[iDC] Replacing Facebook

[Andreas Schiffler]

Isn't the problem one of collective inflexibility. As Nathan wrote:
"however, for many, quitting facebook is not really an option (e.g., 
because all of your peers use it)."

Why is it not an option? Isn't facebook just a "toy", seemingly 
empowered by its reach? And if it isn't a toy, what does it really "do" 
for the users? Quitters need only look for substitute of these "do's" 
they'd give up online, or maybe more importantly offline as Geert 
pointed out.

--Andreas

On 5/31/10 8:04 AM, Geert Lovink wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> bombing, deleting, committing suicide, with a machine (or not)...
> These are not really the metaphors I call mine.
>
> Leaving the scene is perhaps a better motive.
>
> It reminds me of Baudrillard who writes about the art of disappearance
> and the strategies that go with such moves.
>
> Indifference is one of them. Who cares? Forgetting is another (the
> password). What was my username again? Damned. No idea.
>
> That's very likely going to be the way most Facebook users will say
> goodbye to the System.
>
> A computer crash. Moving town. A love affair. Life is strong. And so
> are alternatives networks. Alternatives to networks.
>
> Geert
>
> (after my Facebook's gone)
>
>
>
>
> On 31 May 2010, at 3:57 PM, nathan jurgenson wrote:
>
>    
>> love Dockray's "FACEBOOK SUICIDE (BOMB) MANIFESTO" and the point
>> that we can stick it to facebook by gumming up their system.
>> database vandalism!
>>
>> however, for many, quitting facebook is not really an option (e.g.,
>> because all of your peers use it). another less extreme route is to
>> simply have a "fakebook" where you do not use your real name and
>> fill your profile with nonsense information. your real friends will
>> still know who you are. you can still use the site to network and
>> enjoy what it offers while simultaneously sticking it to facebook a
>> bit by inserting so much false information (not to mention it solves
>> many of the privacy concerns).
>>
>> i wrote it up a bit here: "Trade Your Facebook in for a Fakebook" http://contexts.org/sociologylens/2010/05/26/trade-your-facebook-in-for-a-fakebook/
>>
>> nathan
>> ----------
>> From: Sean Dockray<sean at e-rat.org>
>> A roadmap for an effective Facebook suicide should do some of the
>> following: catching as many viruses as possible; click on as many
>> ?Like? buttons as possible; join as many groups as possible; request
>> as many friends as possible. Wherever there is the possibility for
>> action, take it, and take it without any thought whatsoever. Become a
>> machine for clicking! Every click dissolves the virtual double that
>> Facebook has created for you. It disperses you into the digital lives
>> of others you hadn?t thought of communicating with. It confuses your
>> friends. It pulls all those parts of the world that your social
>> network refuses to engage with back into focus, makes it present
>> again.
>>
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