I know, I know. I'm slacking again. There's a lot going on, TBA soon.
In the meantime, I'd like to make some comments about Open Graph now that I've seen it in action. (It's the least I can do since I told you to "stay tuned.")
Recently I read an article (thanks, Lisa Trosien) about gen y facebook users getting annoyed by their lack of privacy. (Ironically this article was posted on facebook.) My first thought was, "duh." C'mon, gen y, you knew it wasn't private, didn't you? My second thought was, "Angry or not, gen y will not ditch fb." Why? It's way too engrained in their lives. I am pretty attached to facebook myself, but I could probably live without it. Younger generations, on the other hand, have grown up with it. Asking them to give up social media is like asking me to give up my phone. How in the world do you keep in touch with anyone? Know what's going on? Get invited anywhere? Everyone has seen the movie with the poignant scene of the phone-a-holic dramatically throwing their phone into the water. But I have never seen anyone actually do that. Nor have I tried to call someone who didn't answer because they had tossed their phone off a cliff. Same goes for social media. It may become a necessary evil, but it's not going anywhere.
Now that open graph has been implemented, this is even truer. Social media is getting more engrained in everything. I actually like seeing which of my friends like Pearl Jam when I'm on Pandora, and which of my friends like "The Office" when I'm on abc.com. The more social the Internet becomes, the more attached users will be to social media. And I, for one, think this internet thing is here to stay. (Thanks, Al Gore. And sorry about you and Tipper. Really didn't see that one coming.)
Off to work on top secret stuff. Catch ya later.
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ReplyDeleteAll of the critics keep bringing up privacy concerns, yet "Quit Facebook Day" was a flop. New sites might offer more privacy features, but they're not worth much to us without our network. We'll stick with Facebook as long as our friends are there. In the meantime, Facebook will (wisely) keep cranking out more features until the newsfeed ranks higher than a search box as an information resource. (I can already see this happening, and it's content curated by people I know.)
As for Pearl Jam, I can tell that I'm going to end up upgrading my Pandora account soon. I blame Facebook.