Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg
by pedalpete on Thursday May 13, 2010 @06:23PM
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I think the question that needs asking is if the geeks would drive the exodus of non-geeks.
Geeks may have driven the adoption by introducing their friends to FB, would they have the same capabilities of driving their friends away from FB?
I don't think so. They would need to give their friends an alternative which is better.
This is where Diaspora comes in. Getting geeks to set-up the hubs for them and invite all their friends. The non-geeks don't have to worry about the privacy, and server related stuff, but geeks who like that stuff actually get into it.
Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg
by c1sc0 on Friday May 14, 2010 @01:01AM
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Can geeks drive a product exodus? Yes, but making people give up a bad habit is a lot more difficult than convincing them to adopt the next cool tech. Case in point: Windows.
Geeks may have driven the adoption by introducing their friends to FB, would they have the same capabilities of driving their friends away from FB?
I don't think so. They would need to give their friends an alternative which is better.
This is where Diaspora comes in. Getting geeks to set-up the hubs for them and invite all their friends. The non-geeks don't have to worry about the privacy, and server related stuff, but geeks who like that stuff actually get into it.