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This is essentially one person's long rant about why they don't like Facebook (especially the "Poke" feature!). I think some of the anger is misdirected; if you
by ryanwaggoner 17y ago
This is essentially one person's long rant about why they don't like Facebook (especially the "Poke" feature!). I think some of the anger is misdirected; if you don't want your worlds colliding, don't add some people as friends. How hard is that? Or just don't use it.
Lighten up, man. It's a website, not a government or a religion or a philosophy. It's a fucking website.
- JamieEi 17y agoI kind of liked it. He makes some good points about why Facebook might not be the be-all, end-all of social networking. I found the historical comparisons to AOL informative since I never spent much time inside the garden. Also, it seems a little disingenuous to say that Facebook is just a website. There are a lot of blog posts and a lot of valuation arguing that they are going to be a huge, profitable business for a long time to come. If you want a broader philosophical issue, think about the trend towards semi-open systems in tech today. Facebook has apps and Connect, but they keep a pretty tight hold on user's data. Apple has an app store for the iPhone, but, well, they're Apple. Speculation/rants on how all of this will turn out is interesting to me.