Is it time to leave Facebook?

Facebook has gotten big.  Really big.  And in its quest for world domination, it has stepped on toes.  It has stepped on the toes of its users, stepped on the toes of its partners, and stepped on the toes of its supporters.   It has repeatedly made decisions ONLY in the interest of Facebook.

I’m a bit biased, because I am an Open Web supporter.  I believe in open vs. closed.  I think that working together we can do more than working apart.

I have been feeling this for a while now.  The moves that Facebook has increasingly been making aren’t in the best interest of the web, and they are not in the best interest of its users (who they have  A LOT of information on).   I have tweeted about it a few times, but mostly just been watching the growing backlash.

Last night I got the weekly Jason Calacanis newsletter. Sign up HERE . He has never been afraid to mince words, or pull punches, and he has put together a report on FB that should bother anyone who has given Facebook all of their information (like you).

The most scathing piece is from Gizmodo “The Top Ten Reasons You Should Leave Facebook”

The other important articles (from http://www.calacanis.com)

A look at last week’s headlines shows the trend:

Facebook’s Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline

Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook
http://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook

Yet another Facebook privacy risk: emails Facebook sends leak user IP address
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/07/yet-another-privacy.html

A Stunning Infographic on Facebook’s scary privacy evolution
http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

Facebook’s “Posts By Everyone” Feature: Do People Realize They’re
Sharing To The World?
http://selnd.com/96avG4

Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative | Epicenter |
Wired.com
http://bit.ly/aoNxf0

Senators Call Out Facebook On ‘Instant Personalization’, Other Privacy Issues
http://tcrn.ch/907D27

Facebook’s email days: “I’m CEO bith@#$%!”
http://bit.ly/ba5wRY

Facebook’s new features secretly add apps to your profile
http://bit.ly/bHXpH5

The Day Facebook Stole My Page
http://bit.ly/ar4A4As

Facebook is Dying – Social is Not
http://bit.ly/atwbzX

Facebook’s “Evil Interfaces” | Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://bit.ly/9ww6g3

One more:  How Facebook was Founded

So is it time?  I’m not sure, but I am almost there.

Your personal brand tool kit

Here is the second in the series for Tulsa Examiner on developing your personal brand.  We start to get into the tools you will need to build your personal brand.  Click Here for Article

What is your personal brand?

I’m writing some “how to” tips on developing your personal brand for the Tulsa Examiner.  Here is the first one: CLICK HERE

Is social media right for your business?

Here is a quick article I posted over on Topicology:

Many people don’t know if or how to jump into the social media space – or even if they need to.  Here are some tips CLICK HERE

A History of Christian Haircuts

Throughout history, much has been made over theological and political discussions in the church.  Honestly, I haven’t paid a great deal of attention because I was on the outskirts,  but as many of you know – I am starting to move to the inside.  So I want to fit in.  This required an all out, detailed search of great preachers in history and how I could better mold myself to be the best I can be.  Here is what I found.

1980’s

This was the era of the republicans. Ronald Reagan.  Power Suits.  Conservatives were on a mission to restore substance and values.  It was also the era of big hair. And power ties.

Then came the 1990s.  Grunge.  Alladin.  Everything I do, I do it for you. The bodyguard.  The Macarena.  The 90s was all about change.  Breaking free from the Man.  It was like the happy, freewheeling 70s without the happy.   In churches however, there was not much fundamental hair changing happening.  This was disappointing to many in the church.

After that was the new millennium, and with it, new hair.  Joel Osteen, who does everything bigger and better, leads us off, hairwise:

He proved hair was not bound by the constraints of our forefathers.  God wants us to have large hair!

Honestly though, Joel is tough to compete with.  This caused some other evangelicals to give up the hair battle all together.  Here is Bishop T.D. Jakes powerfully making a statement and saying “I have more important things to do in the morning then my hair”

So, here we are today.  The question still remains, What is the best christian haircut?  Should it be missional? Attractional? (there isn’t much that can make me attractive, so if hair helps, I’m there).

Now we are talking…

This is the new face (hair) of what is NOW (This is Mark Driscoll and Jud Wilhite).  So this is new hipness.

Is this more missional? Or more attractional?