^What Gilrond said. The concept is obviously great & can be very useful, otherwise the behemoths wouldn't exist. But the downsides of the current implementations far outweigh the benefits, I know this to be true both for the present and the unpredictable future, but it's one of those realisations people have to come to themselves. If you are happy with a humanity where everyone is defined by a simple checklist of behaviours and pidgeon holed into homogeneous boxes then don't resist the trends that make us more "machine readable".
Incidentally, to add something to Gilronds list of negativities, the homogeneous nature of the behemoth SN's is always something that irked me. I remember a time when if you wanted a web presence you made your own site, easily done & important 'net lessons learned to boot... and the variety of sites that also produced is something I lament.
Incidentally, to add something to Gilronds list of negativities, the homogeneous nature of the behemoth SN's is always something that irked me. I remember a time when if you wanted a web presence you made your own site, easily done & important 'net lessons learned to boot... and the variety of sites that also produced is something I lament.
