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I wish there was a way that no one could tag me in photos on facebook
the removal process is a bitch.
The Red Giant (Five Reasons Facebook is Over) - Joshua Brown via The Reformed Broker →
Joshua Brown makes some arguments about the salad days of Facebook being over, and one I completely buy:
Joshua Brown via The Reformed Broker
Something new comes along - It is laughable how seamlessly, completely and quickly Facebook supplanted MySpace - let’s not act like anything on the web is permanently dominant forever. Facebook is picking up major steam in countries like Indonesia and Brazil right now, the rate of new users signing up is breathtaking. But consider that they are pulling people from Google-owned network Orkut and that one day someone else will do the same to them.
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Kids rebel against a social network that includes their dorky parents - Can you imagine being 15 years old and being involved in any kind of socializing that involved your parents and aunts and uncles and Sunday school teachers and god knows who else from the dark side? There is a Facebook hipness hourglass somewhere and it has already been turned over…it is only a matter of time before the grains of sand slipping from the top to the bottom become noticeable and the tide turns. The kids will be first, the advertisers will follow. In the end, Facebook will be comprised of dormant and inactive profiles with a majority of its “engagement” coming from people in their forties stalking their exes from high school in the late 80’s. For the younger generation, talking about Facebook at all will become painfully lame. Every generation mocks the one that came before. This moment rapidly approaches, the emptying of that hipness hourglass is inexorable.
I’ve said for years that Facebook is the new AOL, a service that made the big forbidding and vast Internet approachable for the masses, and then was instantly passé. And Brown’s scenario will become truth as soon as something un-Facebook-like and hard for grown-ups to understand pops into existence, and starts spiriting the kids away like the Pied Piper. Kids will defect to be different, and it’s game over in a few years.
His other points have merit too, but I don’t think they matter an iota compared with the cool kids playing in a different park.
It may be the new AOL, but more than that, Facebook very much over-delivers on what AOL promised to be and never did. The cool kids may go play elsewhere, but it would take something quite cool and extremely useful to supplant the book of faces. Certainly, it can be done. I don’t see anything that strong now though.
Is it just that Ben & Jerry’s (Unilever) “social” ad campaign on Facebook is on such heavy rotation that is just happens to appear here? My business partner Darren Rosenwinkel posted about the pitiful “news” that being overweight is the new “average” in America (which means you’ve already met your New Year’s resolution according to Jay Leno).
I know, I know. The only reason I’m even seeing this “ad” is because I clicked “Like” on Ben & Jerry’s. So, I guess I only have myself to blame for seeing Unilvever’s crack team of advertising gurus reminding me that some of my other Facebook friends like Ben & Jerry’s every other time I reload my News Feed.
Their strategy with all of this is really pretty simple:
A certain percentage of Facebook users will eventually get tired enough of reloading their Timeline and News Feed to waddle over to the freezer open a pint of Cherry Garcia, Red Velvet Cake, Crème Brulée or some other fantastically wonderful creation.
Not me! As great as it tastes, I haven’t had any Ben & Jerry’s ice cream since I got started on The Better Body System from Yoli a few short months ago. It’s not that I don’t like ice cream—it’s just that unhealthy cravings for things that don’t nourish my body are almost nonexistent for me. This is a new thing for me. In fact, for most of my life, all I can remember is craving things like ice cream, breads and cakes, and other “empty calorie” items that weren’t ever the food I needed.
Why? The Yoli Better Body System tastes great, satisfies my hunger, and it’s giving my body proper nutrition. I don’t feel hungry between meals and I have a lot more energy now, since my body is physically lighter than it’s been in a great many years. I’m also no longer running and crashing on “comfort food” all the time.
I still eat the foods I love, I just don’t overdo the ones that aren’t good for me now. As a result, I’ve lost weight, I’m actually saving money, and I feel great. I’m also making money by telling others about the success I’m having with Yoli.
Who do you know that wants to lose 7-15lbs in 7 days?
How would you like to drive a new BMW, Mercedes Benz or Cadillac and have Yoli make the payment for you each and every month?
You can now Like that someone was born.
Is this creepy?
Discuss.
Anonymous How do I remove a poke that I accidently sent to a friend? They have not yet seen it as they have not logged in since I sent it. Please help
The poke machine is actually unstoppable. Once you pull the trigger, the deed is done. Your poke will be visible on the recipient’s next login.
If you’re not sure you want to, don’t poke!
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