Re:Is Facebook the new Internet and how soon before Microsof...
by eplanit on Thursday April 22, 2010 @12:52PM
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When was the last time you surfed the net? 5 seconds ago.
Can you remember when you just clicked around looking to discover new sites or a site to occupy your time? Yes, I remember this morning.
Now ask yourself when was the last time you sat on your couch or laid in bed clicking the remote looking for something to watch on TV? I remember last evening quite well.
Finally, how long do you regularly spend on Facebook ? Zero, nada, nuttin'.
How much time do you spend checking out your Wall, your friends’ Wall and hopping from profile to profile checking people out? First, I thought the previous question was "finally"...Still, Zero, nada, nuttin'
And, I'm not alone, not by a longshot.
I've heard non-tech news commentators make the mistake that Facebook is somehow a distinct technology than the Internet on which it lives. I think the author of the article is similarly confused. Does he/she see cars as the new freeways?
Facebook loves to try and define itself as "a platform". I guess to see one's self that way, one must deny or ignore the actual platform on which one depends. For the gullible in its ranks, that characterization seems to work well.
Can you remember when you just clicked around looking to discover new sites or a site to occupy your time? Yes, I remember this morning.
Now ask yourself when was the last time you sat on your couch or laid in bed clicking the remote looking for something to watch on TV? I remember last evening quite well.
Finally, how long do you regularly spend on Facebook ? Zero, nada, nuttin'.
How much time do you spend checking out your Wall, your friends’ Wall and hopping from profile to profile checking people out? First, I thought the previous question was "finally"...Still, Zero, nada, nuttin'
And, I'm not alone, not by a longshot.
I've heard non-tech news commentators make the mistake that Facebook is somehow a distinct technology than the Internet on which it lives. I think the author of the article is similarly confused. Does he/she see cars as the new freeways?
Facebook loves to try and define itself as "a platform". I guess to see one's self that way, one must deny or ignore the actual platform on which one depends. For the gullible in its ranks, that characterization seems to work well.