News is far overdue

Sep 06, 2006 20:31

First off, there has been a huge backlash against Facebook in the two days since they unveiled their new creepy stalker newsfeed. The group I linked to yesterday already has the membership of about 5% of all of Facebook (and that includes all the Chipotle Burritos, Case Dorms, and residents of Guttlesohn Falls that are signed up, too). This has ( Read more... )

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code65536 September 7 2006, 21:21:01 UTC
Of course, the great irony is that this stalking feature of FB is helping spread the very groups that are calling for its demise because when you open up your FB feed and see that half the entries are "so and so has joined the xyz group", it quickly creates a viral effect.

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big_bad_al September 8 2006, 03:50:40 UTC

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