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Re: Goodbye Facebook

#11

Post by yuvadam »

This is a very important article. An eye opener.

My takeaway is this - Facebook is the first web application that showed us how easy it is to connect to the people we love, as well as those we know, but do not care about.

Facebook is the mere beginning of the way we will communicate in the future. It has its gripes, and people are starting to get bored with it ("ok so I friended her, now what?").

Nothing happens on Facebook.

Facebook, in my opinion, will eventually fade, and make room for new models of human communication, ones which do give us an added benefit instead of poking and secretly stalking our ex-girlfriend.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#13

Post by motters »

There is perhaps some chance that I could be wrong due to the substantial inertia which Facebook has now accumulated, but I expect that it's just another fad which seems to be peaking if my spider-senses are correct. Facebook is not a particularly brilliant application and the amount of value it delivers is also not that great. If you're a Facebook user or addict, just pause for a moment and ask yourself how much actual value you're getting out of it relative to the time invested.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#14

Post by Tichy »

yuvadam wrote: post #11

This is a very important article. An eye opener. My takeaway is this - Facebook is the first web application that showed us how easy it is to connect to the people we love, as well as those we know, but do not care about. Facebook is the mere beginning of the way we will communicate in the future. It has its gripes, and people are starting to get bored with it ("ok so I friended her, now what?"). Nothing happens on F…

"how easy it is to connect to the people we love"

I think connecting to someone used to mean something different, although I am not sure what it was.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#15

Post by radq »

stcredzero wrote: post #5

The degree to which China is not connected in the visualization at the bottom, I find worrisome. Why? Because connection and commerce are the true foundations of peace. By that thinking, visualization is not a good omen. (Maybe we should just chalk it up to language?)

Facebook isn't popular in China, apparently.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002831

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#16

Post by rationalbeaver »

stcredzero wrote: post #5

The degree to which China is not connected in the visualization at the bottom, I find worrisome. Why? Because connection and commerce are the true foundations of peace. By that thinking, visualization is not a good omen. (Maybe we should just chalk it up to language?)

We should chalk it up to Facebook being blocked in China.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#17

Post by anonymoushn »

stcredzero wrote: post #5

The degree to which China is not connected in the visualization at the bottom, I find worrisome. Why? Because connection and commerce are the true foundations of peace. By that thinking, visualization is not a good omen. (Maybe we should just chalk it up to language?)

Facebook lost in China and Russia because other similar products were already established (and in Russia the product is pretty much better >_>). The regions aren't actually less connected socially, or if they are you can't tell by looking at Facebook's data.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#18

Post by jbhelms »

ojbyrne wrote: post #2

My girlfriend also deleted her account immediately after watching the movie. If there's 2 people, there must be more.

alas, for every person that delete their profiles there is another 2-3 that sign up. I am not saying that is sustainable, but they are growing. This is especially true in Asia where in the last 2 years has quadrupled.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#19

Post by rewind »

I find it humorous that there is such a need to DEFINE Facebook. It's different things to different people. We really don't need one definition of what it is or a nice tidy list of the ways people use it, what the benefits are, what the drawbacks are, etc. Every time I read about somebody complaining about Facebook, I usually just end up thinking "I don't use it (exactly) that way, so this doesn't (completely) apply to me."

I have a lot of friends that I don't see more than once every year or two, but I will be close to them until the day I die. I like seeing their status updates, their vacation photos, their kids, etc. Facebook makes our connection stronger, not weaker. It doesn't replace the need to see them and talk to them; it makes those infrequent visits/conversations better when they happen because it feels like we haven't really been out of touch for so long.

Re: Goodbye Facebook

#20

Post by michaelchisari »

sudonim wrote: post #4

Facebook is an amazing product. However, the more facebook unravels their plans for the future, and the more we learn about their past, the less I trust them. We can write to hacker news with our articles, bitching and moaning about facebook, or quietly build an alternative social network with the values we want.

or quietly build an alternative social network with the values we want.

There are quite a few of us doing just that. Here's my contribution:

http://opensource.appleseedproject.org

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