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Open and Connected doesn't mean what you think it does. That's not a statement about technology. RSS feeds? They're building a product for the masses. They
by mcpherrinm 14y ago
Open and Connected doesn't mean what you think it does. That's not a statement about technology.
RSS feeds? They're building a product for the masses. They just want to log in and connect with friends, share with them, and gawk at pictures of their friends. "Open" doesn't mean in the neckbeard sense. "Connected" isn't about how many protocols they support. Building RSS support would be a distraction. They have support for applications that could probably give you that -- I'm not sure because I've never wanted it.
As Zuck said in Time Magazine, "Open means having access to more information, right? More transparency, being able to share things and have a voice in the world. And connected is helping people stay in touch and maintain empathy for each other, and bandwidth."[1]
Complaining about Facebook being a walled garden is a valid point. But complaining that it's doublethink is not.
1: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036683_2037183_2037185-7,00.html http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2...
- neumann_alfred 14y agoComplaining about Facebook being a walled garden is a valid point. But complaining that it's doublethink is not. Okay, so there's more openness and transparency within that walled garden, and that's why it's not doublethink, gotcha. "Open" just "doesn't mean what I think it means", which is a perfectly valid thing to say, while it would of course invalid to claim "open means something else than you or Zuckerberg seem to think".
- d0mine 14y agoIf it is "open" can I search for it on google?