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What's interesting about your comment is how Facebook, as an online community, has lost all context that other online communities had. Think about people gripi
by gwbas1c 6y ago
What's interesting about your comment is how Facebook, as an online community, has lost all context that other online communities had.
Think about people griping about work. You could do that in older online communities, but now that everyone knows everyone on Facebook, a gripe about work is probably going to be seen by your colleagues and potential employers and...
Basically, the concept of an online community that has boundaries away from your IRL (in real life) community is gone. (Or, everyone's mother and kids have Facebook accounts.)
- asdff 6y agoI remember that fateful day in highschool where the parents volte-faced and joined facebook, and the site was ruined forever. then came the aunts and uncles and grandma and your boss from two jobs ago. eternal september, but the influx didn't ever stop and here we are with billions of users and a mess.