On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:24:27 -0400 Nick Sabalausky <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:03:57 -0700 > "H. S. Teoh" <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > > and every now and then I still browse > > around learning new algorithms and stuff, while everybody else is > > clicking their lives away on FB and twitter (no offense, Andrei, > > but I do think FB is an evil waste of time, at least when it comes > > to the way most people use it). > > > > My biggest issues with FB/Twit are that: > > A. They degenerate the internet into proprietary walled-gardens (it's > internet w/ orwellian training wheels, or a Dvorak put it: It's "New > AOL") > > B. They've managed to turn every product and advertisement, ever, into > their *own* advertisement with the "f" and "t" plastered everywhere > you look. I even have a granola bar sitting here with FB's and Twit's > advertising plastered on the wrapper, for fuck's sake. I wouldn't mind > the twitfaces so much if I were able to opt-out of their constant > bombardment from every fucking facet of society. > > But yea, the fact that, for the most part, they ultimately amount to > LiveJournal anyway (itself an abomination of pointless self-indulgent > minutia and drivel) doesn't help matters. > Again though, like you said, nothing against Andrei. I completely understand the difference between a person and their employer. Hell, I used to work for a [car] insurance company!
