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Stories like this might appear to hurt Facebook and similar companies, but they actually help create a barrier to entry for the "next Facebook" to not be able t
by wppick 9y ago
Stories like this might appear to hurt Facebook and similar companies, but they actually help create a barrier to entry for the "next Facebook" to not be able to use the same strategy.
- Devolver 9y agoIf my writing makes it less likely that some would-be Facebook competitor can use mass-scale psychological manipulation to get an edge, I can live with that.
- chroem- 9y agoIs that necessarily a bad thing? I feel like social media has destroyed an enormous amount of value by making it harder to have authentic relationships.
- Danihan 9y agoI highly doubt a blog post will have that effect.
- oiuplk 9y agoThe new Facebook may be kinder and gentler and not designed to exploit you. The killer feature may be that it does not exploit your human flaws. People are always surprised what new needs we have for technology. Now we need software and services that respect us as humans.
- opportune 9y agoIn other news, it's really hard for the "next British East India Company" to enter the Chinese Opium market