Never Give Yourself a Haircut!

If you’ve ever tried to  give yourself a haircut you know that the more you fiddle with it, the worse it gets.  When my 7 year old son decided he wanted to part his hair on the side for his school pictures, it didn’t matter that his hair was only a half an inch long.  Being a clever boy he is, he decided to make it “appear” like he had a part, by skillfully shaving a small triangle out of his hairline on his left side..  That was the morning of school pictures giving him our family a permanent record to ensure the story doesn’t change through the years.  This year, he turns 30.  To this day, that remains the first and only haircut he’s given himself.  He’s a fast learner too

Why am I sharing this story?  It came to mind this morning when I read an article from Washington Post’s Fast Forward columnist, Rob Pegoraor.  He wrote an excellent article on how Facebook’s continuously evolving privacy policies (small snips here and there) is causing many users to flea.  In his article “Facebook Meets the “unlike” Button” he lists three alarming changes Facebook has made effecting EVERY user.  Read his article to learn more.  For a quick and alarming visual on what that means to you and me, check out the flash graphic which shows visually the changes from year to year.

I’m guessing but I’d be willing to bet that none of the leadership of Facebook have a second grade photo of parted hair on the left.  If they did they would have learned long ago to stop fiddling with a good thing.