December 2010
3 posts
150 friends (Dunbar's number) →
I have deleted my Facebook account a long time ago and I can confirm that I can live very happily with no Facebook around.
This article by Robin Dunbar (did you know about “Dunbar’s number” ?) is very interesting however. It does say that Facebook can be a positive thing. But it also says:
Yes, you can “friend” 500, 1,000, even 5,000 people with your Facebook page, but...
About "Viral me"
My previous post was a quote from an article that upset me.
It tells a story about these incredibly smart kids that waste their time and energy (and considerable amounts of brain, apparently) to build yet another ‘social’ things; Internet services that basically allow the user to shut their minds, do fuck-all (apart from taking a picture maybe), and in return be “famous”...
“DailyBooth appeals to people who want even less friction than Twitter: Here, you...”
– The Viral Me (via Instapaper)