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> This is the sort of sad comment that continually amazes me. Frankly, I'm stumped. There's nothing sad about pointing out that you clearly: 1) Understand th
by kiallmacinnes 13y ago
> This is the sort of sad comment that continually amazes me.
Frankly, I'm stumped.
There's nothing sad about pointing out that you clearly:
1) Understand the privacy costs associated with Facebook
2) Choose, Yes, Choose to continue using it
What's sad is that you feel it's impossible to continue your social life without it.
- eropple 13y agoSorry to disappoint you, but the rest of America has basically abandoned email and Twitter isn't a serious medium for connections (at least, among non-technical people I know; I have a number of friends who use Twitter on the regular, but only a small few use it meaningfully). If you have friends--especially non-technical ones--who aren't in your local area (or, a lot of the time, aren't in your workplace) Facebook is very frequently the only way to keep in regular touch with most of them. Network effects matter. That's not sad, that's simply reality. The lock-in effect is real and puts you in a position where, yes, you have to use it unless you wish to move out of contact with people. That doesn't mean you have to like it and it doesn't mean you can't, as the person you sneered at did, express a desire for its improvement.