Do we REALLY want privacy?

Do Social networking sites, the Internet, and text messaging enable intimacy? Technology anthropologist Stefana Broadbent debates that these e-business initiatives do enable intimacy. They allow for people to connect at any place and time. She completely disagrees that schools and workplace ban the use texting and Facebook"ing". She states that these should be accessible as they break down the divide of work and personal life that was created during the Industrial Revolution.

These E-business venture(Facebook and texting), have exploded as people have MANY contacts on their phones but only on average of 80% only contact 4 people, and Facebook the average friends is 120, but only contact about 6. The need for friends on your list has added to the rapid spread of social networking, and texting.These sites and services allow for people to more easily contact the core group, creating a closer tie to them.

To argue with Stefana Broadbent, the question of do we want this divide to be broken down is questioned. Yes, these sites and applications allow us to better contact our friends and family at any time of the day which is nice, but does everyone want this?
Researchers from the University of Guelph studied the details of Facebook creating jealousy and suspicion in sexual and romantic relationships, (http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2009/02/post_176.html). This study states that because Facebook allows for information to be accessible, and people to be contacted at any time creates issues. Although, regardless these aspects do not stump the growth of social networking. In this case we can become closer to the core group, but also to people we would not usually contact on a regular basis (this being good or bad).

Below is the Link for the ted video. The divide is up for debate, do we fight to keep it, or allow to be contacted at any place or time!

If the average amount of youth text messages is 80 a day, it is more believable that privacy is not what everyone really wants.
http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/child-health/average-teen-output-eighty-text-messages-day-3194.html