“The Largest Index Of People That Has Ever Existed”

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Harrison Weber worries about Facebook's new timeline feature:

[F]or the parents who created a profile for their newborn baby (yes, that really happens), the Timeline reflects a paradigm shift in the way our lives are being shared with the rest of the world. Now babies, born with a Facebook account, have a life-long timeline of every major event that happened throughout their lives. Our children will eventually take hold of their accounts when they’re old enough, and continue the Facebook cycle. This major change could safeguard Facebook from ever going the way of Myspace, all while creating a Skynet-like catalog of user information that makes Google look like it really does follow its “don’t be evil” motto.

(Chart from Peter Kafka)