February 06, 2009 Opinion » Viewpoint

The Perils of Facebook 

Does Tim Sampson really want to be your friend?

by John Branston
click to enlarge Tim Sampson wants to be your friend.
  • Tim Sampson wants to be your friend.
Sometimes, I scare myself. At the moment, I am blaming it on Facebook. I've always been loath to actually do what most people call "networking," and now I am smack in the middle of a global network of people who tell me what they are doing every day ...

Read Tim Sampson's latest confessional Rant.

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