Merry Christmas to You Too! A Response to Anonymous Mail

So tonight I received an anonymous Facebook gift -- The Naughty List -- from either a hater or an admirer of this blog.

Here's the text:

You've made the far-left's extra-naughty list this year, Charles. With all the conservative ideas you've been spreading about the 5-C's, our thought control units have had to work 'round the clock!

Pomona Student On Facebook As A Research Tool

In The New York Times, Pomona student Derrick B. Clifton '11 is quoted talking about his reaction to an ongoing study on Facebook.

Money graf:

“I don’t feel like academic research has a place on a Web site like Facebook.” [Clifton] added that if it was going to happen, professors should ask students’ permission.

The article talks about how social scientists are using Facebook to glean data from us unwittingly!

Yes, this is the same group of educators who have tried to instill to us that no response means no.