[dnsworks]

Social networking isn't about a conversation, that was 2007's cute mantra. Social networking has devolved into a self-promotion platform whose only existence is to advertise. The conversation ended years ago. Don't worry, though, the bubble is popping. Soon we'll have some new ridiculous hype so that silly people can make lots of money being doofuses online by calling themselves "web 3.0" evangelists or whatever.

[daten]

I disagree. There may be plenty of things to complain about with facebook, but I still find it plenty useful to stay in touch with friends, family and acquaintances. We plan events, share photos, keep current with what's happening in each others lives and occasionally have long discussions on specific topics. For me it works exactly the way it's supposed to and it's easy to ignore the ads on the side of the page.

I worry that the real "hype" right now is buying into the recent anti-facebook trend.

[dnsworks]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-facebook. I think it's just as much of a case of silicon snake oil as the rest of the silly social networking sites out there. Facebook hasn't made my life better, it basically became a place where my annoying extended family started spamming me once I had finally blocked all of their email addresses, so that I wouldn't receive their mass forwarded emails about jesus sitting on your shoulder while speeding. Yay.

[anamax]

> Soon we'll have some new ridiculous hype so that silly people can make lots of money being doofuses online by calling themselves "web 3.0" evangelists or whatever.

There will be always be a new hype but Web 3.0 is so 2007 - see http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2102852,00.asp