-Responsibility of Developers --the impact of systems on participants and users --the difference between human-centered and machine-centered systems -Global Issues
Responsibility of Developers The developers are responsible to keep the social network safe as possible for all users and keep all personal details safe from other users. The impact of systems on participants and users is the security participants offer the users. As myspace is a social network it allows everyone in the public to join the website and this also includes people who are not what they say they are as it is 'cyberworls'. The developers of myspace allow users to be public or private. Public accounts are open to everyone on the internet shows the full profile of an individual revealing all informationa and images of them. Private users only show minimal information to the public. A small rezied image of the individual,age,location and gender. No other images or information can be viewed. The difference between human-centered and machine-centered systems within myspace is that the developers are the human-centered systems are usually the participants of myspace. These people interact with the users if they have any quesitions or complains about myspace. They are responsible to help users use the social network and understand the website. Machine-Centered systems are used to reject or account information. An example of this is signing up for the website it can either accept the information provided of reject. The difference between the two is that human-centered systems help users and can also improve the website. Machine centered only control what is inputted for the website.
The developers are not resposible for the false information they collect.
Global Issues Global main issues for myspace include the security of a user and hacking (phishing). Myspace can reveal many information about an individual, and this causes global issues as the security of a user is accessable if the individual reveals too much information. Many reports have cyberbullying within myspace. Causing conflict to arise, as other people can see comments, pictures and information about an individual and people can be offended by what they see. Stalking within myspace can happen, this happens globally as myspace reveals the location and school of an individual.
