Re:"Stalking is supposed to be hard" (Score 1)

this took it from the equivalent of putting something funny on your dorm room to announcing it on a billboard

hardly.

to use your analogy, it's more like taking something funny you put on the door of your dorm room and moving it to a bulletin board in the lobby. assuming, like most dorms, you need a key to even get into the building, visibility is still limited to everyone in the dorm. nothing has changed there. the only difference is in prominence; people can see it as they walk into the building without having to walk past everyone's individual door.

in the case of facebook, access to the information is the same as it always was: any of your friends may view the information. the only difference is in prominence; people can see it as they log into the site without having to browse to everyone's individual profile.