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Facebook is bad…?

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“I despise Facebook. This enormously successful American business describes itself as “a social utility that connects you with the people around you”. But hang on. Why on God’s earth would I need a computer to connect with the people around me? Why should my relationships be mediated through the imagination of a bunch of supergeeks in California? What was wrong with the pub?”

Read the full article by Tom Hodgkinson at The Guardian, but as an exercise fill in any social network you know of instead of Facebook…..

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2 Responses to “Facebook is bad…?”

  1. Marco Raaphorst Says:
    January 14th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Ik heb mijn account opgeheven. Werkt gek van de spam; ‘vrienden’ die allerlei applicaties wilden inpimpen enzo. Heeft geen enkel nut voor mij. Grote netwerken zijn al snel heel evil.

  2. BjornW Says:
    January 14th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    @Marco
    Nooit lid van Facebook geweest, maar je kan het voor meer sociale netwerk sites zeggen.

    Ik ben vooral benieuwd naar de echt interessante innovatie mbt tot web2.0 en niet zozeer in vriendjes. LinkedIN vind ik daarin al een tikje interessanter al blijven de vragen mbt tot privacy en de doelstellingen van het netwerk an sich *hint* :)

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