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I was having fun, of course, with this, but there are real issues with facebook *as a medium*. Facebook has been used, albeit more with Twitter, in organizing some of the big protests and strikes at UC Berkeley this winter. I recognize it's importance as a tool, but not as a lifestyle and I've seen very active leftists involved in this struggle get sucked down by existential experiences on Facebook. Not good. The problem is that students, etc, take it too seriously, I think. I don't think it will 'outlive' us. Not even me in my old age. I've seen to many of these things die as fads often do. Two years ago it was Myspace. Not it's totally uncool to be on Myspace. Go figure? Social media in general will outlive us. I suepect as vid-phoning gets more faster, large bandwidth, it'll be a "Youtube Nation" and "posting" will be a thing of the past. David ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
