hello, I am a n00b (newbie) in this list2.0. I would say that social networks can be tweaked to give one what one wants. I simply love FB for the network it has given me and I have even ended up selling some photographs I clicked, all thanks to FB's viral feed. For other nonsense, there's always the option to block, control what ppl see from you etc.
Cheers Priyanka 2008/11/26 Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:21:38PM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > > > > Out of curiosity, why? (I get the reality TV bit, though) > > > > Social networking sites are the Interweb's reality TV. Also, they are > > utterly useless. facebook confuses and annoys me, while Orkut merely > > annoys me. > > They're far from being utterly useless -- great way to mine marketing, > financial, intelligence and HR screening data. Pity the poor information > exhibitionists, though. They never make the connection. > >
