Comments on: Join the FaceBorg http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/06/09/join-the-faceborg/ The life and times of Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:13:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris Broadfoot http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/06/09/join-the-faceborg/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 Chris Broadfoot Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:42:51 +0000 http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/06/09/join-the-faceborg/#comment-1647 "They don’t appear to offer anything new. From what I can tell, they are centred around allowing someone to create their own identity." They offer an easy (and free) way for friends to communicate and share content. I think the main appeal is that you can sign up, find your friends, and begin to communicate with them without knowing anything too technical. In fact, I think the opposite is true, a lot of people on such sites don't want an online identity. The appeal to savvy users of centralised networks like Facebook are well outlined by Zeldman in his blog post here: http://www.zeldman.com/2008/04/27/content-outsourcing-and-the-disappearing-personal-site/ The average user doesn't want to fuck around with a blog. “They don’t appear to offer anything new. From what I can tell, they are centred around allowing someone to create their own identity.”

They offer an easy (and free) way for friends to communicate and share content. I think the main appeal is that you can sign up, find your friends, and begin to communicate with them without knowing anything too technical.

In fact, I think the opposite is true, a lot of people on such sites don’t want an online identity.

The appeal to savvy users of centralised networks like Facebook are well outlined by Zeldman in his blog post here: http://www.zeldman.com/2008/04/27/content-outsourcing-and-the-disappearing-personal-site/

The average user doesn’t want to fuck around with a blog.

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