I live in Paris, not far from the Eiffel Tower. In this city full of lights, baguettes, birds, lovers and tourists.
You live more than 10.000 miles away, in an American State were the sun shines all year long...
While I was studying business and other useful things "to become someone", you were in your Harvard room (as the legend says...) inventing "our" beloved Facebook. Yes, you read well, I said "our" because FB has been part of the daily life of so many people since that time, that I don't think it's only yours any more...
There is no doubt that you invented the greatest website of the decade. We needed a tool to get in touch with our friends, whenever we want and wherever we/they live.
And you did it. So THANK You.
And you did it. So THANK You.
I know that you must be very busy. But as a friend, who is complete aware that you will never read this, I'll show you some points that as a user, I'd like to see solved or at least improved... And I'm quite sure that I'm not the only one.
So PLEASE, read this carefully :
- You can't deny that there is a failure about privacy... The new version of FB is not as safe as the previous one. Believe me, nobody wants his photos to be spread and available to everybody on the Internet...
And I don't want either to hear one day that my 12-year-old cousin girl was disturbed by some crazy guy because she let her phone number on her profile...
And be careful, there is a new trend today... People start to go out of FB for privacy concerns... And as we know, with FB everything goes really fast...
- You should invent a new tool to control created groups. Some of them are really shocking and disgusting... I'm sure that you and your team do your best for it. It is the greatest challenge you'll have to face within the next months...
- The “collateral damages” due to the amazing success of FB : the “chat” is far too slow, many accounts are hijacked, and I was told that anti-virus softwares were thinking about new solutions against virus, which could come from FB...
All of these points are just pieces of advice from an as-old-as-you user among millions of others.
Good luck for the following of the FB adventure
And all the Best for the New Year 2010 !
Frenchy Baguette
Very good note, thank you dear Frenchy Baguette, although I don't think Zuckerberg would take any pride in keeping FB for its own self and pleasure. He's so rich already that his perception of the reality is long gone, and with it the kinds of comments he reads (maybe).
RépondreSupprimerNonetheless, the issue about privacy applies to FB but also applies to so many others. We live our lives, leaving traces of ourselves everywhere : banks, video cameras, web browsing, tool roads. There is no way we can claim those traces back. They don't belong to us anymore. FB is simply adding one more way to leave traces behind.
So, is FB really necessary or is it not simply a hype? Can you live without it? Can it be not replaced with a standard mail, a single IM profile? And why do all those kids want to leave their pictures, phone numbers, testimonies of their daily activities? This is a teenage thing and it will pass, but not their traces. They will be able to make a difference someday if they're smart and willing to. They don't need FB for that. All of us will be, are, or have been young, but only those using today FB and the likes should think ahead and be VERY careful on what they do on FB.
My 2 cents and my love.