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Facebook didn't invent social software (AOL was in the business of helping an earlier nerdy generation hook up), they just (at first) made it exclusive. (But n
by forkandwait 16y ago
Facebook didn't invent social software (AOL was in the business of helping an earlier nerdy generation hook up), they just (at first) made it exclusive.
(But now my 60 y/o aunt from Ohio -- literally -- is on Facebook. So much for that ...)
- BrandonM 16y agoOhio is a big place. There are even cool people here.
- forkandwait 16y agoWhy-Oh-Why-Oh-Why-Oh? ;) ... I would happily move back (I have a Cleveland birth cert and I lived in Cinci for a while). Sorry to be a flip coastal snob ...
- notahacker 16y agoThe exclusivity was simply a means to an end; Facebook's strength was that it had a route to becoming the first social software that all your real life friendship group used. And it let you know in a nice indirect way who was going to which party, and by extension whether you had much chance of getting laid. Actually MSN messenger probably had all my friends on it first, but their profiles were sadly neglected and their non-time sensitive messaging and invitation system was Hotmail. As for the old folks, I worry more when I hear my octogenerian grandpa mention icanhascheezburger!