Board 8 > Why the f*** does the media have such a god damned hard-on over Facebook?

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Because human beings have a god damn hard on for facebook right now.

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Before the IPO it was 3 months of non-stop hype, which reached a frenzy in the last 2 weeks as the likes of the Wall Street Journal and CNBC more or less dedicated their entire front pages to covering the event (or in hindsight, the non-event.)

There are more gossip articles (57,000 according to Google News) written about Zuckerberg's extremely unsurprising wedding (they've been together for what, 10 years? And this is a matter of his personal life, not a corporate development) than NATO or Greece or the Italian earthquake, or other current events that actually matter.

And now, post-IPO, Wash Post is still trying to hype Faecesbook stock, to the ridicule of its readership:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/should-you-buy-facebook-pitting-the-genius-of-zuckerberg-against-wall-streets-demanding-math/2012/05/20/gIQAimwQdU_story.html

I understand that Donald Graham works for Faecesbook, but this media frenzy is hardly restricted to WashPost or direct beneficiaries of Faecesbook's IPO. Just what the hell is so special about this slily, faddish, productivity-draining website that it's deserving of an entire planet's worth of s***ty journalism being printed about it?

Must be you, then. I haven't used it since 2004.

From: MarvelousGerbil | #002
Because human beings have a god damn hard on for facebook right now.

I think that sums it up.

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From: INTERWEBUSER | #003
Must be you, then. I haven't used it since 2004.

Oh... I get it, it's a "First!" topic...

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Have you asked yourself why the media is interested in anything at all? If you have, and are surprised by this, why are you surprised?

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From: INTERWEBUSER | #003
Must be you, then. I haven't used it since 2004.

I use it. I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but 80% of America seems to be.

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From: INTERWEBUSER | Posted: 5/20/2012 5:59:54 PM | #003
Must be you, then. I haven't used it since 2004.

what a quick confession of a joke topic

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From: INTERWEBUSER | Posted: 5/20/2012 5:59:54 PM | #003
Must be you, then. I haven't used it since 2004.
what a quick confession of a joke topic
You're the joke. They sold you out to Wall Street and sold out the personal info you provided to advertisers, and you won't be seeing a penny of those proceeds.

From: INTERWEBUSER | #009
You're the joke. They sold you out to Wall Street and sold out the personal info you provided to advertisers, and you won't be seeing a penny of those proceeds.

I'm using a free service and I don't provide anything incriminating or overly personal on my Facebook. Why should I care if the ads are trying to sell me Diablo 3 instead of baseball hats?

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