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Am I the only person that gets scared when I read things like "Instant Personalization"? I don't know that I want IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes to be able to tell Bes
by boredguy8 16y ago
Am I the only person that gets scared when I read things like "Instant Personalization"? I don't know that I want IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes to be able to tell Best Buy what film titles I've been looking at.
But, of course, I'm also confused why people want to 'be the mayor' of the Starbucks down the street.
Is the 'social web' the Tamagotchi of 2010? A short fad that some people will find somehow fulfilling ("I've been the mayor of this Starbucks for 49 months straight!") but that most people move past?
- derwiki 16y agoI'm confused with the success of things like FarmVille, but I can't deny that hundred(s?) of millions of users confirm its success.
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- angstrom 16y agoI think all we can say for certain is that large groups of people like to migrate to new forms of organized boredom.
- Aetius 16y agoJust like we can say for certain that lots of people think they're witty, when really they're just regurgitating HN red-meat in exchange for karma.