Dave Winer decided to “pop off” about Facebook today and proceeds to assert a bunch of things that either a.) aren’t true or b.) betray his ignorance of how Facebook works, which is surprising for someone who has 230 friends on the service. For instance, Dave apparently doesn’t realize that there is a huge Facebook developer platform with tons of applications, including applications that synchronize your contacts with popular e-mail programs. While he sings the praise of Twitter, why not provide some relevant feedback on another service that is actively working with developers? About five minutes of research could have at least led Dave to refine his argument. Maybe the Facebook developer API sucks? Maybe he doesn’t like the support program for developers or the potential revenue share? Or maybe it just sucks that Dave doesn’t own stock in these guys (yet)? It is hard to tell what he’s getting at with such a vague and baseless argument about openness. Maybe it is just linkbait on a slow weekend on the web. If so, he can have all 3 of my readers.P.S.- I speak crudely when it comes to Dave because I think he is an internet bully that complains a lot about what other companies are doing while he’s busy selling domain names. Weak.
Nice job, Randy, but the question “Why Dave Winer Sucks” can’t be answered adequately in a single blog post. It takes an entire weblog.
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