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A number of high-profile web industry leaders have quit Facebook this week, a turn of events that's sure to heat up conversation about the social network's perceived transgressions. Tonight leading video podcaster Leo Laporte announced that he's closed his Facebook account and made a financial donation in support of Diaspora, a project working to create an alternative social network outside of Facebook's control.
Laporte said he was convinced to make the move by a post written by entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, in which Calacanis called Facebook a "monster" and called for users to throw their support behind OpenID and advocates of distributed social networking as open as the internet. Calacanis to date has not canceled his own Facebook account.
Earlier this week, uber-blogger Peter Rojas, co-founder of Engadget and Gizmodo, announced on Twitter that he has deactivated his Facebook account. "The issue," he said, "is that users should have real control over what is shared, that's all. FB keeps taking that away."
See also: Why Facebook Changed Its Privacy Policy
Last month a number of Google employeesmade high-profile exits from Facebook, though as employees of Facebook's leading competitor their departures are a little more complicated.
A search on Twitter for deactivated Facebook turns up a number of interesting thoughts from other people doing just that, though it's hardly a torrent of quitters in the face of more than 400 million Facebook users.
Deactivating or deleting your Facebook account is a fairly drastic step for a self-promoter to take, and it's not clear where these people were when OpenID and the movement for distributed social networking had their biggest pushes over the last several years. But now the chorus of Facebook critics is getting very loud.
An ideal alternative would probably not be a single replacement social network, but the creation of an interoperable social networking protocol. That way multiple vendors would compete based on quality of service and would keep each other honest, while still allowing users of different services to message and subscribe to each other much like customers of different phone carriers can call each other.
That's many the ideal alternative many people have proposed to a near monopoly over mainstream social networking by Facebook. Of all the biggest 2nd-tier social networks currently online, Google Buzz is most in line with this vision of standards-based interoperability.
We've argued at length for months that Facebook is wrong about privacy. A thorough counter-argument is made on the New York Times today by Elliot Schrage, vice president for public policy at Facebook. Unfortunately, Mr. Schrage continues trying to frame the new changes as increased control for users and everything as opt-in (you chose to use the service, after all!).
Yesterday we posted about Google Suggest suggesting "How do I delete my Facebook account?" when a user began searching for the phrase "how do I," something that could indicate a substantial spike in searches for that query.
Have you deactivated (see Facebook's odd reaction) or deleted your Facebook account? If so, why? Do you think that some high profile users canceling their accounts will have an impact on other users or the company?
Since the HomeGroup feature only works on Windows 7 based PCs, you need to make sure that your Windows XP and Windows 7 PCs are in the same workgroup. To check this, go to 'Control Panel -> System and Security -> System' on the Windows 7 PCs. On the Windows XP PCs, right click on the My Computer shortcut from your Desktop or Start Menu and click Properties.
In the System Properties window, go to the Computer Name tab and check to see the workgroup to which the computer belongs.
If the workgroup is set the same on all computers, everything is fine. If it is not, you need to change it so that it is the same. If you want to change the workgroup on a Windows 7 PC, check out our guide called How to Change the Workgroup in Windows 7. If you want to change it on a Windows XP PC, click on the Change button in the Computer Name tab. In the 'Computer Name Changes' window, type the new workgroup name and click on OK.
You will be then asked to restart your PC. Once this is done, the Windows XP PC will be joining the new workgroup.
In order for sharing to work with your Windows XP computers, your Windows 7 PCs should be using the Home or Work network locations and must have two settings turned on: network discovery and file sharing.
To simplify things, it can be a good idea to turn off password protected sharing for the network location you are currently using. To learn how to change network sharing settings in Windows 7, check out our guide called How to Customize Network Sharing Settings in Windows 7.
To make sure your Windows XP PCs see other computers on the network, you must make sure theComputer Browser service is running. It should be, by default. But, if you don't see other computers, then this service is most probably disabled or stopped. To enable it, right click on the My Computershortcut from your Desktop or Start Menu and click on Manage.
In the Computer Management window, go to 'Services and Applications' and open the Servicessection.
In the list of services, check if the Computer Browser service is started and set to Automatic, as shown in the screenshot below.
If it is not, double click on it, and go to the General tab in the Properties window. There, underStartup type, select Automatic. When done, click on OK.
After you reboot your PC, the service will automatically start and you should be able to see other computers on the network.
The next step is to share files and folders on your network computers. You can do this using the sharing wizard or advanced sharing settings. To learn how to share files in Windows 7, check out our guides on this subject: Share Libraries or Folders Using the Sharing Wizard and Share Libraries or Folders Using Advanced Sharing.
For Windows XP, use the normal sharing procedures.
To access the shared files and folders from the Windows XP computers, go to 'My Computer -> My Network Places -> View workgroup computers'. You should be able to see all the computers which are turned on at that moment.
For Windows 7, open an Windows Explorer window and go to Network. There you will see also the Windows XP computers which are turned on.
If password protected sharing is enabled on the computer you are trying to access, you will be asked to enter a valid user name and password. One thing to watch out for is to first type the name of the computer you are accessing in the username field. This will change the domain to that computer instead of your local one. Then type '\' and a user name defined on the computer you are accessing. Afterwards, type the password, click on OK and you will be able to access all the files and folders shared by that computer.
Making computers with Windows 7 and Windows XP work together in the same network is slightly more difficult. They must be in the same workgroup and have compatible network sharing settings but if you pay a bit of attention it should work fine. If you have some useful networking tips don't hesitate to leave a comment. Also, for more useful information on networking, check out the articles listed below.
