I have the feeling that for some folks, this will be the year they want to be a lot less social, at least in terms of their online lives. Why, you ask? Well, given that every week we find out that (duh) everything we do is seen and pored over in detail by people we probably wouldn’t want in our homes or anywhere close to them and some of those sites we’re so enamored of are full of security holes big enough to float a battleship though. Add in the no-fault ever changeable terms of service that get people raging when they fund out they’re suddenly part of a corporation’s ad campaign and a few other stupid things straight out of a bad sci-fi novel and yup, I can see some deciding basta es basta when it comes to an online presence they no longer have complete control of… 

Fight the power, I say. Or at least kick it in the groin once in a while. The revolution has been a long time coming and will indeed be televised, but probably tweeted about a hell of a lot more just because old habits die hard among some of you out there. Of course, I’m probably wrong, as the internet as made assorted stages of narcissism so damned classy these days that if you’re not an ass in public at some point you’re doing something wrong in certain circles. Me, I try an avoid that particular pitfall (or is it pratfall?), but I’d bet there’s something out there that makes me some sort of moving target… Oh, the horror… the horror. Meh, whatever – I’m too old to worry about that stuff, but I’d prefer at least knowing I can opt out of stuff and not worry that some corporate clown didn’t get the message. In terms of anything else, sometimes the best defense is to shut the hell up BEFORE you stick that foot in your mouth and swallow, right?