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Perhaps, but those tools do exist anyway. Facebook increases 'discoverability' of groups/communities, but a forum/blog/etc aggregation/search capability would
by headsoup 9y ago
Perhaps, but those tools do exist anyway. Facebook increases 'discoverability' of groups/communities, but a forum/blog/etc aggregation/search capability would do the same without requiring login to a different service.
Facebook is the lazy way, with side effects.
- PeterisP 9y agoFor most non-techie communities, the pre-social network tools (e.g. having someone set up a website and a forum for that community) had a so high barrier to entry that they did not use them. The few communities who happened to have a skilled member eager to volunteer would use such tools, but the rest of them could not. Being able to reliably use social networking tools made and maintained (though also controlled) by others was important to make this accessible to them. The non-"lazy" (as you call it) way simply is not a realistic alternative for most of the population.