Subj : Re: BBS Population
To   : claw
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Oct 07 2022 00:51:45

 cl>  Og> I think FB has been largely successful because it gives people  
 cl>  Og> a sense of control over their content and emulates a kind of  
 cl>  Og> personal website.  BBSes don't offer that for its users.
 cl>  Og> 
 cl> 
 cl> 
 cl> Maybe someone could make an add on for that.  Your account credentials
 cl> set up as a Profile page viewable on the web.  Give that to them and
 cl> they will come :D
 cl> 
 cl> DrClaw

Less control than MySpace offered.  Facebook offers little control actually.

It's used because of a Network effect.  I joined purely because someone else I knew wanted to post photos of their trip there to us, and didn't want to bother with e-mail.  Others joined, and soon that is where the people where.

Facebook by and large sucks, is pretty lousy.  IT really only has one killer feature.  You can find other people you know there and its kind of easy to use (though I found it quite difficult myself).

.... The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity

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