Facebook illiterate

The terrible truth is that over a year later, I still don’t understand the attraction. Sure I’ve got a few more “friends” now, joined a couple of groups and become part of the Open University network, but I haven’t found a compelling use for the web application.

Catching up with a few people was interesting for a few days, but beyond that I don’t crave knowledge of some of the more pointless social activities, the desire for a virtual hug, or the excitement of a virtual snowball fight.

It could be that I’m a sour old git, but I don’t see what Facebook adds to the Web that’s new or lasting. For the most part, it’s an environment where people vie to have the longest friends list, and play silly games… much like the real world. May be it’ll be around for a while.