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And millions more waste atrocious amounts of time being unproductive--or worse, becoming addicted or going into debt. Farmville abuses the social guilt that ev

And millions more waste atrocious amounts of time being unproductive--or worse, becoming addicted or going into debt. Farmville abuses the social guilt that evolution built into our human nature to bring profit to Zynga. Do you really think its net contribution to society is positive because of your grandmother and people like her?

skrebbel 15y ago
Oh my god! There's people out there being unproductive! If you really think that that's a problem, you must've had a terrible life.
- blub 15y ago
  Slackers, not merely unproductive. And guess who has to pick up all the slack...
  - achompas 15y ago
    Who...you? The government? Come on now. Let's not get sanctimonious about what people do with their time. It's their problem.
  - EvilLook 15y ago
    ...or kill me
blake8086 15y ago
Make something people want, but not too much?
- philwelch 15y ago
  Some people want crack. That doesn't make crack dealers honorable professionals.
  - 101010010101 15y ago
    Nor does it make those who produce crack "talented". The only drain is the one caused by Farmville itself. The one that the time goes down.
  - wr1472 15y ago
    Only two kinds of people call their customers "users"; drug dealers and software developers.
  - dasil003 15y ago
    Of course the only reason we deem them generally dishonorable is because the government declared cocaine illegal.
    - philwelch 15y ago
      That's not the only reason. Tobacco is legal, and people consider tobacco companies dishonorable.
      - dasil003 15y ago
        Because of what they did to deceive the public. The alcohol companies don't have the same problem.
smackfu 15y ago
Seems pretty much the same as television.