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The similarities between Facebook and the old AOL should be alarming to anyone working for Facebook. Or maybe just anyone in general.
by oldstrangers 15y ago
The similarities between Facebook and the old AOL should be alarming to anyone working for Facebook. Or maybe just anyone in general.
- mostlycarbon 15y agoRelevant article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375715,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375715,00.asp Dvorak argues that Facebook is AOL. I disagree, and think it's inferior to AOL. Mainly because Facebook neither provides an entry into the internet (like AOL's ISP did/does) nor has a viable, general purpose email system. Facebook messaging couldn't replace something like Gmail. I think the lack of those systems make it easy to abandon the service for something else. Having 100+ "friends" on Facebook isn't a compelling reason to stay when most people probably wouldn't notice if 90% of those individuals disappeared from one day to the next. Most of your social network online is an illusion. I'm testing out Google+ right now, but I'm doing so under an alias. The alias is known to my friends and everything I post and share is authentic. My change in attitude comes from 4 years of having a real identity presence online; I don't really see the benefit of shedding anonymity.