3/11/2010

3 problems with Facebook

1. it confuses broadcasting with communication. They can't both be done at the same time, and they can't both be done well.

2. it merges your social venn diagram to one big circle with you in the middle.
previously you would separate different facets of your life and the people associated with them by time and space. Facebook collapses groups of people you know from different circumstances into one group.

3. friendships that are "strong ties" don't require facebook, because you're already in constant communication. facebook is for friendships that are "weak ties" (acquaintances and fake friends).