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The web existed prior to Facebook. You seem to be arguing that Facebook's very existence is the reason that other sites on the web can even exist, which seems
by ShirtlessRod 15y ago
The web existed prior to Facebook. You seem to be arguing that Facebook's very existence is the reason that other sites on the web can even exist, which seems to fly in the face of the history of the web.
- neoveller 15y agoI am indeed arguing that Facebook's very existence and the effect it had, insofar as it greased the wheel of Internet use, is a huge part of why Reddit can exist at the scale it does. Reddit is a better-organized web forum, which are not new, and maybe by its own design merit does it succeed. This, I do not argue with. But I do not think it could exist at its current or anywhere-near-comparable scale and level of success without the social network effect.
- freshhawk 15y agoUnfortunately your theory is silly and doesn't line up with the demographic studies that have been done. No doubt you could find some interesting examples or some specific subgroups (my guess: the farmville playing middle aged mother on facebook with little technical aptitude, which is not an insignificant demographic) that have been pulled onto the net by facebook. The numbers just don't show the kind of massive effect that you seem to be promoting here. It's hard to overestimate facebook's effect, it's a giant. But by saying that it's pulling up the entire rest of the internet you actually managed to do it. What on earth is this theory based on?