-6318 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @gyehuda: Mixing Facebook Privacy and Asperger's Paranoia http://t.co/nUeyyb8Q</span></span> RT @gyehuda: Mixing Facebook Privacy and Asperger's Paranoia http://t.co/nUeyyb8Q

]]> By: Gil Yehuda http://www.gilyehuda.com/2010/06/07/facebook-privacy-aspergers/comment-page-1/#comment-6028 Gil Yehuda Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:07:40 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=1115#comment-6028 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">This post on Quora http://is.gd/U6e1Y7 reminded me of my post here http://is.gd/PQ0T7p regarding online feuds and Asperger syndrome</span></span> This post on Quora http://is.gd/U6e1Y7 reminded me of my post here http://is.gd/PQ0T7p regarding online feuds and Asperger syndrome

]]> By: Gil Yehuda http://www.gilyehuda.com/2010/06/07/facebook-privacy-aspergers/comment-page-1/#comment-5950 Gil Yehuda Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:44:06 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=1115#comment-5950 I see this as a two-pronged issue. On the one hand there is Facebook's privacy setting -- which as you say is complex, but kinda has to be. They have room to improve here. But the issue I'm raising here is really less about Facebook and more about people's expectations. Someone with real issues relating to social skills -- especially someone with a medical condition in this area -- will likely have similar challenges in the virtual society. Many people act exactly like themselves online -- and thus the behavioral patterns are the same. So to the extent that a virtual society is realistic, it's going to be realistic. Some virtual societies are designed to allow people to act very differently and adopt very different personalities -- this might be helpful as an educational method to help those with social skills issues, but only under some supervision. Bottom line -- Facebook did not solve my friend's son's social problems, and her expectation that this might be a better way for her son so socialize backfired. I don't blame Facebook per se, but I think it's important to get our thinking straight so that we can help those who need our help and avoid a setup for failure for these vulnerable members of our society. I see this as a two-pronged issue. On the one hand there is Facebook’s privacy setting — which as you say is complex, but kinda has to be. They have room to improve here. But the issue I’m raising here is really less about Facebook and more about people’s expectations. Someone with real issues relating to social skills — especially someone with a medical condition in this area — will likely have similar challenges in the virtual society. Many people act exactly like themselves online — and thus the behavioral patterns are the same. So to the extent that a virtual society is realistic, it’s going to be realistic. Some virtual societies are designed to allow people to act very differently and adopt very different personalities — this might be helpful as an educational method to help those with social skills issues, but only under some supervision.

Bottom line — Facebook did not solve my friend’s son’s social problems, and her expectation that this might be a better way for her son so socialize backfired. I don’t blame Facebook per se, but I think it’s important to get our thinking straight so that we can help those who need our help and avoid a setup for failure for these vulnerable members of our society.

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