Comments on: Uh oh, Facebook is About to Become the Internet

By: graphicmist

graphicmist — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:05:56 +0000

Well i can’t understand why do they fear of their personal data over internet. Even if you are a billionaire or someone popular and u think someone can misutilize your information or plan some con on you is the only threat. someone will do wrong with u only if u have done wrong with someone.

by the way im a geek and love to try out and play with all the technologies and i think facebook will rule only till a new powerful app come. This is internet world.it cant be stable someone will think something new.

By: hugozap

hugozap — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:28:18 +0000

Another apocalyptical post…
If you pay attention, you can find all kinds of news like these one but with other companies/products. According to these types of posts, the users wont have any choices but only one Company. Its been years the same thing and with all kind of technologies…

(forgive my english)

By: eddie thieda

eddie thieda — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:35:03 +0000

I think it’s all in how you use it. For social sites it will make sense and ease the registration process at the same time. Another bonus is having friendlier visitors who want to use your site to make comments.

By: SaBinh

SaBinh — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:12:15 +0000

What I see is Facebook and Run Around merge and they become the Internet, is that right?

By: bmmNM

bmmNM — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:57:22 +0000

As a ps:

While FaceBook is popular on the World Wide Web part of the Internet, it is emphatically not the whole Internet, nor is it likely it will ever be.

By: bmmNM

bmmNM — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:30:19 +0000

Having worked toward “portable data” since the early SGML days, this is just another ho-hum gimmick insofar as meaningful business application of portable data.

Like all the “Web 2.0″ hype, it’s good at what it does, but really doesn’t reinvent anything (from a business standpoint) that hasn’t existed for a long time already. Web 1.0 works just fine folks … painting pretty pixels and finding an “everyman” face on it doesn’t make it the be all and end all of data interchanges.

Especially in the case of companies (including the government) that are by law required to share data, but also ensure that privacy laws and other security of information is maintained.

So hurray for FaceBook for finding a new way to implement existing technology. But to say they have redefined something outside of a social usage perspective is not only premature, it’s downright ignorant.

bmm
former SGML/XML expert, US GPO
former XML SME/Developer IBM

By: Mychillingspot

Mychillingspot — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:42:21 +0000

I hate facebook, the new website call http://www.mychillingspot.com will be future of social networking facebook better watch his back…lol

By: James

James — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:24:30 +0000

I suppose facebook could begin blocking your access to competitor websites if they choose.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:23:21 +0000

Don’t have a Facebook account. Don’t have a Bebo account. Don’t use M$ ID, I do have an OpenID but never use it. Simply – I just don’t trust something as vast as the web with my private personal data. I live in the UK, and I don’t trust a company in another country – be that the US, Australia, Germany, or the North Pole – to REALLY look after my private data. Heck – I don’t even trust our own government to look after my data – recent high-profile cock-ups prove me right on that. I have a right to privacy – and, no, I have nothing to hide so can we get that one out of the way – I’m just a private person. I’m also a divisional IT manager, I design large PHP/PEAR and MySQL driven intranet sites for internal production purposes with full BI reporting and dashboards so I’m aware of what can be gleaned from odd sources. And I do actually love the Internet. Really! I do.

By: Andy Mo

Andy Mo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:49:18 +0000

Im surprised pay pal didn’t sort this out ages ago.