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I remember the sheer awe when I first learned there was a huge open web outside of AOL. I'm sure people nowadays are aware of the rest of the web, but if the dr
by kortex 7y ago
I remember the sheer awe when I first learned there was a huge open web outside of AOL. I'm sure people nowadays are aware of the rest of the web, but if the draw is minimal, they will likely get stuck in the same loops of well-trodden space.
- sodosopa 7y agoA lot of the same people who kept that AOL walled garden alive, just migrated to Facebook. To them Facebook is the web, the restaurants they like are there, the tired celebs they worship are there and whatever crazed conspiracy theories someone told them at work or at church are under Facebook News. It's comfortable and I agree with you and like how you phrased it as "the same loops of well-trodden space."
- symlinkk 7y agoSort of like how all of us check Hacker News daily? Don’t act like we’re any better
- saagarjha 7y agoI go to websites other than Hacker News.
- skinnymuch 7y agoYeah those FB people don’t go to other sites! /sarcasm
- progval 7y agoPeople follow celebrities on Facebook? Don't they use Twitter for that?