Well, this is a couple of days. I guess your "friends" are just less prone to send you all this stuff. I wish there was a way to reserve yourself from them completely.
Robin: Whoa! I didn't see Pauls S. post before I did mine. I wonder how long he "collected" those, but given his fame and likely huge "friend" list I suspect it wasn't long.
I enjoy facebook because it pulls from my other web presences already (the rss of my blog, my last.fm, my *cough* flickr). Anything that I put onto facebook is throwaway, but in the meantime I'm easy to find there and it gives my classmates and coworkers a recognizable social interface to Jesse.
Finally someone who agrees with me. I deactivated my FB account because FB became a usless 3rd party tool for 3rd party apps, which resulted in spam. Facebook how many apps can you collect?
Mike: Yes, increasingly so. Facebook is turning into a framework more than a social networking site. While I still have an account there, and use it, it's becoming more evident that the sole purpose of it seems to be advertising and promoting itself like a framework for 3rd parties.
...are likely developing Facebook "Platform Applications" for profit rather than just for fun. Really? Who would have anticipated that opening up a social networking site with millions of users that by natu...
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Michael, on October 1, 2007 at 3:19pm, said:
How often do you check? I don't really get that many facebook app invites.
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Christian Mohn, on October 1, 2007 at 8:52pm, said:
Well, this is a couple of days. I guess your "friends" are just less prone to send you all this stuff. I wish there was a way to reserve yourself from them completely.
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thumb, on October 1, 2007 at 11:48pm, said:
Here, here Christian.
I have yet to join, but just posted a few thoughts on recent social graph chatter.
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Robin, on October 1, 2007 at 11:51pm, said:
That's nothing, heh:
http://paulstamatiou.com/2007/09/11/why-i-dont-use-facebook-too-much-anymore/
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h0bbel, on October 2, 2007 at 12:04am, said:
Thumb: Yeah, already seen your post. :-)
Robin: Whoa! I didn't see Pauls S. post before I did mine. I wonder how long he "collected" those, but given his fame and likely huge "friend" list I suspect it wasn't long.
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thumb, on October 3, 2007 at 10:35pm, said:
@Robin
Holly crap, I have enough trouble managing email and comment spam, I can't understand why anyone would participate in something that adds all of that!
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Jesse Mullan, on October 8, 2007 at 6:16am, said:
I enjoy facebook because it pulls from my other web presences already (the rss of my blog, my last.fm, my *cough* flickr). Anything that I put onto facebook is throwaway, but in the meantime I'm easy to find there and it gives my classmates and coworkers a recognizable social interface to Jesse.
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Christian Mohn, on October 8, 2007 at 8:39am, said:
Jesse: Well, I'm not saying it can't be useful. I'm saying theres is way to much app spam and useless crap. :)
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Jesse Mullan, on October 12, 2007 at 11:37pm, said:
You just have too many friends.
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Christian Mohn, on October 15, 2007 at 12:26am, said:
Yeah, that must be it.
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mike, on December 28, 2007 at 9:17pm, said:
Finally someone who agrees with me. I deactivated my FB account because FB became a usless 3rd party tool for 3rd party apps, which resulted in spam. Facebook how many apps can you collect?
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Christian Mohn, on December 28, 2007 at 9:46pm, said:
Mike: Yes, increasingly so. Facebook is turning into a framework more than a social networking site. While I still have an account there, and use it, it's becoming more evident that the sole purpose of it seems to be advertising and promoting itself like a framework for 3rd parties.
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Facebook: Your friendly Neighborhood Spyware Provider :: h0bbel.p0ggel.orgFacebook: Your friendly Neighborhood Spyware Provider :: h0bbel.p0ggel.org , on January 4, 2008 at 1:35am, said:
...are likely developing Facebook "Platform Applications" for profit rather than just for fun. Really? Who would have anticipated that opening up a social networking site with millions of users that by natu...
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