On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 06:59:55PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: [...] > > There is a general assumption by many applications/websites that > > *everyone* uses facebook. > > I know! And it's not just software, it's all business in general. They > noticed that it's popular so they think that means "nearly everyone > uses it" when the reality is that even as popular as it is, it's still > only a *minority* of internet users. Same with twitter.
Huh. I must've been living in a cave. Last I heard, facebook must've hit 90% market saturation, 'cos *everyone* I know has facebook (or pretty close to everyone). I'm not among the 90%, though, and never intend to be. :) Usually when I run into a website that asks for facebook login, I hit ctrl-W by instinct and don't even flinch. When I run into an app that asks for facebook login, 99% of the time I just delete it without thinking twice. And it's not just facebook, it's anything that *requires* signing up for some kind of social networking site. Making it an option is OK, I don't care if other people want to post their latest Doodle Jump score to their stream of inanity, all power to them, but *requiring* it to use an app that doesn't logically need it? Plonk. Nagging me about it after I said no the first time? Plonk. [...] > > Besides, my wife is on facebook, and if any important news happens > > via FB, she'll tell me :) > > > > Heh. Similar situation here. My brother and sister are both on it, so > I'll catch wind of any family news from FB. My parents, like me, > aren't on FB either so they get the same benefit, too, although they > usually hear much sooner I do ;) Me too. My wife has FB, and that's good enough for me. Sad to say, though, I got suckered into signing up for Google+. Every now and then (like once a month or less) I post something, but mostly I don't even bother logging on. Most of the stuff on it is pretty inane anyway. Y'know, your typical "what I ate for breakfast", "how many hairs fell into my bathroom sink this morning" and other such content-free posts that are a total waste of time to read. There *are* times when it's useful, like when you're going abroad and have friends who can let you crash in their place for a night or two -- but generally speaking, the signal-to-noise ratio is very low. T -- That's not a bug; that's a feature!
