Comments on: John Battelle on Facebook http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/07/12/john-battelle-on-facebook/ The official AllPeers blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Richard Tallent http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/07/12/john-battelle-on-facebook/#comment-84542 Richard Tallent Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:28:27 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/07/12/john-battelle-on-facebook/#comment-84542 Hmm... I'm not convinced yet. I know all of *two* people on Facebook. API aside, their navigation and member-discovery system absolutely sucks, so unless you are a college student with a huge network, you're basically a lone wolf in the system. Plus, Facebook is just another contender in the Centralized-Command-and-Control world view of the Internet. I'm more a fan of P2P services, and there's no reason why every person's computer can't also be "their space." Hmm… I’m not convinced yet. I know all of *two* people on Facebook. API aside, their navigation and member-discovery system absolutely sucks, so unless you are a college student with a huge network, you’re basically a lone wolf in the system.

Plus, Facebook is just another contender in the Centralized-Command-and-Control world view of the Internet. I’m more a fan of P2P services, and there’s no reason why every person’s computer can’t also be “their space.”

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