Comments on: Don’t Be A Facebook Whore

By: Jason Dunn

Jason Dunn — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:19:09 +0000

Mysekurity,
I know what you mean. I think Facebook would have tremendous value to me as a service to connect me with people I’m actually friends with, but once people started using it to connect with business acquaintances, and PR people started using it to connect with bloggers and tech enthusiasts, it quickly lost all relevance. In the past month I’ve deleted about 20 or so people that I’m simply not friends with, and it stuns me to see someone requesting to be re-added. I scratch my head at the way relationships can be so distorted – when one person perceives a deeper meaning to a relationship than the other person does. It’s so strange and awkward. I’m pondering trying to “re-claim Facebook” by deleting everyone except those people I truly want to be connected with. I’m not sure I’m willing to deal with the potential relational fall-out from business associates and my peers.

By: Mysekurity

Mysekurity — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:11:31 +0000

Facebook went from a cool website just for friends in-the-know service to a lame, overpopulated and constantly declining platform for stupid applications. I’m sorry to say, but once the tech pundits and business people went on, the fun instantly went out as Facebook tried to be everything to everybody. I understand they’re trying to make as much money as they can, but really, people with thousands of “friends” kill it for the rest of us.

Burger King’s got a great campaign making fun of this phenomenon: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10136679-36.html.

By: chrisgohlke

chrisgohlke — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:33:16 +0000

“kind of like when your mom first gets email and she spends the first year forwarding you jokes and urban legends”

I wish that ended after the first year.

“Or maybe Twitter will just die”

I hope not, I love twitter. It is LiveJournal for the lazy. My updates are only to those followers that I have approved, so not broadcast. I have a small group of friends that we use it as a group chat that has the advantage of not having to be real time. Also, the 140 character limit makes you be concise.