Compared to a year ago, social networks now are more of a marketing cash cow as opposed to a place to actually 'socialize'. FB could be considered a classic example. There's more people trying to make bucks on FB as opposed to people actually trying to socialize and connect. That's pathetic.
They bore the hell out of me. Signal to noise ratio is not good. If anything, they isolate people more.
I don't come to a place like /. for companionship, I come to learn stuff, which I get. Something like Facebook is the reverse. All I learn there is useless stuff like "my baby burped," "OMFG my dog just shat on the carpet" or "I feel sad, bored, unhappy, unfulfilled, etc, etc..."
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