Happy Birthday Facebook!
Posted under: Dear Facebook, Happy Birthday!
Six years have gone by and it feels like it was yesterday that I started to poke my friends like there was no tomorrow. There are so many things I’m thankful for that I don’t know where to start: The already mentioned pokes, the writings on the wall, Hot or Not, SocialToo, the Like button, the Share button, the pillow fights, the vampire wars, the super pokes, the super pets and this was just the beginning. You, dear Facebook, have allowed me to poke and keep in contact with my family, friends, strangers and stalkers in a way that was totally impossible 6 years ago. How I did it before, I can’t remember.
There is not only that to be thankful for, oh no! It would not be fair on my part to congratulate you, dear Facebook, just for that. See, I love the way you share all my personal data with your advertisers, so that they can bombard my Facebook homepage with advertising that interests me just as much as any Nietzsche’s book interests a parrot. I love the way that complete strangers still can find me even if I don’t want them to and the way that, as soon America wakes up, it is impossible to do anything whatsoever in Facebook if you are in Europe. I guess you call this social responsibility while the detractors usually call it a bad IT system.
In 6 years, dear Facebook, you created a platform where the world revolves, where the economy is strong and still people didn’t loose touch with nature: Farmville, Fishville, Island Paradise are a good example of that: People that never saw a real cow or duck in their lives spend hours and hours clicking away, taking care of their animals and crops. People can open new business and there is never a hint of economic downturn. Have you considered changing your name to Utopia? Oh wait, Utopia is already part of Facebook.
Of course there is much to be done. The Mafia Wars are something I am sure you are concerned about since they represent a real danger to all the users, and specially to their cows, but I think you will manage that with the same sense and sensibility that you don’t manage to delete immediately all the racist and sexist groups that spread like mushrooms. But those are minor issues for Facebook users.
As long as you give them a dislike button they will be happy for another 6 years, I’m sure.
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