As you all know, Facebook.com has now sold its soul to the devil. And the devil is Microsoft. Today, facebook announced that they will open its doors to corporations wishing to have their own profile page for their products. I realize the need for some form of advertisements, but this will bring "news feed [that] will contain items like “Bobby Smith is now a fan of Toyota Prius.”" To me this is a far cry from what facebook used to be. And it seems to becoming what MySpace is now. I'm not sure which is worse though...the corporate pages on facebook or the annoying webcam whores who constantly berate you with friend requests.
Facebook and the sites like it, connect you with old college buddies, co-workers and even your 4th grade Math Teacher. However, it comes at a price now that Mr. Gates has taken over yet another part of the technology sector. Does the average person care about this? Probably not. You can't escape advertisements...they follow you from your TV, to your gmail account, even as you drive your car you see driving billboard cars. I'm not going to tell you to stop using facebook, but i will tell you to stop letting them take over your news feed with the advertisement crap.
Those are my two cents, maybe even canadian cents, because they're actually worth more now.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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