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I 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 AO
by JamieEi 17y ago
I 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.