Here in Portugal, there's actually a law that says every company MUST have all employee salaries posted up for at least one week per year. I have worked in over 10 different companies and guess how many comply with this law: none! I seriously do not see what the issue is, what do I care if someone else knows my salary? Only two things can happen, either I'm not earning that well and I'm ashamed of it, or I'm doing pretty good and I'm proud of it... So what? Either way, making it public would probably be a good thing. If I'm not earning enough, maybe someone would notice and do something about it, If I earned just the right amount (if that exists), there would be no problem, and if I earned a bunch load, I better be doing a pretty damn job or I do not deserve it. The main people who do not want you to see their salaries (or of anyone else) are always the directors, simple because they know how unfair things would seem. So again, as in almost everything: The people with the most power are the ones most afraid of "secrets" getting out.
I really don't see this happening for Google. They're claiming 10 million people signed up in the first hours... Well yeah! So did I, just to check it out. Then I never went back. What kind of statistic is that? And it's their third time around, before buzz didn't they buy orkut and give that a go? It was big in Brasil, and that's about it.
Also, how much more information are we willing to supply to people who may very well be forced to turn it all over to the government over some silly legal dispute in the future? In case you haven't noticed, things are getting pretty scary lately (all over the world). Countries are rioting, debts are getting worse, taxes are raising like never before... It's all about control, as is Facebook and also Google. Information is power. What the world needs if some kind of social network that will actually incentive people to go out and socialize instead of staying at home glued to the computer.
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Here in Portugal, there's actually a law that says every company MUST have all employee salaries posted up for at least one week per year. I have worked in over 10 different companies and guess how many comply with this law: none! I seriously do not see what the issue is, what do I care if someone else knows my salary? Only two things can happen, either I'm not earning that well and I'm ashamed of it, or I'm doing pretty good and I'm proud of it... So what? Either way, making it public would probably be a good thing. If I'm not earning enough, maybe someone would notice and do something about it, If I earned just the right amount (if that exists), there would be no problem, and if I earned a bunch load, I better be doing a pretty damn job or I do not deserve it. The main people who do not want you to see their salaries (or of anyone else) are always the directors, simple because they know how unfair things would seem. So again, as in almost everything: The people with the most power are the ones most afraid of "secrets" getting out.
I really don't see this happening for Google. They're claiming 10 million people signed up in the first hours... Well yeah! So did I, just to check it out. Then I never went back. What kind of statistic is that? And it's their third time around, before buzz didn't they buy orkut and give that a go? It was big in Brasil, and that's about it.
Also, how much more information are we willing to supply to people who may very well be forced to turn it all over to the government over some silly legal dispute in the future? In case you haven't noticed, things are getting pretty scary lately (all over the world). Countries are rioting, debts are getting worse, taxes are raising like never before... It's all about control, as is Facebook and also Google. Information is power. What the world needs if some kind of social network that will actually incentive people to go out and socialize instead of staying at home glued to the computer.