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Brilliant article. The Facebook model of human connection/communication is a largely terrible one, if you think about it. Clicking buttons and games and wall p
by shadowsun7 16y ago
Brilliant article.
The Facebook model of human connection/communication is a largely terrible one, if you think about it. Clicking buttons and games and wall posts aren't a reflection of how the real-world model of communication works - and aside from distracting you on a day-to-day basis, the model replaces some of your most important connections with the illusion of intimacy.
I'd much rather call and set up a lunch-date for the people I truly care about than to follow the trickle of updates on their Facebook profiles for a year. Updates are superficial, and splintered, and distracting.
This may, of course, be personal preference, but consider: the Facebook profiles I know tend to become echo chambers at a rate far higher than that of blogs and personal sites. This rarely - if ever - happens in real life.
- metamemetics 16y ago>Facebook profiles I know tend to become echo chambers at a rate far higher than that of blogs and personal sites I rarely if ever update my Facebook profile, but I still think it's a fantastic site for networking, finding events, and looking up email addresses. I completely disagree with the article that blogs\personal sites and facebook accounts are substitutable goods in competition with each other. For many users, they are in entirely different product categories.
- Retric 16y agoYes, but you don't use Facebook to communicate, you use it to facilitate other forms of communication. IMO, even as you praise it your actions recognize how limited it is as a communications medium.