Comments on: Something Else Dave Doesn’t Get: Facebook

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:05:58 +0000

Dave’s problem with Twitter is that he’s never really “gotten it”

I personally don’t have a problem with him using it as a blog since his blog is mostly just one line posts anyway. But what Twitter was originally supposed to be was a way to keep people informed on what you are doing. But since Dave’s brain can only hold so many concepts at one time (two from what I can tell, Blogging and RSS) he just turned it into another blogging platform.

This line especially amused me…

“Pictures are a very easy and vital way to express what you’re doing right now.”

No, they aren’t. Again, pictures aren’t necessarily a bad thing but they don’t at all fit into how a lot of people use Twitter (and how the service was originally envisioned)

Dave saying the SMS feature is useless is like someone who uses a hammer only to pry things open saying all hammer manufacturers should get rid of the flat, hammering surface on the other end of the hammer because no one ever uses it.

By: Dan Dickinson

Dan Dickinson — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:48:34 +0000

From the post:

I mean, I understand why they want me to tell them everyone I know, but how about letting me download a copy to my computer, so I can back it up, use it on my iPhone

I don’t suppose Dave’s actually tried iphone.facebook.com, which will actually let him use it as an online addressbook, complete with “Dial ____” buttons for ease of address bookery.

Can’t argue with the backup thing, though. I mean, if Twitter didn’t let me back up all my comments about “what I’m doing”, I wouldn’t use that service either.

By: EyeOnWiner

EyeOnWiner — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:48:45 +0000

No, I do understand his larger point, but calling Facebook an address book is like saying that a car is just a really complicated way to move a carburetor from place to place.

By: Gustaf Erikson

Gustaf Erikson — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:23:43 +0000

Regarding Facebook, I do believe I know where he’s coming from. He’s talking about how FB layers a lot of stuff on top of your social network (aka address book) and how that stuff (relationship details, pics etc) can’t be exported out of FB.

For FB of course, this is a feature, not a bug. Making it easier to migrate off FB to another app/social network makes no sense to them.

On another note, I’m flabbergasted by his scheme to derail Twitter. It’s just another instance of Winer not getting mobile at all.

By: Justin Williams

Justin Williams — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:14:00 +0000

I loved how he and Scoble want to pay $10 a month to eliminate nerd up (and completely defeat the purpose of) Twitter with his payload nonsense. I also enjoyed how he assumes no one uses Twitter’s SMS feature just because he doesn’t.