"See Friendship"

I am conflicted with the newest addition to Facebook, "See Friendship." When I first clicked on it between my best friend and I, I thought it was fun to look back on our wall posts, our old photos and the events we both attended. Then I went and searched (guilty) my ex-boyfriend's and I's friendship and it was fun to see the pictures we took, the things we wrote to each other and other information we shared. BUT, I think this could lead to more suspicions and most definitely privacy violations with people. Because, say a girlfriend of this guy "Average Joe" is looking at "Average Joe's" friendships and she comes across his friendship with this other girl. We'll call her "Sexy Sally." Anyways, so the girlfriend is looking at their friendships and sees the flirtatious wall posts, the personal space boundaries crossed in pictures, etc. then the girlfriend is bound to think things and accuse "Average Joe" of cheating on her. Now "Average Joe" is going to have to explain to her that it was a thing in the past and they are just really close still as friends. Nevertheless, this leads to my main point, that this is another example of how our privacy, on the internet is going down the drain.

To add to my point on privacy, on the side bar there was my best friend's name and 5 of my other friend's names with hers to see "their friendships." As I decided to investigate further, I would look at more see friendships and not between me and my friends, but between my friends and my other friends. Going back to what we have discussed numerous times before in class, I realize really how creepy it is that all the information we post on people's walls, all the photos we thought that were erased or disappeared in the depths of the internet, are still there. Again, EVERYTHING IS PERMANENT.

So even after I write this blog, people can search my name and find this blog as well as pictures, information, my friends, my family, my phone number and soon, probably my social security number, my birth certificate, my license AND my fingerprints... Privacy rights are dwindling down, and quite frankly that scares the hell out of me. I think that after realizing how much information I have put down already on the internet since I created my first screen name on AOL aim (remember that!) could almost entirely explain my life to a complete stranger. Now the stalker, creeper or hacker on the internet can not only know about what information I provide, but by pressing "see friendship" on facebook, they can see the relationships I have formed with other people. Gives me the Heebie Jeebies. And I will let you know, after writing this blog, I will be changing my facebook privacy settings to be even more limited to people who want to see my profile and "get to know me" through the internet.

So, what do you think, do you like the "See Friendship" button? Or is it providing too much information to people or your 536 "friends" about yourself and your friends?