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> and the fact that identities and connections facebook are persistent effectively combats the problem that plagued much of the early internet: constantly chang
by josefresco 8y ago
> and the fact that identities and connections facebook are persistent effectively combats the problem that plagued much of the early internet: constantly changing pseudonyms and emails
This, was a problem?
- tlb 8y agoIt was. In the 90s, people's email address changed pretty much any time they changed jobs or schools. Their phone numbers changed too, every time they moved. For college students, it often meant multiple complete changes of contact info per year. The churn is much lower now.
- josefresco 8y agoUseful maybe for extended friends and family, but (when I used FB) I never even considered it as a viable option for contact beyond that small group. Maybe there's a generation that accepted Facebook this way that I'm not aware of (my kids don't even use it) Also, there's a large gap between the 90's and when Facebook took hold that it could be considered the "default" online identity for anyone. In that time, free email that lasted years/decades exploded and we were no longer tied to work/school email.
- reidjs 8y agoI agree in the sense you want to keep a large circle of contacts and attribute a name to a face quickly.