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By Tai, May 17, 2010 10:23 pm

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If Facebook offers more privacy options, it makes people feel safer sharing their information, and they would likely share more. Example: I want to share information A to group X but not group Y; I am comfortable with (or even have incentive to) revealing interest B to group T but not group U.

Facebook can then perform data mining on the information, it’s inside Facebook’s great wall anyway.

Privacy can hinder those who want to collect data on Facebook only through information visible to them. But not to those who are willing to pay Facebook for the data mining.

Facebook benefits both way.

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By Tai, May 15, 2010 5:44 pm

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Nassim Taleb and his classic metaphor of a turkey

My extension attempt from it:

A sheep is fed and combed for a 1000 days, every day confirms to his statistical department that the human race cares about his welfare and fur on his body. On the 1001st day, the sheep is shaved.

At least, the sheep is alive. He has hints to determine when they will want lamb meat (e.g. Easter).

Does he?

How does one get to being a sheep from the state of a turkey?

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By Tai, May 12, 2010 10:21 pm

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Evaluating ERP implementation and usage at Harley-Davidson

Nur Shairah Ishak, Tai Tran, Huy Truong

2009

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