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It bugs me that people's justifiable criticisms of Facebook lead to tarnishing the whole concept of "social networks". Based on the studies the author cites, t
by jdp23 11y ago
It bugs me that people's justifiable criticisms of Facebook lead to tarnishing the whole concept of "social networks".
Based on the studies the author cites, the title of this article should be "Facebook is bad for you". But what about other social networks that don't focus on exploiting their users and manipulating them to addictive activity? (Dreamwidth is one that leaps to mind.) I'd bet dollars to donuts that the dynamics are very different in those environments.
- austenallred 11y agoI don't agree with all of the article, but I'd argue Twitter, Instsgram, Reddit and HackerNews follow the critical aspects of that dynamic.
- kedean 11y agoI disagree. Instagram, yes, as it's pretty much a facebook addon these days, but: - Twitter is generally a way for people to follow famous/semi-famous people nowadays. Most people don't go there for their friends. If they follow someone, it's because they WANT to see what they have to see. There is little pressure to 'follow' someone back, like there is with Facebook friends. - Reddit is semi-anonymous. The running joke is that you never want anyone in real life to know your reddit username. It's all about sharing, but it does not have the same kind of "dredge up the past" issue. - HN falls in with Reddit. I know few people who use HN, and those that do I don't communicate with on it. Hell, most people don't even pay attention to usernames unless it's someone well known like tptacek.