In a widely anticipated move,
Facebook opened their registration up to everyone today. Most current users are less than thrilled, if you can judge by Digg commenters:
- "and now its just another myspace copy"
- "Facebook was essentially the alternative to Myspace if you didn't want to talk to pedos, emo kids, and community college dropouts. Now they get added to the mix. Most people that used facebook appreciated that they didnt have to change their privacy settings to block the trash from friending them.
Now they do. I'm still going to use it...but every step they take toward Myspace is just a bigger and bigger mistake."
- "No. Facebook was awesome because of the limited networks. Features were created for that specific group of people (college kids). Now, you can tell the news feed was leading into this open registration, and look how many people hated it. Facebook has completley screwed their original members and sold out to try and compete with myspace. But here is the kicker, they cant. I gaurantee you a lot of college kids will delete their account, and because of this, less people will sign up on Facebook. This whole thing is a stupid decision of Facebook's part. He should've took the 900 million when he had the chance..."
- "I quit Facebook when the news feed arrived - now I am more glad than ever to get out of that hell hole.
- Hopefully some other site will emerge to fill the void of social networking, as Facebook seems to be about anything but nowadays."
But some users aren't upset at
all. They look forward to connecting with their non-college buds AND their mom (if
she's not on Eons):
- "my-what-space? facebook: the only social networking site with a decent design."
- "Finally, not all colleges give you an email and/or not all graduates can retain access, now I can look up old friends."
- "Um, facebook catergorizes people into "networks" which makes it even easier for advertisers to reach their target audience. Just becuase facebook has opened up, does not mean these networks dissappear or become dilluted. John Q. Public cannot join the network "CGNU" unless he was actually a student there. What facebook now has are networks that are larger and more networks which means advetisments can be better targeted and reach more people."
Digg's users once again give us all the inside look, humorously, on Facebook from their user's standpoint. Now, I have no category to add this exchange, but it was too good not to include:
- DAMNIT, i got an online degree so i could use facebook..
- Dude, getting a degree by mail from Sally Struthers does not classify as having been to college.
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