I was enjoying the Facebook dissenter's comment until I reached the last word. It sort of defeated whatever persuasive import he had gained up to that point.

I was enjoying the Facebook dissenter's comment until I reached the last word. It sort of defeated whatever persuasive import he had gained up to that point. What's interesting is the blogger feels the need to engage such a comment. And he's certainly not the only one. If it's not a fad, if the quoted comment is way off the mark, if Facebook is all the great things we are told it is, then why is he arguing against a comment like this? No need to argue with fools, right? But is anyone really sure what the heck Facebook is? It's a web developer's wet dream is what it is. Beyond that, who knows? The arguments will continue, as they should. The jury is still out, though some investors have already reaped hundreds of millions from curious advertisers while we're deciding. They'll have cashed out long before we come to a final decision. My personal opinion is that human communication through the internet, including photos and video, and achieving global internet connectedness of everyone, not just nerds, is definitely not a fad. Nor is is it something new. We've all been working toward this for many years. But doing it all, even the most personal parts, through Mark Zuckerberg's website? As in the "I think I will fuck them in the ear" Mark Zuckerberg. I'm just not sure I can call this a practice that is going to continue indefinitely, as other alternatives arise. There are better ways to do this sort of internet-enabled sharing and commmunication. To think they will never be made as user-friendly as Facebook seems to be ignoring inevitable forward progress. Historically, Facebook may stand as the first proof we had that we could all coordinate with our friends to exchange contact information and photos in one central repository. Now that we have everyone's email address, it will be easy to coordinate and move the party elsewhere when the right alternative appears.