Rant on Facebook
Ok, I still don’t really know what to do with this blog, so I’ll try, again, something new.
As a member of the iPhone religion, I don’t use the computer to browse the web often anymore. Today I went on Facebook, and WTF, everything changed. It’s like if you went on vacation for a week and came home to find the furniture rearranged. It’s not bad, but it’s pointless and doesn’t feel like your home anymore. Facebook went and fixed something that wa not broken. Why? Their Twitter-envy.
The downfall of Facebook will be similar to Caesar. Too much ambition. Every move Facebook makes to become more like Twitter results in another percentage of people who gets pissed off. Piss on them enough and they’ll leave. Some things they done: vanity URL, privacy fiasco (suddenly all your data is public), now the new design.
I like Twitter. I like Facebook. I don’t like two Twitters. Twitter is for sharing information with strangers while Facebook is for sharing information with friends. I don’t want to mix the two. Most people join Facebook for the privacy and connection-to-friend. Those same people will leave if Facebook continues to force/trick their users into publicizing their information.
tl;dr? Facebook should concentrate on their own core business and not worry about others. Don’t fix what is not broken, because you’ll only make things worse.
Also, while on the topic of Facebook: Please don’t use the link on the sidebar to my Facebook account if you don’t know me personally. As I said, I only accept requests from people I know. Follow me on Twitter if I don’t know you. If you just want to talk to me, there’s a contact form.