I'm sorry, but the cynicism is quite startling here. Can't it just be as simple as 'ambient intimacy'? It's a different model than Twitter or Plurk, but it really feels the same to me.
Further, it is feature rich in a very approachable way for people like grandmas and uncles without the creepiness that many feel about twitter. My wife refuses for that reason, but Facebook is fine (to me it is creepier). Further with the application layer, it is also so much more: 1. games 2. politics 3. information gathering through the social network (i.e. I have a subway status application) 4. Event management 5. Photo & link sharing 6. Blogging It is all there and for those with deep social networks there (they've reached their critical mass) it totally makes sense. Now someone brought up the permanent issue. Can it move? OF COURSE! the teens left AOL for MySpace in a heartbeat and college students for Facebook. Many are leaving Yahoo Groups and Google Groups for facebook now. Can someone else come in and be a google to facebook's alta vista? SURE! And I HOPE SO. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33019 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
