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FaceWorm
// 2nd July
So, FaceBook.
I signed up for FaceBook ages ago. I don’t remember when. I sign up for most of these sorts of things when I hear about them, just to reserve my preferred user name. If the hype warrants it, I go back for another look, generally six months to a year later.
FaceBook released their development platform recently and suddenly FaceBook is where it’s at. So I checked back, and had a play around. I updated my profile, and even created a group! Yeah, chillin’ with the scene kids. Crazily enough, I wasn’t repulsed by it like I am repulsed by MySpace.
There’s a lot of FaceBook/MySpace comparison going on lately, with headlines like, Facebook = Smart, Rich, Cool; MySpace = Dumb, Poor Loners?. Most of those articles are defeated in the credibility stakes before they’ve started.
But why do I not hate FaceBook? First, FaceBook does not look like crud. When I look at the FaceBook site I can read it. Sure, what I’m reading outlines a whole lot of entirely redundant, time wasting activities, but at least my brain doesn’t turn into Slush Puppy before my eyes have time to focus.
The second non-bad thing about FaceBook is that music artists don’t feel obliged to forsake their annoying flash-based website for a more annoying flash- and ego-based MySpace. I detest artists putting up placeholder pages on their websites that redirect me to MySpace. It’s easier just to use Wikipedia or Last.fm for the latest updates. Web 2.0 is really screwing us over.
(That Web 2.0 thing was a joke. I’m no holier-than-thou purist. When the dust settles it will have its place).
Of course the open approach too application development on FaceBook also helps its cause, but that’s all boring technical talk, so who cares.
In conclusion, a comic (via Dave).
3 Comments on “FaceWorm”
*poke*
July 5th
so angry
July 7th
daniel: myspace is the place for people who are angry… or so I’m told :P
July 14th