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Most of this is just a guy complaining becuse he can't adapt to the new world.

by onewaystreet 11y ago

rvense 11y ago
Which is completely justified when the old world was better.
- onewaystreet 11y ago
  > old world was better For him.
  - wanda 11y ago
    I would not say that he is alone in his preference for this 'old world' and I would say that he certainly shouldn't be alone in preferring the 'old world'.
amirmansour 11y ago
I'm not sure we read the same article. I think you missed the larger point he made. He has no trouble adapting, he explained just how he himself uses Facebook. The point of the article were concerns regarding the implications of the rise stream-style activities of the web.
Sven7 11y ago
I agree. Donald Trump is showing us you don't need a donaldtrump.com to get elected. But it doesn't look like you can be (or become) a public figure anywhere in the world anymore without facebook, twitter etc.
- gkop 11y ago
  He does have the version with his middle initial "J": https://www.donaldjtrump.com https://www.donaldjtrump.com
TeMPOraL 11y ago
Every improvement is a change, but not every change is an improvement.
- AstroJetson 11y ago
  Many people thought AOL was the internet for years, and now the new generation thinks Facebook is the internet. Change is constant, but it's sad when it becomes a circle.
danielhunt 11y ago
I don't agree with you, but you shouldn't be downvoted for a comment like this. I can understand why this perception could be read into his post, but I think the much stronger argument here is that the web he sees now, after his release, is not a web at all - it's 3-4 massive nodes that are connected only because they use the same pipes
- Dylan16807 11y ago
  >I don't agree with you, but you shouldn't be downvoted for a comment like this. If onewaystreet had said "guy complaining about kids these days" then sure, shouldn't downvote for opinion. But "because he can't adapt" is not what the article's about. As far as I can tell, that dismissal is factually wrong. So a downvote is okay.
- yoz-y 11y ago
  I don't think that this is true in absolute numbers. There are quite simply more people on the Internet and the new ones prefer silos and services that play nicely on mobile.
prebrov 11y ago
Whether author's "whining" is justified or not, his outlook is valuable because the break gave him a perspective that we lack while living in and through the change. I can imagine a person who went to jail before the rise of NSDAP and got out into the Nazi Germany could be horrified by the new world. All the while everybody around them is happy with the change because the world got clearer, simpler and with a lot fewer annoyances like freedom of speech and all the confusion it causes. Dismissing such an observer as an outcast who just doesn't get The Brave New World would be easy, convenient and very unwise.
- prebrov 11y ago
  To make it clear, I'm not comparing Facebook to NSDAP, merely commenting on the value of non-participant's observations.

Most of this is just a guy complaining becuse he can't adapt to the new world.

rvense 11y ago

Which is completely justified when the old world was better.

onewaystreet 11y ago
> old world was better For him.
- wanda 11y ago
  I would not say that he is alone in his preference for this 'old world' and I would say that he certainly shouldn't be alone in preferring the 'old world'.

amirmansour 11y ago

I'm not sure we read the same article. I think you missed the larger point he made. He has no trouble adapting, he explained just how he himself uses Facebook. The point of the article were concerns regarding the implications of the rise stream-style activities of the web.

Sven7 11y ago

I agree. Donald Trump is showing us you don't need a donaldtrump.com to get elected. But it doesn't look like you can be (or become) a public figure anywhere in the world anymore without facebook, twitter etc.

gkop 11y ago
He does have the version with his middle initial "J": https://www.donaldjtrump.com https://www.donaldjtrump.com

TeMPOraL 11y ago

Every improvement is a change, but not every change is an improvement.

AstroJetson 11y ago
Many people thought AOL was the internet for years, and now the new generation thinks Facebook is the internet. Change is constant, but it's sad when it becomes a circle.

danielhunt 11y ago

I don't agree with you, but you shouldn't be downvoted for a comment like this. I can understand why this perception could be read into his post, but I think the much stronger argument here is that the web he sees now, after his release, is not a web at all - it's 3-4 massive nodes that are connected only because they use the same pipes

Dylan16807 11y ago
>I don't agree with you, but you shouldn't be downvoted for a comment like this. If onewaystreet had said "guy complaining about kids these days" then sure, shouldn't downvote for opinion. But "because he can't adapt" is not what the article's about. As far as I can tell, that dismissal is factually wrong. So a downvote is okay.
yoz-y 11y ago
I don't think that this is true in absolute numbers. There are quite simply more people on the Internet and the new ones prefer silos and services that play nicely on mobile.

prebrov 11y ago

Whether author's "whining" is justified or not, his outlook is valuable because the break gave him a perspective that we lack while living in and through the change. I can imagine a person who went to jail before the rise of NSDAP and got out into the Nazi Germany could be horrified by the new world. All the while everybody around them is happy with the change because the world got clearer, simpler and with a lot fewer annoyances like freedom of speech and all the confusion it causes. Dismissing such an observer as an outcast who just doesn't get The Brave New World would be easy, convenient and very unwise.

prebrov 11y ago
To make it clear, I'm not comparing Facebook to NSDAP, merely commenting on the value of non-participant's observations.