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Kingsley Idehen Kingsley Idehen 112399767740508618350
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Reshared post from Douglas Crockford I used to be in the social network business as founder an...
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I used to be in the social network business as founder and CEO of Electric Communities. The thing I liked least about the business is the endless whining that you get from self-selected free-loading pillars of the community whose deep sense of entitlement demands to be heard. For example:

Facebook's longstanding demand that its users should only have one identity is either a toweringly arrogant willingness to harm people's social experience in service to doctrine; or it is a miniature figleaf covering a huge, throbbing passion for making it easier to sell our identities to advertisers.

What do you expect for free? It is silly to expect a single site to serve all needs for all people. If it doesn't work for you, click away and go somewhere else. Or if you believe you are right about the enormity of the opportunity, then start your own site. Show them how it's done and put them out of business.

But enough of the whining already.
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Jon Pincus Jon Pincus 115324919838980591640
here's the comment I left there:

Heaven forbid that "entitled" users should complain about a policy they don't like. After all, why would a company want to give users what they want? And if the company continues in a policy that's harmful to "entittled" people like abuse survivors, transgender people, folks with medical conditions, teachers, psychologists, etc. etc., heaven forbid that we should actively work to change their mind.
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Kingsley Idehen Kingsley Idehen 112399767740508618350
+Jon Pincus the autism exhibited by Google is really a reflection of them completely missing the point re. Identity. Neither Facebook nor Google have any serious clue re. this matter, at least as far as their current social networking services go :-( Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011
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Jon Pincus Jon Pincus 115324919838980591640
very true +Kingsley Idehen ... the excitement of G+'s launch highlights how many people are ready for something other than Facebook. alas for Google, their ham-fisted behavior antagonizing so many of their early users is making them look even worse. disappointing. although then again with my entrepeneurs' hat on it just highlights the opportunity! Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011
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Kingsley Idehen Kingsley Idehen 112399767740508618350
+Jon Pincus -- opportunity is massive, and if you want, we should talk. I already have a platform that address this problem and more. It just doesn't look as pretty as G+, but that's just about a little UI/UX focused effort that leverages the aforementioned engine :-) Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011
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jim o'sure jim o'sure 112868150649835514847
+Kingsley Idehen you may want to periodically keep tabs on what's happening at the chaotic 'alternates' page at nyms.wikispaces.com - sounds like what you have may be a nice way to tie some stuff together. especially if it's engineered to let people hook in their choice of engines for the different services Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011
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Jon Pincus Jon Pincus 115324919838980591640
+Kingsley Idehen yes we should definitely talk!

+jim o'sure, good reference -- thanks!
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Kingsley Idehen Kingsley Idehen 112399767740508618350
+Jon Pincus -- I am @kidehen on skype, twitter, and linkedin. Just ping me :-) Aug 31, 2011 Aug 31, 2011