A great article by Kit Eaton of Fast Company titled “Facebook Turns to the Crowd to Monitor the Crowdies” reviews Facebook’s new system (in testing now) that uses its own members as a data-crunching system. According to the group’s motto it exists to “harness the power and intelligence of Facebook users to support us in keeping Facebook a trusted and vibrant community.” For sure this will spark a user privacy debate in the blogosphere. We will be keeping tabs on this one.
Read the full article here: “Facebook Turns to the Crowd to Monitor the Crowdies“