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MaxGabriel · 2013-08-02 07:06:26+00:00

Yeah I get the gist. Post definitely resonated for me and I've never written anything that's totally on Facebook's platform, like Cow Clicker was.

_pmf_ | karma 2981 | avg karma 1.06 · | 2019-11-14 08:11:22+00:00

I just noticed that this is the first Facebook post I ever read.

MikeCapone | karma 14149 | avg karma 4.54 · | 2010-05-14 17:28:54+00:00

I posted it because of this discussion where many were wondering if only geeks were seeing all this stuff about FB or if "regular people" were also starting to catch on.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1345662

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machinehermiter | karma 252 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2021-07-08 21:32:09+00:00

I love that I haven't used Facebook in so long I can't even picture what this means.

hasslblad | karma 57 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2011-10-19 10:13:08+00:00

I think this comic sums it up nicely -

http://www.ethannonsequitur.com/facebook-you-customer-produc...

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bhauer | karma 10305 | avg karma 5.71 · | 2013-03-10 16:32:35+00:00

Being so zealously anti-Facebook as I am, I kept waiting for a Facebook punchline. Ah, I see you have risen above that and make a bigger point. Bravo.

justwalt | karma 526 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2018-08-21 13:47:49+00:00

Seems to me the wording was chosen to put Facebook as the first word for more clicks.

Amygaz | karma 499 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2018-01-02 16:19:00

Sounds exactly like what FB would write. Thanks for the laugh!

VOYD | karma 57 | avg karma 0.27 · | 2016-05-31 17:50:15+00:00

Hah, I was just thinking the same thing. This was probably written in reaction to FB seeing that people are leaving FB en masse.

xgulfie | karma 267 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2019-06-18 19:23:52+00:00

Sounds like that's exactly how Facebook wants you to feel.

kakooljay | karma 205 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2009-10-09 18:47:12+00:00

Great post - who knew about this facebook thing :p

lazzlazzlazz | karma 2277 | avg karma 3.98 · | 2016-02-03 21:56:33+00:00

I have never heard of this as a slogan at Facebook and I have close ties there; this seems like someone venting emotionally.

kwertyoowiyop | karma 2878 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2022-05-13 10:40:25

It’s appropriate for Facebook too.

disgruntledphd2 | karma 6481 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2020-07-23 14:44:48+00:00

Yeah, exactly.

I like to think that Mark Zuckerberg read Joel's post and took it to heart.

But the pattern is super noticeable for FB, once you start paying attention.

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iamrohitbanga | karma 37 | avg karma 0.95 · | 2013-02-26 02:46:34+00:00

I discovered this article through facebook.

a3n | karma 11955 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2017-07-07 12:57:31+00:00

I don't have a FB account, and this article was "open" to me.

donaq | karma 1569 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2010-02-18 08:45:34+00:00

This is quite excellent. The first concretely constructive post about the facebook login meme.

rhizome | karma 18082 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2013-05-21 20:37:32

Well it seems obvious you're posting it just because it mentions FB.

ianlevesque | karma 4454 | avg karma 4.38 · | 2016-10-21 20:03:41+00:00

Well, it's Facebook.

bad_user | karma 29557 | avg karma 3.94 · | 2015-04-08 05:04:23+00:00

I got extremely detailed feedback from Facebook, so this isn't unheard of.