Excellent lambasting of the shortcomings of the “social graph” concepts. Many good quotes in here.
“Asking computer nerds to design social software is a little bit like hiring a Mormon bartender. Our industry abounds in people for whom social interaction has always been more of a puzzle to be reverse-engineered than a good time to be had, and the result is these vaguely Martian protocols.”
The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
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