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I don't really see what the big deal is.

I'm going to leave it enabled. I'm aware that it's public, and I'll just make sure to treat it as such. It seems unlikely that I'll publish any content other than syndicating my Twitter feed (much like LinkedIn), and all of that information is public already.

My life on the web is open to everyone, and that paradigm isn't going anywhere.

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My life on the web is open to everyone, and that paradigm isn't going anywhere.

I think the problem that most people are having is that Google is blurring the line between our lives on the web and our lives in our inboxes. Specifically, it seems that auto-follow is particularly offensive because who we frequently email might not be who we want to include in our social networking sites.

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