Re:My facebook no longer fits - Richard Hammond
by DanielBMarkham on Sunday September 30, 2007 @12:48PM
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I've got to admit feeling more and more disenchanted with FaceBook and MySpace.
There's a difference between addictive and useful. FaceBook is addictive, but are all those people really my friends? (Real friends are people who will help you move furniture) Isn't it a lot like the devil spawn between a phonebook and a gossiping game?
LinkedIn to me seems a little more honest. It's there for business purposes. FaceBook looks just like a huge time sink. A online video game designed around human's social instincts.
Hey. I'm old and probably don't get it. I like to spend my time doing things that have impact in the real world, even if it's programming or engaging in discussions. What does FaceBook do? Exist? Perhaps there is some new kind of socializing and friendship that's being created with Web 2.0. Fine. That makes sense. But the individual still has to do the cost-reward work. At the risk of being branded a heretic, I'm afraid "Do something users want" might be incomplete, at least from a consumer's standpoint.
Note that I'm talking about FaceBook and MySpace exclusively. The whole "how many people can you actually physcially relate to at any one time" is a different question entirely. Discussion boards, especially good ones, seem to me to be a different animal.
There's a difference between addictive and useful. FaceBook is addictive, but are all those people really my friends? (Real friends are people who will help you move furniture) Isn't it a lot like the devil spawn between a phonebook and a gossiping game?
LinkedIn to me seems a little more honest. It's there for business purposes. FaceBook looks just like a huge time sink. A online video game designed around human's social instincts.
Hey. I'm old and probably don't get it. I like to spend my time doing things that have impact in the real world, even if it's programming or engaging in discussions. What does FaceBook do? Exist? Perhaps there is some new kind of socializing and friendship that's being created with Web 2.0. Fine. That makes sense. But the individual still has to do the cost-reward work. At the risk of being branded a heretic, I'm afraid "Do something users want" might be incomplete, at least from a consumer's standpoint.
Note that I'm talking about FaceBook and MySpace exclusively. The whole "how many people can you actually physcially relate to at any one time" is a different question entirely. Discussion boards, especially good ones, seem to me to be a different animal.