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It's not like having and using Facebook is necessarily unfeasible for people who aren't crazy about it, which makes that a bad metaphor. Having a case of "sour

by tpeo 9y ago

It's not like having and using Facebook is necessarily unfeasible for people who aren't crazy about it, which makes that a bad metaphor. Having a case of "sour grapes" over Facebook makes as much sense as having a case of "sour grapes" over pie. Just go out and buy some if you want. But what makes it a really bad metaphor is that the likelihood of someone using Facebook or not on a daily basis depends on how much value they attach to it. But why would anyone resent others for doing stuff that they don't care about? Now, if you think Facebook provides with you with something of value, good for you. You're using a service and you're happy about it. But that says nothing about the preferences of others.

speedplane 9y ago
Agreed. My problems with FB aren't deep rooted or ideological, I used to use it all the time. But now it's gotten so big, and I have so many friends, and friends-of-friends, it feels more like the open internet than a community of my friends. It's hard to manage, but with the right controls and tweaks, they could make it more comfortable again... and I'd start using it again. Kind of a good counter-example: LinkedIn may be much smaller and less loved, but when you post something there, you know it's going out to your work colleagues, and it'll maintain the respective level of discourse. FB is just all over the map.
henrikschroder 9y ago
> But that says nothing about the preferences of others. That was exactly my point. OP claimed that it seemed like people on HN weren't using it based on the comments to this thread so far. I'm claiming the opposite, that a majority of HN users are also relatively happy Facebook users, but that those users won't comment on threads like this. Because these threads always attracts the contrarians and turn into a pissing contest about who deleted their FB account first.

by tpeo 9y ago

speedplane 9y ago

Agreed. My problems with FB aren't deep rooted or ideological, I used to use it all the time. But now it's gotten so big, and I have so many friends, and friends-of-friends, it feels more like the open internet than a community of my friends. It's hard to manage, but with the right controls and tweaks, they could make it more comfortable again... and I'd start using it again. Kind of a good counter-example: LinkedIn may be much smaller and less loved, but when you post something there, you know it's going out to your work colleagues, and it'll maintain the respective level of discourse. FB is just all over the map.

henrikschroder 9y ago

> But that says nothing about the preferences of others. That was exactly my point. OP claimed that it seemed like people on HN weren't using it based on the comments to this thread so far. I'm claiming the opposite, that a majority of HN users are also relatively happy Facebook users, but that those users won't comment on threads like this. Because these threads always attracts the contrarians and turn into a pissing contest about who deleted their FB account first.