Totally agree. I've seen several things like this surge and die before.
With the Nov. 2011 edgerank changes, ie forced "close friend" newsfeed, the one magical thing about FB, which I call digital osmosis -- ie keeping up with people without interaction -- has gone the way of the dodo.
I'm planning my escape: Valentines Day 2013 I'm closing my account. Working on a toolset to host my own timeline, on my own server. May keep a fake account to access a site here or there and keep up with a few vague acquaintances, but will stop posting and handing my data over to FB.
FWIW, I find many high quality conversations on Google+ these days since they've launched their communities (e/g/ big data community, DDD).
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Totally agree. I've seen several things like this surge and die before.
With the Nov. 2011 edgerank changes, ie forced "close friend" newsfeed, the one magical thing about FB, which I call digital osmosis -- ie keeping up with people without interaction -- has gone the way of the dodo.
I'm planning my escape: Valentines Day 2013 I'm closing my account. Working on a toolset to host my own timeline, on my own server. May keep a fake account to access a site here or there and keep up with a few vague acquaintances, but will stop posting and handing my data over to FB.
FWIW, I find many high quality conversations on Google+ these days since they've launched their communities (e/g/ big data community, DDD).
Now get off my astroturf ;-)