Facebook Hate

[neriedes]

I have a growing disgust for Facebook, which I have just discovered is an accepted word in the auto correcting format and my phone. And I can't delete the bloody thing because it's the only way people give invites to parties and events these days. I did resist texting once upon a time in lieu of a phone call, now my friends use private Facebook

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[cheekbones3]

I say bollocks to it. It's constantly trying to twist me into making it more money, and I'm constantly resisting. I use it less and less as the years go by, as it's mutated from the excellent platform it used to be into what you describe.

[neriedes]

Aye I use in response to messages and invites now. As well as photos now and again.

[figg]

I am also beginning to resent Facebook. It makes it hard to read, they change the ordering ad-hoc, it's now started making random notifications of posts, and sponsored links directly in my feed.

It's like having a mobile phone that's constantly trying to sell me things.

to quote danah boyd: Facebook's "Privacy Trainwreck": Exposure, Invasion, and Drama: http://www.danah.org/papers/FacebookAndPrivacy.html

i started wondering if social media is dangerous ... If gossip is too delicious to turn your back on and Flickr, Bloglines, Xanga, Facebook, etc. provide you with an infinite stream of gossip, you'll tune in. Yet, the reason that gossip is in your genes is because it's the human equivalent to grooming. By sharing and receiving gossip, you build a social bond between another human. Yet, what happens when the computer is providing you that gossip asynchronously? I doubt i'm building a meaningful relationship with you when i read your MySpace

[neriedes]

Also even if someone is 'there' it's relaying the message that writing on a wall substitutes for physically meeting to give support and company.

[figg]

don't get me wrong. I don't think there is anything wrong with interacting with people on the internet. it's just Facebook manages to do it in a way that feels alienated. it makes long posts hard to write, and tends to bury comments. even twitter with it's limits doesn't feel so constraining.

(it isn't so much of a substitute when you're engaging with people on the other side of the world)