TwitBook

[the_gneech]

Well, I found a little Facebook application that automatically sends my tweets to FB as a status update. Now all I have to do is figure out how to connect it all to LiveJournal and I'll be good to go.

Honestly, the current state of social media makes me itch. I don't like chasing down "the shiny new toy" just because that's where the people are, especially when the shiny new toy isn't significantly better than the "perfectly good existing toy" I've already got set up and is actually better anyway. (Facebook vs. LiveJournal, I'm looking at you here.) If there are going to be dozens of these sites, like there are dozens of IM programs, then I want an aggregator, just like there's Trillian for chat. The technology already exists — ever heard of RSS for cryin' out loud, you shtoopid websites? The whole point of the web is to be sharing information, not trying to hoard it.

Pfeh. The idea of being an old-guard web grognard hurts my brain.

-The Gneech

Comments

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Yes, there are aggregators. Friendfeed is one example that supports many popular social networks. Ironically, it has itself become another user community.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Facebook just shows me your icon, icons of other people who watch you, and a short list of things you're interested in. It's not really a "page".

If I have to have my own FB account to see FB pages, then I'm not particularly interested. Bleah.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I'm less than thrilled with FB myself; but it seems to have more public notice than LJ for some reason.

-TG