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In 2007 I created an account and used it for a few months but it wasn't very interesting so I closed it. I found that it was maintaining artificial relationship
by rhizome31 15y ago
In 2007 I created an account and used it for a few months but it wasn't very interesting so I closed it. I found that it was maintaining artificial relationships with people I wouldn't be in contact with otherwise. It creates an illusion of connection, not real connection.
About a year ago I had to create an account for development that I use when clients require Facebook integration. I found the API to be slightly annoying to work with.
My view on social features is that they can add a lot of value to sites that have a real purpose beyond just being social: Delicious, StackOverflow, Lang-8, SoundCloud, GitHub, etc. are great.