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fred-wilson: fuckers I understand why Facebook is doing this, but at this rate, they are heading towards oblivion.  The closed wall approach to the Internet is doomed to failure.  Need more proof?  Try Prodigy, AOL, et al. As for me, screw Facebook.  My community is on Tumblr and Twitter and other places I love like Ex.fm.  So no, Facebook, I will not post links on my wall to the content on my blog.  I will simply not use Facebook.

fred-wilson:

fuckers

I understand why Facebook is doing this, but at this rate, they are heading towards oblivion.  The closed wall approach to the Internet is doomed to failure.  Need more proof?  Try Prodigy, AOL, et al.

As for me, screw Facebook.  My community is on Tumblr and Twitter and other places I love like Ex.fm.  So no, Facebook, I will not post links on my wall to the content on my blog.  I will simply not use Facebook.

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  2. kennethto reblogged this from fred-wilson and added:
    I don’t really think this impacts tumblr though. People don’t share ideas on facebook. They don’t often share imagery...
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  6. underpaidgenius reblogged this from marksbirch and added:
    Facebook doesn’t care what we think, want, or need. It’s become like the old pre-breakup AT&T, a tone deaf monopoly.
  7. kevincurry reblogged this from fred-wilson and added:
    NO. It is NOT the best way. RSS is the best way.
  8. gbattle reblogged this from david-noel and added:
    gbattle sez: I agree with all the above sentiments, though I’m not as angry as Fred (long term, Fred might have the most...
  9. davehyndman reblogged this from david-noel and added:
    “My community is on Tumblr and Twitter and other places I love like Ex.fm” Yep.
  10. sococentric reblogged this from david-noel and added:
    This was a feature I had yet to implement for a client. Now they are forced to do the updates by hand. Not using...
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  12. david-noel reblogged this from marksbirch and added:
    Ditto, I find myself contributing less and less content to Facebook.
  13. marksbirch reblogged this from fred-wilson and added:
    I understand why Facebook is doing this, but at this rate, they are heading towards oblivion. The closed wall approach...
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