Comments on: In Defense of Facebook http://wrathfulindifference.com/2009/01/08/in-defense-of-facebook/ infra dignitatis, vulgus Wed, 19 May 2010 11:17:44 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: aluxeterna http://wrathfulindifference.com/2009/01/08/in-defense-of-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-506 aluxeterna Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:16:18 +0000 http://wrathfulindifference.com/?p=86#comment-506 Agreed. Facebook fills a niche, and as long as one sticks to that central purpose, Facebook can be a fine way to stay in touch. That said, I think the graver threat to Facebook comes from the economics of the system, and the fact that it is a centralized network. The company has still not worked out how exactly the thing is going to make sense, long-term, and since we depend on Facebook's good graces to keep our connections, any change to the system in the future (for economic or other reasons) could threaten our ability to communicate. Not a pretty picture. Once the kinks get worked out, I expect some form of decentralized networking protocol to take over. But that's several years away, still. Agreed. Facebook fills a niche, and as long as one sticks to that central purpose, Facebook can be a fine way to stay in touch.

That said, I think the graver threat to Facebook comes from the economics of the system, and the fact that it is a centralized network. The company has still not worked out how exactly the thing is going to make sense, long-term, and since we depend on Facebook’s good graces to keep our connections, any change to the system in the future (for economic or other reasons) could threaten our ability to communicate. Not a pretty picture.

Once the kinks get worked out, I expect some form of decentralized networking protocol to take over. But that’s several years away, still.

]]> By: Amy Iw http://wrathfulindifference.com/2009/01/08/in-defense-of-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Amy Iw Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:26:45 +0000 http://wrathfulindifference.com/?p=86#comment-504 Hi I have to agree. Although I saw her point, I did not agree with her excuse for leaving as you can make it do what you want. I like finding old friends and seeing what they are up to. You can turn off the blather and use what you want. Keeping your list down to a minimum is a good plan too. Turning off notification and just ignore requests if they aren't your thing to play with. I did find her post funny though. http://mollyschoemann.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/why-i-left-facebook/ I have a list below 50. Hi I have to agree. Although I saw her point, I did not agree with her excuse for leaving as you can make it do what you want. I like finding old friends and seeing what they are up to. You can turn off the blather and use what you want. Keeping your list down to a minimum is a good plan too. Turning off notification and just ignore requests if they aren’t your thing to play with.

I did find her post funny though.
http://mollyschoemann.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/why-i-left-facebook/

I have a list below 50.

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