Martin Koss – thinking out loud…

I think Jeff Jarvis has written very well about an extremely hot topic – but with a bit of a twist. With so many people, myself included, recently talking at length about privacy – it is interesting to open up discussion about ‘being public’.

While I appreciate and recommend a clear understanding of all privacy options (even though you almost need a masters degree to work out all the 170 privacy settings / combinations on Facebook) I agree that being public is what opens up debate, great conversation and – most of all, transparency among those we choose to connect with.

While privacy is extremely important on varying levels (depending on age, confidentiality issues, for example – we don’t want our children sharing too much about who, what, when and where), how can we encourage conversation or be genuine if we hide everything we do, say, like, recommend (etc).

An excellent debate and I look forward to your book. And love the title “Public Parts”.

Read the full article and more about the upcoming book at

Public Parts « BuzzMachine

“in our current privacy mania we are not talking enough about the value of “publicness“. If we default to private, we risk losing the value of the connections the internet brings“

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