isn't getting dates supposed to be _the_ reason for facebook's existence? :P
Am I the only one who doesn't care about Facebook?
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#12I've signed up and have tried to get something useful out of facebook and the other major ones, but nothing productive has really come of any of it. I suppose if I were in college and it was the central repository for events or if I was looking for dates, maybe I would find something useful there. But college was a long time ago at this point and I'm married.
I hope they prove me wrong though. It would be nice if out of the blue I met someone interesting through one of these sites.
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#13Social networks should evolve into a more specific community. For example, a business network where you can collaborate with co-workers around the world to improve your marketing strategy among other things. It just don't make sense to me looking at people I don't care about.
Bingo. So far, social networks haven't organized themselves into specific internal communities which have a goal.
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#14You've got company. I have no idea what the fuss is about -- and why it's so sudden.
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#15never used, never will and I am a college student and 99% of my friends have profiles
Congratulations.
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#16never used, never will and I am a college student and 99% of my friends have profiles
"I am a college student and 99% of my friends have profiles"
And this is the relevant bit of you're post. ;-)
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#17I don't care about FB either. I probably should, because it's a huge phenomenon, but, no matter how hard I try, I just can't.
In the first place, all these pure social networking sites (i.e. those that don't do much useful if you're the only user) rub me slightly the wrong way. I feel I'm being asked to invest my effort into creating value for someone else, and that I'm being locked into a single-vendor implementation. It's not a good feeling.
In the second place, I just don't see what FB _does_ for me that I can't do more simply some other way.
Although I can't remember name of the fellow who said it, or the exact wording, I share the sentiment that "I already belong to a social network. It's called the Internet." I've got an e-mail address, and a (few!) websites. I don't see why I should have to play in somebody's walled garden to connect with other people who've got the same.
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#18I think one should distinguish between 'care about' and 'like.'
Facebook has utility as a constantly updated online address book. It also has tremendous market share and the Facebook API could lead to much of social-networking for the next half-decade being trapped in the Facebook world. Consequently, I care about Facebook.
I do not like Facebook. I do not like Zuckerberg. I do not use any Facebook applications because they all seem to be ridiculous time wasters. Maybe at some point this will change and there will be social-networking with greater utility.
I certainly hope it is sooner rather than later.
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#19No, I don't care about it either. But at 34, why would I?
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#20Facebook is a utility, not just a frivolous form of entertainment. Users depend on the service to manage contacts, share photos, and meet new people. A lot of important information flows through the facebook social graph.
The posts here remind me of the guy who loves to brag about how he doesn't have a TV in his house. To each his own, but television has had a huge impact on business and culture world-wide.
So even if you don't personally want to be a Facebook user, you might think about how it is transforming the way a whole generation of people interact socially, recognize the business and cultural impact, and conclude that you should care about it anyway.