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Re:Trent Reznor on Why Facebook "Sucks" on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @09:47AM (#1783324)
Facebook obviously didn't created those behaviors, as it didn't created voyeurism. But they cannot be exculpated from being a cause of voyeurism spreading out the way it is.

I mean sure, their success is huge, and lots of people would have a hard time living without FB. But if prostitution or heroine was legal, it also would have lots of success and (more)users. But would we be right to say it's a good thing ?

And yes, voyeurism is not heroine, but it's certainly not a good thing either.

Re:Having big goals and stating them proud on Thursday October 07, 2010 @04:18AM (#1767184)
I can see why stating one’s goal is a good starting point : it helps getting the right mindset to then actually work to achieve this goal. But in everything I've done, talking about something not achieved yet brings unneeded attention and stress, that one doesn’t need in his process of accomplishing something.

I'm not saying to hide while working on stuff, but I'm not sure making a lot of noise about it is helping the actual progress of the project.