I Told Ya So
Posted: August 31st, 2009 | Author: Maha Rafi Atal | Filed under: Business, Culture, Technology | Tags: BusinessWeek, Facebook, New York Times, social media, Virginia Heffernan | No Comments »Virginia Heffernan’s column in the New York Times Magazine is one of the highlights of my weekend. It might be because she writes so wittily; it might be because I read the magazine on the treadmill and her column, which appears within the first ten pages, is often the last thing I read before I become too sweaty and tired to think straight.
But I digress.
Her column this week is about the Facebook Exodus, the impending backlash of users fleeing the site because they are frustrated with its increased busy-ness and diminished privacy. On the one hand, I think she nailed the trend. On the other hand, I’m a wee bit bitter since I’ve been saying as much on this blog and elsewhere for awhile, and I’m not alone.
What do you think? Can the Facebook bubble burst?