My life in the center of the world -- musings on my family, community (local, global, physical and virtual), people and more. Oh and of course, a few words on tech related start-ups, within the context of living in the ulimate start-up with humble goal of repairing the world. Venture backed by over 3,000 years of history, thought, culture, and angst.
By Jacob Ner-David
You're No Friend Of Mine: "Friends" on Facebook, Or Bugs In The System
I receive "friend" requests every day on Facebook, as I am sure many of you do. Often I ignore "spam" friends, this time the name was so interesting I decided to ask this stranger was that was asking to be "friend" (see my opening line below). Now, I leave it up to you to figure out how the story below even got started...how does one ask to be my friend without knowing? Unless of course Facebook has been ridden with bugs, viruses, hacked beyond belief, which I am sure is the case. With a few more stories like the one below, Facebook will start to fade, and todays $15 Billion valuation will be tomorrow's Pointcast (for those of you that remember that story). Can Marc Z and his "friends" prevent the downfall? Possibly, but they need to get serious about stopping the friend pollution.
Sorry
I have no idea how I would have requested you. I get to Jerusalem at
least once a year to see my son. Maybe we have a friend in common? Take
care!
Comments
I haven't had this happen (yet) on Facebook but it happens all the time on MySpace (which I never use-I joined it to see tour dates for bands) and on rare occasions, LinkedIn.
Wow-Pointcast...I remember hogging ISDN bandwidth downloading updates...memories of the early 90's...
I haven't had this happen (yet) on Facebook but it happens all the time on MySpace (which I never use-I joined it to see tour dates for bands) and on rare occasions, LinkedIn.
Wow-Pointcast...I remember hogging ISDN bandwidth downloading updates...memories of the early 90's...
Michael
Posted by: Michael Rubin | January 30, 2008 at 07:25 AM