I like the TR article and I like this comment. Both are the voice of reason. I also think it will fall of deaf ears. Too many programmers think they are smar

I like the TR article and I like this comment. Both are the voice of reason. I also think it will fall of deaf ears. Too many programmers think they are smarter than everyone else, e.g. those in advertising. They believe they can control and manipulate people as consumers the same way they control and manipulate them as software end-users. They believe gaining a large number of users equates to success in business. It does not. And Facebook will be history's great example. The article explains what makes Google's business work (Overture; Yellow Pages style advertising) and points out Facebook has nothing comparable. But some programmers just want to pretend this does not matter. I'm excited at the possibilities that will arise after the fall of Facebook and the decline of web advertising.