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Off topic, but I'm glad seeing people use facebook as a sort of blogging platform. If written in notes, I'm quite sure even photos could be embedded. Your RSS

by g2e 14y ago

Off topic, but I'm glad seeing people use facebook as a sort of blogging platform. If written in notes, I'm quite sure even photos could be embedded. Your RSS reader would simply merge with your news feed.

seiji 14y ago
My <thing I haven't used in three years> would merge with my <thing I've never had, seen, or would want to use>?
pyre 14y ago
But it's not interoperable elsewhere. This would would work for others on Facebook, and wouldn't work if one were to leave Facebook. In other words, if everyone decided to use Facebook as their blogging platform, then their entire audience would be locked-in to Facebook.
- seiji 14y ago
  Their unstated goal is to become The Internet itself. They want to curate content, only show people what they want, and have you never leave their site. Do not trust.
drivebyacct2 14y ago
Why? How is that better than using WordPress and RSS?
- g2e 14y ago
  You're right, it's really not. I suppose I just connect more so with a facebook profile than with a traditional blog.
- csense 14y ago
  If you use Facebook as your blogging platform, the dollars generated by showing ads to your audience go to Zuckerberg. If you host your own Wordpress install, the ad dollars go to you. If you're Mark Zuckerberg, bloggers blogging on Facebook is better than bloggers blogging elsewhere. That's the circumstance under which blogging on Facebook is better.
  - jspthrowaway2 14y ago
    While I tend to agree with this exact comment (since it's Facebook specifically), I don't agree in spirit because administering your own Wordpress install takes time. That time might be valuable for some. I'd certainly run my own Wordpress, but not everybody wants to.
Mooby 14y ago
What is there to be glad about? Considering Facebook's track record on privacy, censorship, and disabling accounts, and considering the number of alternatives out there, there is nothing to be glad about.
zentiggr 14y ago
I'll be happy instead to see content posted in places without barriers to viewing. Have no Facebook account, will not create a Facebook account and drink that Kool-Aid just to see what might be something very compelling. Post it elsewhere and see how much more inclusive and open it feels. Even if Facebook somehow managed to deploy Wordpress or wiki quality content systems, I still won't go there.

by g2e 14y ago

seiji 14y ago

My <thing I haven't used in three years> would merge with my <thing I've never had, seen, or would want to use>?

pyre 14y ago

But it's not interoperable elsewhere. This would would work for others on Facebook, and wouldn't work if one were to leave Facebook. In other words, if everyone decided to use Facebook as their blogging platform, then their entire audience would be locked-in to Facebook.

seiji 14y ago
Their unstated goal is to become The Internet itself. They want to curate content, only show people what they want, and have you never leave their site. Do not trust.

drivebyacct2 14y ago

Why? How is that better than using WordPress and RSS?

g2e 14y ago
You're right, it's really not. I suppose I just connect more so with a facebook profile than with a traditional blog.
csense 14y ago
If you use Facebook as your blogging platform, the dollars generated by showing ads to your audience go to Zuckerberg. If you host your own Wordpress install, the ad dollars go to you. If you're Mark Zuckerberg, bloggers blogging on Facebook is better than bloggers blogging elsewhere. That's the circumstance under which blogging on Facebook is better.
- jspthrowaway2 14y ago
  While I tend to agree with this exact comment (since it's Facebook specifically), I don't agree in spirit because administering your own Wordpress install takes time. That time might be valuable for some. I'd certainly run my own Wordpress, but not everybody wants to.

Mooby 14y ago

What is there to be glad about? Considering Facebook's track record on privacy, censorship, and disabling accounts, and considering the number of alternatives out there, there is nothing to be glad about.

zentiggr 14y ago

I'll be happy instead to see content posted in places without barriers to viewing. Have no Facebook account, will not create a Facebook account and drink that Kool-Aid just to see what might be something very compelling. Post it elsewhere and see how much more inclusive and open it feels. Even if Facebook somehow managed to deploy Wordpress or wiki quality content systems, I still won't go there.