“Google TV is a new experience made for television that combines the TV you know and love with the freedom and power of the Internet.” – http://www.google.com/tv/

Pandora recently got a lot more social thanks to their recent partnership with Facebook.  My problem with this move is they have people opted in by default instead of opted out.  I can guarantee you a ton of the people I am connected with on Facebook have no idea they are sharing their musical selections with me by default via Pandora.  I’m Facebook friends with people from church and it is very interesting to see what they listen to and likely didn’t intend to share.  Imagine the Pastor whose congregation finds out he listens to Def Leppard (gasp…me too).   No, nothing scandalous but the fact of the matter is it certainly could be.  Music tastes aren’t always scandalous but they certainly can be very personal.  So you know that Brittany Spears station you’ve been listening to?  Yeah you might want to go ahead and delete that before you’re friends see it.  If you have anything to hide, don’t use the Internet because every turn you make someone is going to be watching and yes they will share your information whether you like it or not so you’d better behave.

Although I dislike Pandora’s decision to opt everyone in by default, I have to say I love seeing what others like listening to.  People for whatever reason don’t like to share information with others so perhaps for this very reason Pandora felt turning on sharing by default was necessary (right or wrong…I say wrong).  I’ll be using Pandora a lot more often now and am already discovering some great new music thanks to those who are now sharing with me…thanks for telling me about the great artists…so nice of you…even though you likely aren’t intending to do so.  Welcome to Facebook’s world…they own whatever you tell/give them and good luck trying to get it back.

What are your thoughts on this?  Is Pandora wrong for doing this?

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