By Adario Strange June 14, 2007 | 11:18:05 AM
The coverage of Facebook has been heating up lately. Ning co-founder Marc Andreessen offers an extremely detailed analysis of why Facebook works, while video curmudgeon Loren Feldman says he doesn’t get why the site is popular in the first place. I think both bloggers are right. There’s a lot about Facebook to pick apart and applaud, but in the main, the site is definitely over-hyped. In fact, I’ll engage in a bit of sacrilege and say that all the social networks are essentially over-hyped.
Having tried just about every popular social network, as well as the Web 1.0 precursors called “community portals,” my social network fatigue is authentic and well earned. The byproduct of my long involvement has resulted in the realization that these networks are nothing more than virtual nightclubs that get hot for a year or two before “the cool kids” move on to the next hot spot. So if you thought keeping up with the social network tango seemed to be getting more difficult with each passing year, you were right. More clubs are opening, and the competition for the cool kids has increased.
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/social_networks.html
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