Dave Winer wrote: Why Facebook Sucks.
Can’t say I disagree.
I think it sucks because it isn’t scalable and falls apart at 5,000 contacts. It pisses me off more and more every day because of that scaling wall.
Damn I wish I hadn’t locked my rolodex in this trunk.
[...] Facebook wasn’t built for people like Tris. (Sorry buddy, but it’s true.) It was built for people like me who can’t resist sucking all of our content into one central location and updating it constantly with new information, and then spitting that content out to our friends. Robert Scoble is like that too, except he’s too popular. [...]
[...] Want 5001 friends? No problem. [...]
i am proud to be counted in the number of Scoble friends on Facebook and agree with his comments. Scoble is REAL PEOPLE and speaks his mind rather than kissing up to the establishment. we are lucky to have him as a spokesman for those of us without a voice. thank you Scoble for keeping it real.
i am proud to be counted in the number of Scoble friends on Facebook and agree with his comments. Scoble is REAL PEOPLE and speaks his mind rather than kissing up to the establishment. we are lucky to have him as a spokesman for those of us without a voice. thank you Scoble for keeping it real.
[...] that also included a new high in popularity. Soon readers were treated with comments about how he couldn’t have more than 5000 friends, nor could he believe that several friends had dropped him. Then there were incredibly excited [...]
[...] think it sucks because it isn’t scalable and falls apart at 5,000 contacts. It pisses me off more and more every day because of that scaling [...]
[...] lot of people just accepting any and all friend requests that come their way. Not everyone can be a Robert Scoble who becomes unhappy when a social network like Facebook caps his friendship list at 5,…. That doesn’t stop a lot of folks though and then we wonder why we start seeing posts about [...]
[...] There are stories around why the limitation exists at all. The official reason is that Facebook wants to make sure that people only add “real” friends to their account, and the restriction is on the high end of the number of friends that any one person could reasonable have. The unofficial (and actual) reason: scaling problems made this necessary. I’ve heard this directly from Facebook employees, as have others. [...]
[...] There are stories around why the limitation exists at all. The official reason is that Facebook wants to make sure that people only add “real” friends to their account, and the restriction is on the high end of the number of friends that any one person could reasonable have. The unofficial (and actual) reason: scaling problems made this necessary. I’ve heard this directly from Facebook employees, as have others. [...]
[...] There are stories around why the limitation exists at all. The official reason is that Facebook wants to make sure that people only add “real” friends to their account, and the restriction is on the high end of the number of friends that any one person could reasonable have. The unofficial (and actual) reason: scaling problems made this necessary. I’ve heard this directly from Facebook employees, as have others. [...]
[...] There are stories around why the limitation exists at all. The official reason is that Facebook wants to make sure that people only add “real” friends to their account, and the restriction is on the high end of the number of friends that any one person could reasonable have. The unofficial (and actual) reason: scaling problems made this necessary. I’ve heard this directly from Facebook employees, as have others. [...]
[...] Robert Scoble has an interesting post in response to Om Malik’s suggestion that Twitter start charging “Super Users”. Scoble would qualify as an edge-case when comes to social network . He has a history of hitting the limits like these on MSN Messenger and Facebook. [...]
I can’t imagine how many pokes and boring status updates 5000 friends gets you a day…
On this subject, here’s a little animated clip of Dinosaurs explaining facebook:
http://www.4mations.tv/clip.aspx?key=C936029765F90190
You’ll probably enjoy it…
I can’t imagine how many pokes and boring status updates 5000 friends gets you a day…
On this subject, here’s a little animated clip of Dinosaurs explaining facebook:
http://www.4mations.tv/clip.aspx?key=C936029765F90190
You’ll probably enjoy it…
For those whom this concerns:
They put limits on the number of contacts you can have because of SPAMMERS who upload/dowbnload hundreds of thousands of email addresses for the purpose of harrassing people and bombarding innocent people with unwanted garbage emails about drugs that help them with growing their tiny shlongs, and online drug dealers, and a bazillion different bogus lottery winners from all over the world truying to scam millions of peopkle out of their hard earned money.
For those people like yourself who have thousands of contacts, they sell software for a couple buxx that work with your FREE online email accounts, and you can save as many contacts as you want to in them.
I feel your pain and understand your frustration, but there is a very simple solution to the issue and I hope that this will help you understand their situation a little more.
I am a Facebook user, and they suspended my email account because they say I send topo many emails and get too many emails. 10-20 a day at the most. They send me more than that in an hour to my personal email address, I guess that makes them spammers too then. LOL Assholes.
Good Luck folks
Dean
For those whom this concerns:
They put limits on the number of contacts you can have because of SPAMMERS who upload/dowbnload hundreds of thousands of email addresses for the purpose of harrassing people and bombarding innocent people with unwanted garbage emails about drugs that help them with growing their tiny shlongs, and online drug dealers, and a bazillion different bogus lottery winners from all over the world truying to scam millions of peopkle out of their hard earned money.
For those people like yourself who have thousands of contacts, they sell software for a couple buxx that work with your FREE online email accounts, and you can save as many contacts as you want to in them.
I feel your pain and understand your frustration, but there is a very simple solution to the issue and I hope that this will help you understand their situation a little more.
I am a Facebook user, and they suspended my email account because they say I send topo many emails and get too many emails. 10-20 a day at the most. They send me more than that in an hour to my personal email address, I guess that makes them spammers too then. LOL Assholes.
Good Luck folks
Dean