dubios”…
Born with no soul
Lack of control
Cut from the mold of the anti-social
Plug them in and turn them on
Process the data
…”
>> Papa Roach – Dead Cell (Infest / 2000)
I’m not sure if they in reality were talking about Facebook.
The more and more the site (and the hype) develops the more I get the feeling it’s going terribly wrong. Being member of two networks and several group I noticed two things which really start getting me pissed.
One is that the corporate use is not used at all. My company has Networks in several social communities and the Facebook network is the least active although biggest by number. This could be caused by the members (yeah, I know: user generated content) and be limited to my company, but I don’t really see a point in using Facebook as a corporate platform, especially with all the tracking and profile related advertising.
Second. There simply is no control of the content in the other networks.
Well, you could think if someone spams the discussion boards with cracked computer game CD keys and advertises websites selling these keys, the threads would be removed and the account disabled. At least I did.
If you report the threads, they are deleted some days after, but the account stays active and just posts some more advertisements.
On the other hand you have some, lets call them… Bob, flooding the boards with any kind of religious, extremist, racial, antisemite, younameit content and you can do nothing about it other than report it to Facebook and wait for nothing to happen or abandon the group or network.
Usually I’m not a quitter, but at the current state the Facebook system is in they can keep it!
Like the song said, take a stupid idea, create a hype, drag the people in and sell off to the highest bidder.