the lovely folks at jossip posted about yet another "do it yourself" major at nyu via the new york times.

Those who study social networking sites say that users’ comfort with revealing
intimate details about themselves comes in part from a perception that in the
din of life online, there is a kind of privacy through anonymity ...
“The
issue isn’t transparency but scope,” said Clay Shirky, who teaches in the
interactive telecommunications program at New York University. “People are
willing to be transparent to friends, as long as they are in control. Facebook
violated both of those conditions.”

Those who study social networking sites say that users’ comfort with revealing intimate details about themselves comes in part from a perception that in the din of life online, there is a kind of privacy through anonymity ...