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Re: [/.] The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly

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On 2014-03-16, Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> wrote:
> On 2014-03-16 10:08, Dario Niedermann wrote:
>> Facebook is the opposite of what the Internet should be. The
>> Internet's #1 advantage on earlier computer networks like AOL or
>> Compuserve is *decentralization*.
>> 
>> Give the Internet to the masses and WTF do they do in just a few
>> years? They flock to a centralized, closed network and lock
>> themselves in.
>
> What proportion of Internet users use Face***k?
>
> It's not reasonable to expect average users to acquire the kind of
> in-depth knowledge which took geeks years to acquire. Perhaps the best
> we can do is adopt a less-savvy friend or acquantance and mentor them.
> (Having said that, I recently tried this with a PhD friend, he now
> knows some of the advantages of using Linux but it's clear that he'll
> still buy whatever his wife tells him to, and she bases her wisdom on
> what her friends have read in oligarch-owned media. So YMMV...)

I agree with the sentiment of the second paragraph above.  But maybe you
have to experience something different to appreciate the difference?  I
don't use Facebook and resolve I never will.  But for what some people
like the Internet for - sharing stuff with friends - they find it useful
and fun and interesting, if not slightly addictive.  So they are
perfectly happy inside the walled garden - it's a garden filled with
stuff they like.  I see a backlash and a slip in trendiness that will
lead FB to be a backwater eventually, but I doubt it's going to implode.

1. Some are waking up to the fact that the newsfeeds lead them to feel
jealous, anxious, left out, lonely, as though everyone else is doing fun
stuff and they're not.

2. Some are finally noticing it's not as useful as they thought and
takes too much time out of the day.

3. Meanwhile, the real death knell: the youth have decided now that it's
full of their moms and dads, it's not the cool place to be anymore.

4. And finally, everyone is pissed you now have to actually pay to
ensure everyone on your list sees your post.  That's a lot less fun than
they thought it was.

Me, I just find Zuck a self-absorbed twit.

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[/.] The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2014-03-16 11:08 +0100
  Re: [/.] The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-16 10:51 +0000
    Re: [/.] The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-16 16:01 +0000

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